Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Blog Highlights @
56th Match:
The match between KKR and RR is the fifty-sixth meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 11th 2023.
KKR vs RR History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 26 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 14 times, whereas RR won 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR are WLWLW.
@ KKR Backyard:
The teams competed 8 times at the home ground of KKR. The home team won 6 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR are LWWWW.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (KKR):
The team completed 254 games, out of them the team won 128 times and lost 121 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the sixth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the third place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the sixth to eighth position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WWLWL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for KKR are WLLLW.
The Visiting Side (RR):
The team completed 212 games, out of them the team won 106 times and lost 101 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the third place with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the sixth to eighth position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LLLWL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for RR are LLWWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Kolkata shows the weather would be mostly clear till the first half and then partly cloudy till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 5%, as of now, so there would be rare chances of rain. The temperature would be between 29 to 32 Celsius. The wind would be between 10 to 16 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 29 times in 84 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 12 times and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLWW.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 33 times and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLLLL.
The first batting team won the matches 34 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 50 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLWWW.
Over all, the teams won the toss, won the matches 45 times and lost 39 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLLL.
Home Side (KKR):
The team won the toss 36 times in 79 played games. Out of them, the team won 22 times and lost 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLWL.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLWWL.
The side never lost any battle after being sent to the field since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 129 runs in 2008. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 201 runs in 2010 at the ground.
The first innings lowest total was 81 runs in 2011, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2023. For the second inning, the lowest total was 49 runs in 2017, whereas the highest was 205 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.45 and 28.60 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 8 times at the venue. The host won 6 times and the visitors won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR at the venue are LWWWW.
None of the teams ever won an encounter after choosing to bat first, till date.
The visiting side never won any encounter after losing the toss, till date.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (KKR):
The team had a good record, as the team won 47 times and lost 32 times in 79 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WLLLW.
The Visiting Unit (RR):
The team has a horrendous record, as the team won twice and lost 8 times in ten (10) played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LWLLL.
The side never won an outing after losing the toss, till date.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2013.
The side has two (2) victories, when the team chose to field first only.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: J. Roy, R. Gurbaz, + V. Iyer, N. Rana, R. Singh, A. Russell, S. Thakur, S. Narine, H. Rana, V. Arora, V. Chakravarthy, + S. Sharma
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with D. Padikkal in place of M. Ashwin and T. Boult in place of C. McCoy.
Rajasthan Royals: Y. Jaiswal, J. Buttler, S. Samson, J. Root, D. Padikkal, S. Hetmyer, + D. Jurel, R. Ashwin, T. Boult, S. Sharma, Y. Chahal, + K. Yadav
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.insidesport.in/kkr-vs-rr-live-score-today-ipl-match-kolkata-knight-riders-vs-rajasthan-royals-at-730-pm-follow-ipl-2023-live-score/
