Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Head To Head Records, IPL 2022, Match 30, RR vs KKR

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Head To Head Records, IPL 2022, Match 30, RR vs KKR. The 30th Match of Tata IPL 2022 will see Rajasthan Royals facing off against Kolkata Knight Riders. The RR vs KKR Match will take place on April 18 (Friday) at  Brabourne CCI, Mumbai. Match will start at 07:30 PM(IST).

Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders will be eager to get a move on in the IPL 2022 points table with a win when they face each other on Monday (April 18). Both RR and KKR have 6 points each and right now they are battling the mid-tournament log jam and would require a solid run to keep their play-off berth hopes intact.

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost two matches in a row. Venkatesh Iyer, their star in the UAE leg of IPL 2021, is having a jaded IPL 2022 and they need some runs from him. Similarly, the KKR doesn’t have a solid wicketkeeper-batsman too as Sheldon Jackson and Sam Billings have not contributed much with the bat.

Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) sustained a defeat in its last encounter against Gujarat Titans. RR’s middle order was utterly exposed by Gujarat’s bowlers and defeated them by 37 runs.  Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have also been beaten twice in its last two matches. Shreyas Iyer-led KKR hasn’t been able to keep their performance high as they did during the start of the tournament.

KKR will have to sort out its opening issue. They have tried to go with Ajinkya Rahane, which didn’t work for them. Aaron Finch replaced him, however, his inconsistency would be another issue to tackle. Venkatesh Iyer, on the other side, is also not looking in good touch so far.

Rajasthan Royals is currently placed at the 4th Position on the Points table of Tata IPL 2022. RR has played 5 matches this season and won 3 matches among them and lost 2 Matches. RR has currently 6 Points.  KKR has also played 6 matches and won 3 and lost 3. Currently, Kolkata is placed at 6th position with 6 points in the points table of Tata IPL 2022.

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Head To Head Records, IPL 2022, Match 30, RR vs KKR

Rajasthan Royals have been on a downhill since their first title win in 2008. KKR won the IPL trophy in 2012 and 2014 and would want to repeat that success in 2022. In IPL 2022, both sides are set to clash with each other on April 18 at the Brabourne Stadium and on May 02 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. KKR are just ahead of the two sides when it comes to their record against each other.

Among 25 matches in which these teams have met in IPL, 13 have been won by Kolkata Knight Riders, while Rajasthan Royals have won the rest 11 games including the two super over victories.

Ajinkya Rahane, who played for Rajasthan previously before representing KKR this season has scored the most runs (338) in matches between these sides in the IPL. Ajinkya Rahane is followed by Shane Watson (304) and Yusuf Pathan (292). In terms of wickets, KKR pacer Shivam Mavi leads the pack with 11 wickets while KKR spinners Sunil Narine and Shakib Al Hasan have taken ten wickets apiece.

The two sides KKR and RR last met in the 54th match of the previous IPL 2021 in Sharjah. RR skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to bowl first. KKR openers Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer scored 56 and 38 runs respectively as their team reached a total of 171/4 in 20 overs.

In the chase, RR faced an embarrassment as pacer Shivam Mavi wreaked havoc to take 4/21 in 3.1 overs. Another pacer from New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson also took 3/18 to bundle out the Rajasthan Royals side for just 85 runs. KKR won the clash by a huge 86 runs margin.

RR’s former batter Shane Watson is the only player to score a ton in clashes between these two sides, while, former KKR chinaman leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav has the best figures of 4/20 in matches between RR and KKR.