IPL 2025, KKR vs RR: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals The 53rd match of IPL 2025 is to be played today i.e. Sunday, May 4 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The KKR vs RR match will start at 3.30 pm Indian time, while both the captains - Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson - will come on the field half an hour earlier for the toss. The Rajasthan Royals team has already been eliminated from the tournament, so they have nothing to lose. They will only come on the field to spoil KKR's playoff equation. At the same time, KKR, which is in a bad condition, will be eyeing to keep its playoff hopes alive by winning this match.

KKR vs RR Head-to-Head Records

There has been a tough competition between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Out of the 31 matches played between the two teams so far, KKR has won 15 matches and RR has won 14 matches. This season, Kolkata has defeated Rajasthan by 8 wickets.

Eden Gardens Pitch Report

The pitch of Kolkata's Eden Gardens Stadium proves to be helpful for the batsmen. Due to good bounce here, the batsmen benefit. The ball comes on the bat well. However, this also helps the fast bowlers. Spinners can play an important role here in the middle overs. However, a lot of runs are scored on this ground. A high scoring match is expected today as well. A total of 97 matches have been played on this ground in IPL, out of which the team batting first has won 40 matches and the team batting second has won 56 matches. One match has not resulted in any result. The average score of the first innings on this ground is 166 runs.

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

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

The KKR vs RR IPL 2025 match will start at 3:30 pm Indian Standard Time (IST) on Sunday, May 4 and can be watched on live streaming and live telecast. Live streaming of this match will be available on JioHotstar app and website. It will be telecast live on Star Sports Network and Network 18 TV channels in India.