Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are set to clash with table-toppers Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their third home game of the IPL 2024 season on Tuesday.
Currently leading the IPL 2024 standings, Rajasthan Royals have accumulated 10 points with an impressive net run rate of 0.767. With five wins and one loss, the Royals are displaying strong form.
On the other hand, KKR has played five matches this season, securing victories in four and suffering one defeat. Positioned second in the IPL standings, KKR boasts eight points.
In their IPL encounters thus far, KKR and RR have faced each other 28 times. While RR emerged victorious in 13 matches, KKR claimed victory in 14 encounters, with one match ending in abandonment.
The KKR vs. RR match is scheduled to commence at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT), with the toss occurring half an hour prior to kick-off, i.e., at 7:00 PM (1:30 PM GMT). The venue for the match is Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Indian viewers can catch the live broadcast of the KKR vs. RR match on the Star Sports Network, while JioCinema will provide live streaming services.
Below are the squads for both teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj.
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