KKR vs RR / RR won the toss and chose bowling, Ashwin and Butler returned - see playing 11

KKR vs RR: Today Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face table topper Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Kolkata is also at number-2. The match will be played at Kolkata's home ground Eden Gardens Stadium from 7:30 pm. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose bowling.

RR all-rounder R Ashwin and batsman Jos Buttler have returned. Both did not play in the last match. At the same time, KKR has not made any changes.

This will be the sixth match of Kolkata and seventh match of Rajasthan in the season. Kolkata is second in the points table with 8 points after 4 wins out of 5 matches. Rajasthan is on top with 10 points after 5 wins out of 6.

So far 28 matches have been played in IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata won 14 matches and Rajasthan won 13.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana.

Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper & captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen and Avesh Khan.

Impact Player: Jos Buttler