Local hero Riyan Parag will lead the Royals against the defending champions in front of his home crowd in Assam. Get RR vs KKR IPL 2025 stats and more. Local hero Riyan Parag will lead the Royals against the defending champions in front of his home crowd in Assam. Get RR vs KKR IPL 2025 stats and more. After opening their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season with a loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Rajasthan Royals will look to bounce back in style against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday. The RR vs KKR IPL 2025 match on March 26 will start at 7:30 PM IST and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast. Despite falling 44 runs short while chasing 287, the Royals had plenty to build on from their opening game in Hyderabad. Tushar Deshpande (3/44) impressed with the ball while Dhruv Jurel (70), Sanju Samson (66), Shimron Hetmyer (42) and Shubham Dubey (34) powered Rajasthan Royals to their highest IPL total of 242/6. Now, the Royals return to a venue that has become a fortress of sorts. The Guwahati stadium, Rajasthan’s second home since 2023, has played a key role in promoting cricket in the northeast. With local favourite Riyan Parag leading the side, the Royals will have the crowd firmly behind them as they look to outmuscle the defending champions. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders were also slated to face off at the same venue last year but the match was washed out due to rain. Both the Royals and the Knight Riders will be looking for their first wins of the IPL 2025 season. RR are currently eighth on the IPL 2025 points table with a net run rate of -2.200 while KKR are seventh with an NRR of -2.137. Rajasthan Royals had a great start last season but faltered a bit in the second half of IPL 2024. RR have won just one of their last five IPL matches. As for KKR, they have won three and lost once in their last five matches in the IPL. Rajasthan Royals last five matches Opponent Venue Result Match Date Margin SRH Hyderabad Lost March 23, 2025 44 runs SRH Chennai Lost 24 May 2024 36 runs RCB Ahmedabad Won 22 May 2024 4 wickets KKR Guwahati Abandoned 19 May 2024 – PBKS Guwahati Lost 15 May 2024 5 wickets Opponent Venue Result Match Date Margin RCB Kolkata Lost March 22, 2025 7 wickets SRH Chennai Won May 26, 2024 8 wickets SRH Ahmedabad Won May 21, 2024 8 wickets RR Guwahati Abandoned May 19, 2024 – MI Kolkata Won May 11, 2024 18 runs As the RR vs KKR head-to-head record reads, the two teams have played each other 30 times in the IPL, with the Royals and the Knight Riders winning 14 each. Two matches ended in no results. Interestingly two of the matches between the two teams went into Super Overs with the Royals clinching both of them. Riyan Parag will be the local hero in Assam as he leads the Royals in this crucial contest. Sanju Samson, fresh off a 66-run knock in the opening game, will look to carry the momentum into the KKR match. Meanwhile, Deshpande and Jurel’s showing in the last game will give the Royals some added confidence heading into their first home game of the season. KKR’s hopes, meanwhile, will rest on new skipper Ajinkya Rahane, alongside the power-hitting trio of Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh. Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya Kolkata Knight Riders: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya Live streaming of the Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Riders IPL 2025 match will be available on the JioHotstar app and website. The RR vs KKR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and Network 18 TV channels in India. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST. Title Sponsor Principal Sponsors Associate Sponsors Official Partners Official Licensees © Copyright rajasthan royals. All rights reserved.
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