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The 31st match of IPL 2024 will be played today between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. This will be the first clash between the two teams this season. All eyes are on this match because both KKR and Rajasthan have performed well this season. Today there is a competition between the top-2 teams in IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals have played six matches so far this season. Sanju Samson's team has won five matches during this period. Whereas KKR has played five matches, out of which it has won four matches.
head to head record
Talking about the head-to-head record between Kolkata and Rajasthan, both the teams have faced each other 27 times in the IPL so far. KKR has won 14 matches during this period while Rajasthan has won 13 matches.
pitch report
The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will be played at KKR's home ground Eden Gardens. Eden's pitch is a paradise for batsmen. However, the new ball also provides some help to the fast bowlers here. Now looking at both the teams, it would not be wrong to say that a high scoring match can be seen today. After winning the toss the captain can decide to bowl.
who has the upper hand
Due to playing on home ground, Kolkata seems to have the upper hand in the match between KKR and Rajasthan. Even in Rajasthan where three to four players are in form. Whereas almost all the players of KKR are match winners and are in great form. In such a situation, KKR has more chances of winning this match.
Probable playing-11 of both the teams
Kolkata Knight Riders- Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy.
Impact Player- Suyash Sharma or Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Rajasthan Royals- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Sanju Samson, Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player- Donavene Ferreira/Keshav Maharaj.