KKR vs RR highlights: Defending champions KKR will play their first match in IPL 2025 against Rajasthan Royals. The match will be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. KKR had a very bad start in IPL 2025.
KKR lost to RCB by 7 wickets, while Rajasthan Royals lost to Hyderabad by 44 runs in the first match of IPL 2025.
Clash of Titans in Guwahati
The exciting match between Kolkata and Rajasthan in IPL 2025 today will be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. So far only 4 T20 matches have been played on this ground in IPL history, out of which two matches were held in 2023 and two matches were played in the 2024 season, out of which one match could not be held due to rain. On the basis of the 3 matches played on the pitch here, the pitch here is going to benefit the batsmen, but at the same time the bowlers will also play an important role here.
In most IPL grounds, the dominance of the batsmen is seen throughout the match, but on the pitch of Guwahati, a tough competition can be seen between the batsmen and bowlers. Among the bowlers, the fast bowlers have had more influence here, but in the middle overs, the spinners are also not going to be behind and can be seen playing an important role in breaking some good partnerships.
The highest IPL score so far at Barsapara Cricket Stadium is 199 runs for 4 wickets, which Rajasthan Royals made against Delhi Capitals in 2023. The average score of the team batting first here is 135 runs. In the three matches played on this ground, 2 matches have been won by the team that batted first. While 1 match has been won by the team batting later. The highest individual score in Guwahati is recorded in the name of former batsman Shikhar Dhawan (86 not out). At the same time, the best performance in bowling was recorded by Australian fast bowler Nathan Ellis (4/30)
KKR vs RR predicted playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Lavnity Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Enrique Norkia, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Chetan Sakariya, Vaibhav Arora and Mayank Markhande.
Rajasthan Royals squad: Riyan Parag (temporary captain), Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Rana, Yudhveer Singh, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Karthikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Quena Mphaka, Ashok Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Kunal Rathod.
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