KKR vs RR highlights: Rajasthan Royals slam KKR by nine wickets

Yashasvi Jaiswal's one-man show helped Rajasthan Royals to register a brilliant victory over Kolkata Knight Riders.

Yashasvi Jaiswal scores the fastest fifty in the history of IPl as he brings up his half-century in just 13 balls.

Both Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal are looking in hurry to finish the game

A misunderstanding between Yasasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler provides a brilliant opportunity to Andre Russell and the West Indian's direct throw sends Buttler to the pavilion.

A tight bowling effort from Rajasthan restricted KKR to a moderate 149 after 20 overs.

Another loss for KKR as Shardul Thakur goes off the game.

KKR lost some crucial wickets in Nitish Rana and Andre Russell, but V Iyer is leading the charge with Rinku Singh. KKR at 116/4.

Venkatesh Iyer has to depart after getting caught out. KKR at 127/5

A long-awaited boundary from the skipper uplifts KKR fans as they take the score to 58/2 and a strategic time out has been enforced. 

R Ashwin shelled out one run in each ball as KKR reaches 50/2

KKR remains stable in Joe Root's bowling as KKR gathers 44 runs with the loss of 2 wickets

R Ashwin finishes the over after giving out just two runs as KKR is at 37/2

Trent Boult is bringing the thunder as he took two knights down. KKR at 34/2

R Gurbaz got caught out in the process, courtesy of Sandeep Sharma. The batsman walks off after 18 runs

KKR fans saw two back-to-back sixes from Gurbaz that boosted the morale. Knights at 29/12 after 4 overs 

With a wicket and a boundary, KKR is at 14 for one loss

After a brilliant catch from Hetmyer, Roy is gone from the game after 10 runs.

KKR play carefully as they take the total to 10 runs with no losses.

RR took a chance for an LBW but the decision was upheld after the DRS check

After one boundary, the KKR batting line contributed 6 runs in the first over.

Jason Roy and R Gurbaz come up to the strike as T Boult comes to the bowling end. 

As players of both teams come onto the field, the game is set to begin soon.

Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy

Joss Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Joe Root, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, KM Asif, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma.

 Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N Jagadeesan, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav

Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, M Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Donovan Ferreira

Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and will bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders

The toss in the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2023 match will take place at 7 PM at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. 

The temperature at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata is expected to be around 27 to 38 degree Celsius and there are no chances of rain in the KKR vs RR IPL 2023 match. 

Rajasthan Royals Predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI: R. Gurbaz, N. Jagadeeshan (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, CV Varun, Harshit Rana

Kolkata Knight Riders: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Jason Roy, and Suyash Sharma

Rajasthan Royals Probable Impact Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Adam Zampa, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, and Obed McCoy

KKR vs RR IPL 2023 match: Dream 11 Prediction 

Wicketkeeper: Sanju Samson(wk/c)

Batsmen:  Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh

All-Rounder:  Andre Russell, David Wiese

Bowlers:  Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Sunil Narine

The pitch at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata is often known to be good for the batsmen but has also produced help for the spinners as the match progresses. 

The Rajasthan Royals are currently sitting in the fifth spot and have ten points from 11 matches. The team needs to win the left three out of three matches to make a place in the last four of the tournament and also keep their fortunes in their hands. Otherwise, the team will have to depend upon other teams and their performances. 

Kolkata Knight Riders have now started to gain momentum after a poor start to the tournament. The team needs to win all of their leftover matches and they are also sitting on ten points from 11 matches. If they will win all of their leftover matches, this will take them to 16 points, which is always considered enough to finish in the top four of the tournament. 

Kolkata has a 2-game winning streak over the PBKS and SRH. They would seek to have the winning momentum, which could certainly have an effect in the points table. 

Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler played a tremendous knock of 95 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad and continued his dream run in the Indian Premier League 2023. The fans will want him to fire again with the bat and continue his performance in the match against KKR.

• IPL 2023 Match 53: KKR beat PBKS by 5 wickets
• IPL 2023 Match 47: KKR beat SRH by 5 runs
• IPL 2023 Match 39: GT beat KKR by 7 wickets
• IPL 2023 Match 36: KKR beat RCB by 21 runs
• IPL 2023 Match 33: CSK beat KKR by 49 runs

Jaiswal is the highest run-scorer for RR this year with 477 runs so far in 11 games. He is well clear of experienced campaigners like Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad IPL 2023: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Lockie Ferguson, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Aarya Desai

Rajasthan Royals IPL 2023 Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Adam Zampa, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, KC Cariappa, KM Asif, Kuldeep Sen, Donavon Ferreira, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore

Rinku Singh is the highest run-scorer so far for KKR in IPL 2023 with 337 runs in 11 games, at an average of 56.17 and a strike rate of 151.12.