RR vs KKR, IPL 2025: In the 18th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals will face Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. Both the teams had to face defeat in their first match. Now these teams are eager to open their account of victory. The match is to be played at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati.

Kolkata lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first match, while Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan. Rajasthan's team is playing without its regular captain. Sanju Samson played as an impact player in the last match and he can play the same role in this match as well.

Both Rajasthan and KKR have not been able to open their account of victory yet, but on paper, KKR seems to have the upper hand. Rajasthan's acting captain Riyan Parag will also be tested because in the first match he looked confused while taking some decisions. For Rajasthan, regular captain Samson batted well as an impact player and kept the team in the match, but Rajasthan's team could not achieve the huge target.

For KKR, spinner Varun Chakravarthy's poor performance is a matter of concern. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli scored easily against Varun on the Eden Gardens pitch. KKR will hope that Varun performs well against Rajasthan. In the last match, KKR's middle order collapsed after the dismissal of captain Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine. Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell got out playing the wrong shot. The team management will now hope that he will be cautious in shot selection.

RR vs KKR Head-to-Head Records

There is a tie between Rajasthan and KKR. Talking about the head to head of both the teams, a total of 29 matches have been played between Rajasthan and KKR in IPL so far in which both the teams have won 14-14 matches, while one match was inconclusive.

Rajasthan Royals Squads: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sanju Samson, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squads: Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Moeen Ali.

Barsapara Cricket Stadium Pitch Report

Guwahati's Barsapara Cricket Stadium is considered to be a batsman friendly ground. Bowlers get less help on this pitch. Dew plays a big role here. Changes in the match are seen due to dew in the second innings. There is a lot of rain of fours and sixes in Guwahati. Due to good bounce on the pitch, the ball comes on the bat very well, due to which it is easy to hit the ball to the boundary line. This means that it is very difficult for the bowlers to control the runs in this ground.

So far 4 IPL matches have been played at Barsapara Stadium, in which 1 match was won by the team batting first and 2 matches were won by the teams batting second. Apart from these, no result could be decided in 1 match.

 Broadcast and Streaming Details

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 match will be televised on the Star Sports Network and will be streamed live JioHotstar.