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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Toss update: The 53rd match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata today. This is the sixth match of this season and is being played in Kolkata. In today’s match, Ajinkya Rahane has decided to bat after winning the toss. The bowling challenge for Rajasthan Royals will be in the first innings. It will have Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi on the target of fans. Rajasthan Royals is almost out of the playoff race. At the same time, KKR’s expectations are still alive.
Today, changes have been made in both teams. In today’s match, Kolkata Knight Riders have once again included Moin Ali in the team, while the captain has also shown confidence in Ramandeep Singh, who is in bad form. In today’s match, Nitish Rana has been dropped from the Rajasthan Royals team and Kunal Rathore has been replaced in the team. Along with this, Yudhveer Singh and Vanindu Hansranga have also been included in the playing 11.
The Rajasthan Royals team has performed very disappointing this season. The team has been able to win only 3 matches so far and has lost in 8 matches. The team has faced many difficulties. In the last match, Rajasthan had to face a big defeat in his home against Mumbai Indians. This season has not been very good even for Kolkata Knight Riders, the team has won only 4 matches so far.
Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Andre Russell is in poor form, in such a situation, fans will be eyeing his performance today. Sunil Naren will bat first today, so it will be interesting to see how he will face Jofra Archer today.
Rajasthan Royals playing 11
Ryan Parag (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimran Hetmire, Vanindu Hansranga, Jofraga, Jofra Archer, Yudhveer Singh, Mahish Tishta, Akash Madhwal
Kolkata Knight Riders playing 11
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rahmanullah Gujbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Venkatesh Iyer, Angakrishna Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Moin Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarti
