Story Line :
IPL 2025 – Match number 53 at Eden Garden, Kolkata will take place between KKR vs RR on Saturday, May 04. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals stands on 7th and 8th positions respectively in points table. And its home ground of the KKR team.
| Match Date | 04 May, 2025 |
| Time | 3:30 PM (IST) |
| Venue | Eden Garden, Kolkata |
KKR’s qualification is not in their own hands and they will depend on the results of other teams. RR is already out of the race for playoff qualification. In their previous match, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets with 15 balls to spare in Guwahati.
Probable playing XI squads :
| Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) | Rajasthan Royals(RR) |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) | Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| Sunil Narine | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi |
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | Nitish Rana |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Riyan Parag (c) |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Dhruv Jurel (wk) |
| Andre Russell | Shimron Hetmyer |
| Rinku Singh | Jofra Archer |
| Rovman Powell | Maheesh Theekshana |
| Harshit Rana | Fazalhaq Farooqi |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Shubham Dubey |
| Anukul Roy | Kumar Kartikeya |
Key Performers :
For KKR team
Varun Chakravarthy has already taken 13 wickets in this Indian Premier League 2025 and he is in his best form at the moment.
Ajinkya Rahane is also in good batting form and has scored 297 runs this season.
For RR team
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century in his debut match and batted well. Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored more than 400 runs in this IPL season and played good cricketing shots.
Pitch Report:
Due to the moisture, the Eden Gardens pitch is helpful for spinners and it also has good turn. The Eden Gardens pitch is also helpful for batsmen due to short boundaries and fast outfield. Both teams are expected to bat first due to the moist conditions.