In what will be a battle for the top spot, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will face off in the 31st match of the 2024 Indian Premier League. Get our latest expert KKR vs RR match betting tips, predictions and picks below. You can start betting on the IPL 2024 by opening your account with 1xbet here.
Kolkata vs Rajasthan Match Information
- Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Date: Tuesday, April 16
- Time: 7.30 pm local (2 pm GMT, 10 am EDT)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
As mentioned earlier, this is a battle for the top spot on the IPL 2024 points table what with both sides having won all but one of their games played.
While Rajasthan have played six and won five, the Knight Riders are on four wins from five matches.
Quick KKR vs RR Preview
Kolkata Knight Riders dished out a dominating performance against Lucknow Super Giants who were first restricted to 161/7 in their 20 overs and then saw their bowling getting torn apart by the opposition openers.
In what turned out to be a whoppingly one-sided encounter, the Knight Riders got to their target in a mere 15.4 overs thanks to a Phil Salt special. While Shreyas Iyer took his time to get to an unbeaten 38 (he needed 38 balls), Salt was relentless in his approach and helped KKR sail to a win.
This was after Mitchell Starc finally showed glimpses of what he is capable of with figures of 3/28 from his four.
Rajasthan Royals, like Kolkata, had lost their first game coming into the previous encounter. They rallied well to clinch a fighting win over Punjab Kings despite losing a host of their players to injuries.
There was no Jos Buttler, R Ashwin or Nandre Burger coming into that match but Keshav Maharaj’s 2/23 and Trent Boult’s 1/22 from their respective four overs restricted Punjab to 147/8.
And while Tanush Kotian struggled to get going at the top, there were enough cameo contributions from the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag to set the game up for Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell.
KKR vs RR Head to Head Stats
- Overall KKR vs RR Head-to-head: This is an extremely close battle with KKR leading RR 14-13 on head to head since the start of the IPL.
- At Eden Gardens, Kolkata lead Rajasthan 6-3.
- Over the last nine games, it’s 5-4 in Kolkata’s favour.
Possible Playing XIs/XIIs
Kolkata Knight Riders
Salt, Narine, Raghuvanshi, S Iyer, V Iyer, Rinku, Russell, Ramandeep, Starc, Chakravarthy, Rana, Arora.
Rajasthan Royals
Buttler, Jaiswal, Samson, Parag, Hetmyer, Jurel, Ashwin, Chahal, Boult, Burger, Kuldeep, Avesh.
KKR vs RR Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: Rajasthan to win: 1/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: Rajasthan Opening Partnership Over 26.5: 10/11
KKR vs RR Toss Prediction
Rajasthan to win the toss: 10/11
KKR vs RR Score Prediction
First Innings – Over 184.5 runs: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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