KKR vs RR IPL 2026: Which team will win today's match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals? Here's your answer.

KKR vs RR IPL 2026

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026: Today, Sunday (April 19), the 28th league match of IPL 2026 will be played between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens. This will be the first match of the Sunday doubleheader, starting at 3:30 PM. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 3 PM.

Kolkata will be looking for their first win of the season through this match. KKR have played six matches, losing five and having one match abandoned due to rain. Meanwhile, Rajasthan will be looking to add to their winning streak. Rajasthan has played five matches so far, winning four. So let's find out which team wins this match.

Kolkata vs Rajasthan Head to Head

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have played 32 matches so far. Kolkata has the upper hand, winning 16 of these matches, while Rajasthan has won 14. The remaining two matches ended in a draw.

Who will win the competition?

Last season, two matches were played between the two sides, both of which Kolkata won. Based on head-to-head comparisons and previous seasons, KKR appears to have the upper hand, but considering the performance of both teams in the current season, Rajasthan appears to have the upper hand. Our prediction meter also suggests that Rajasthan Royals may win today's match.

Kolkata Knight Riders squad

Teams: Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Finn Allen, Tejaswi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Manish Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Rachin Ravindra, Prashant Solanki, Blessing Muzarabani, Saurabh Dubey, Mathisha Pathirana, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra.

Rajasthan Royals squad

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Luan-Dre Pretorius, Riyan Parag (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Donovan Ferreira, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Vignesh Mphaka, Quena Mphaka Puthur, Aman Rao Perla.