Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals 43rd Match, to be played at Kolkata. Scheduled for April 25, the live action begins at 08:30 PM +06.

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The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of IPL T20. The forty-third match of Indian Premier League 2019 is scheduled to play between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, 25th April 2019 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today match prediction for all matches of IPL free.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have struggled in this season of Indian Premier League and this match is very important for these both teams. Kolkata Knight Riders can afford a loss in this match but Rajasthan Royals can not and IF they lose this match, this will be the end of this race to the playoff. Kolkata Knight Riders had been underperforming in some previous matches. They won four out of first five matches but after that, they had lost five matches consecutively. They are in the sixth position on the table. On the other side, the performance of the Rajasthan Royals also had not been impressive in this tournament. They had won just three out of ten matches played and are only ahead of the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the points table right now. This is a must-win match for Rajasthan Royals.

Kolkata Knight Riders lost their most recent match against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a massive margin of nine wickets. They lost the toss and were put into bat first. Except for Chris Lynn and Rinku Singh, no other batsmen of Kolkata Knight Riders could score some big runs on the board. They scored 159 runs in 20 overs. Chris Lynn was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 51 runs. Rinku Singh scored 30 runs. The bowling unit of Kolkata Knight Riders failed to defend this low total on the board. Almost all bowlers leaked more than eight runs in each over. Yarra Prithviraj was the most successful bowler from their side who got a wicket in his three overs against 29 runs. Piyush Chawla remained the most expensive bowler who was charged for 38 runs in three overs. KC Cariappa leaked 37 runs in just two overs.

Rajasthan Royals also lost their previous match against Delhi Capitals with six wickets. That was a high scoring match. After losing the toss, they were put into bat first. The batting order of Rajasthan Royals had an excellent performance in this match. They scored 191 runs in 20 overs while their six wickets go down. Ajinkya Rahane was just amazing with the bat. He smashed 105 runs on 63 deliveries. The skipper, Steven Smith also scored 50 on 32 balls. The bowling unit of Rajasthan Royals once again failed to give their best performance in this match. They could not defend even 192 runs on the board. Shreyas Gopal got two wickets in four overs while he leaked 47 runs. Dhawal Kulkarni was charged for 51 runs in his four overs. He also got a wicket. Riyan Parag got one wicket in three overs and he leaked 25 runs.

According to our match prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Kolkata Knight Riders a favorite team to win this match.

• The performance of Kolkata Knight Riders had been better than Rajasthan Royals in previous matches
• The bowling unit of Rajasthan Royals is very weak and their batting depth is also quite less
• Kolkata Knight Riders are a very strong team with an excellent batting lineup
• Kolkata Knight Riders have some advantage of home crowd and ground

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Dinesh Karthik (C), Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Yarra Prithviraj, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Prasidh Krishna, KC Cariappa.

Rajasthan Royals:
Ajinkya Rahane (C), Steven Smith, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aryaman Birla, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Mahipal Lomror, S Midhun, Jos Buttler, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Prashant Chopra, Liam Livingstone, Manan Vohra, Shubham Ranjane, Ashton Turner, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Ish Sodhi.

KKR vs RR Head to Head played 20 matches KKR Won 10 matches and RR Won 9 matches and 1 match having ended in no result.

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Chris Lynn, Suni Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Yarra Prithviraj, Harry Gurney.

Rajasthan Royals:
Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Ashton Turner, Liam Livingstone / Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Stuart Binny, Oshane Thomas / Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni.

The Pitch is expected to be a paradise for the batsman. There can be a high scoring game. Fast bowlers are more dominating in this ground, but spinners especially leg spinners can play an important role.

The weather forecast for Kolkata is expected to be clear and good for cricket on match day. There is a very slight chance of rain predicted and since it is a night match and the dew should be similar for both teams.

TV channels:
Star Sports, SuperSport, Geo Super, Willow TV, Fox Sports, Channel 9, Lemar TV, Flow TV, BeIN Sport

Live streaming:
Hotstar, BeIN connect, Yupp TV, Flow Sports, Foxtel Go