Rajasthan Royals (RR) take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first in Guwahati on May 19. Due to heavy rain in Guwahati, the match has been reduced to seven overs per side match. However, right after the toss, which got delayed from its scheduled time of 7 pm, showers came back to impede the RR vs KKR clash yet again.
In case the match gets washed out, RR will play the Eliminator 1 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
What did the captains say?
After losing the toss, RR skipper Sanju Samson said:
“Would have bowled first too. Last pitch was a lot drier, this one has a bit more moisture so we wanted to bowl as well. We made last minute changes. I think Nandre Burger might come in and rest is the same.”
Meanwhile after winning the toss, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer said:
“It's a seven over game, we will get a fair idea of how it plays. Anukul Roy comes in.”
Kolkata Knight Riders' Playing XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford
Rajasthan Royals' Playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger
Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Shubham Dubey, Keshav Maharaj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira
Head-to-Head
In the IPL, Kolkata and Rajasthan have competed in 29 matches. Of these encounters, Kolkata has secured 14 victories, and Rajasthan has also won 14 times. One match concluded without a result.
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