RR vs KKR 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update

Having secured the playoff berth with 16 points, Royals have started floundering at the business end of the tournament losing four matches on the trot. KKR (19 points), on the other hand, have already assured themselves a table top position after a washout against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad in the previous round handed them one point.

Playing XI predictions for RR vs KKR match today

RR predicted XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Sub: Donovan Fereira

Players to watch pout for RR: Rajasthan Royals top three batters Yashasvi Jaiswal, skipper Sanju Samson and local hero Riyan Parag will have to shoulder additional responsibilities if they are to snap the losing streak and head to the playoffs finishing in top-two, that will give them two cracks to reach the final.

KKR predicted XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana

Impact Sub: Vaibhav Arora

Player to watch out for KKR: Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be a like-for-like replacement for Salt but expecting him to make an impact like Phil Salt straightway will be unrealistic. The Afghan wicketkeeper-batter, who played 11 matches in 2023, has not played any match this season and his last outing was way back on March 18 in a T20I versus Ireland.

RR vs KKR head-to-head stats

Matches played: 28, RR won: 14, KKR won: 14

RR vs KKR head-to-head at Barsapara Stadium

This will be the first game between the two franchises at this venue.

RR overall record at Barsapara Stadium

Matches played: 3, Won: 1, Lost: 2

RR vs KKR squads

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson and Allah Ghazanfar

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Singh Rathore, Nandre Burger, Navdeep Saini, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tanush Kotian

RR vs KKR pitch report

The average first-innings score at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati is 180.

RR vs KKR weather Report

Rain and scattered thunderstorms are expected in the evening during the match.

RR vs KKR livestreaming details

The RR vs KKR IPL match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on May 19, Sunday from 7:30 PM IST.