KKR vs RR

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals are two teams with the winner medals against their name. While Rajasthan Royals are the winners of the inaugural IPL edition, Kolkata Knight Riders has won two titles.

KKR vs RR Head to Head

Both sides have played 20 games so far against each other, and both sides have won 10 games each. KKR have dominated RR at their home with 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 games. At RR home, both sides have won 3 games each. At the neutral venues, RR leads KKR with 5 wins and a single loss.

Last 5 Meetings

In the last 5 IPL KKR vs RR matches, it has been one-way traffic. Kolkata Knight Riders have dominated Rajasthan Royals in the previous 5 meetings. Rajasthan Royals have managed only a single win in the last 5 games, while the Knight Riders have won 4. Both sides shared the bragging rights during the last season after winning their respective away games.

IPL 2019 meetings

The first game between the two sides in IPL 2019 was played at RR home, Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first. The decision proved to be a fruitful one as they accounted for Rahane’s wicket in the 2nd over itself. KKR bowlers did an excellent job to contain the batsmen of the Royals from Rajasthan. While they didn’t pick many wickets, they made it hard for Royals batsmen to score runs. They didn’t allow RR batsmen to open their arms and made their life tough. Steven Smith remained unbeaten for 73 runs off 59 deliveries for RR. Harry Gurney finished with 2 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs for KKR. The visitors were off a flyer courtesy quick knocks from Chris Lynn (50 runs off 32 deliveries) and Sunil Narine (47 off 25 deliveries). Both openers added 91 runs for the first wicket inside 9 overs. After the departure of the openers, Robin Uthappa and Shubman Gill made sure they didn’t lose further wickets to complete an 8 wickets win on RR vs KKR scorecard. Only Shreyas Gopal could impress with the ball for RR as he was the only bowler in the wickets column with 2 wickets.

In the reverse leg, KKR vs RR 2019 at Eden Gardens, the visitors won the toss and invited the hosts to bat first. The decision proved to be a right one as not batsman except Dinesh Karthik could put up a substantial score. They picked up the wicket of dangerous Chris Lynn in the first over itself. Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana also could not do much and left KKR among the tatters. The skipper, however, played a brilliant knock of 97 runs unbeaten off 50 deliveries to take total of 175/6 on KKR vs RR live score. Varun Aaron finished with 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson gave RR a good start with 53 runs off 32 deliveries. However, the openers departed in the quick succession and then RR kept losing wickets at the regular intervals. Reliable Steve Smith and Ben Stokes also failed to contribute to Rajastan’s cause. Young Riyan Parag contributed 47 runs in the middle-order to take RR closer to the target only for a quick cameo from Jofra Archer (27 runs off 12 deliveries) to register a 3-wickets win over KKR. Piyush Chawla picked up 3 wickets for 20 runs in his 4 overs. Varun Aaron was adjudged player of the match owing to his brilliant bowling.

Top Batsmen for Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson is the top batsman for Rajasthan Royals against the Knight Riders among the active players. He has scored 196 runs against the Kolkata-based franchise in 8 innings. English wicket-keeper Jos Buttler is at the 2nd place with 100 runs in 3 innings at a strike rate of 135.14. Youngster Riyan Parag is next in the list with 47 runs in the only game he has played against KKR. All-rounder Ben Stokes is 4th in the list with 43 runs in 4 innings against KKR for RR.

Top Bowlers for Rajasthan Royals

Shreyas Gopal is the best bowler for the Royals among the active bowlers against KKR with 4 wickets in 4 innings. English all-rounder follows him at the 2nd position with 3 wickets in 3 innings against KKR. Jofra Archer and Varun Aaron follow them at the 3rd and the 4th position respectively with 2 wickets each. .