IPL Match-28 : Kolkata vs Rajasthan live
IPL Match-28 : Kartik & Varun's excellent bowling followed by Rinku's 53* runs led Kolkata to upset Rajasthan by 4 wickets
28th Match of IPLT20 2026 between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals will be played on Sunday, April 19, 2026 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata at 3:00 pm.
Opting to bat first, Rajasthan got good start initially. Both opening natsmen playes sensible cricket. Yashasvi Jaiswal made 29 balls 39 runs and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi played quick inning of 28 balls 46 runs. Other RR batsmen failed to bat well and managed to set 156 runs for Kolkata to get. Kartik Tyagi and Varun Chakravarthy bowled well and shared 3 wickets each for KKR. Sunil Narine also claims 2 wickets as well.
Following 156 runs target, Kolkata opening pair gone for duck in 1.2 overs. Cameron Green 13 balls 27, Rovman Powell 20 balls 23, Anukul Roy 16 balls 29* and Rinku Singg's superb 34 balls unbeaten 53 runs led Kolkata to made chase in 19.4 overs and won 1st match of this edition by 4 wickets. Jadeja bowled well for RR and took 2 for 8 runs. Varun Chakrawathy declared an of the match for important 3 wickets.
| Head to Head |
| Played : 33 |
| KKR Won |
RR won |
| 17 |
12 |
| No Result : 3 and Tied : 1 |
IPL KKR vs RR live score 2026
| Toss : Rajasthan won and bat first |
| Result : Kolkata won by 4 wickets |
| Man of The Match : Varun Chakrawathy (KKR) |
| Match Points - KKR 2, RR 0 |
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Batting |
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R |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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Yashasvi Jaiswal |
c Rahane b Narine |
39 |
29 |
4 |
2 |
134.48 |
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi |
c Ramandeep Singh b Varun |
46 |
28 |
6 |
2 |
164.28 |
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Dhruv Jurel (w) |
st Seifert b Varun |
5 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
71.42 |
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Riyan Parag (c) |
b Varun |
12 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
85.71 |
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Shimron Hetmyer |
c Raghuvanshi b Kartik Tyagi |
15 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
83.33 |
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Donovan Ferreira |
c & b Narine |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
100.00 |
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Ravindra Jadeja |
c Green b Kartik Tyagi |
9 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
128.57 |
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Jofra Archer |
run out (Arora/Seifert) |
8 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
160.00 |
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Ravi Bishnoi |
c Seifert b Kartik Tyagi |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Brijesh Sharma |
not out |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
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Nandre Burger |
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Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 10) |
13 |
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Total (20.0 overs) |
155/9 |
RR: 7.75 |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
NB |
WB |
Eco |
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Vaibhav Arora |
4 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9.25 |
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Kartik Tyagi |
4 |
0 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
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Cameron Green |
2 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
13.50 |
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Sunil Narine |
4 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6.50 |
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Varun Chakravarthy |
4 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
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Ramandeep Singh |
2 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
13.00 |
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Batting |
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R |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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Tim Seifert (w) |
b Archer |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Ajinkya Rahane (c) |
c Jurel b Burger |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
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Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
lbw b Jadeja |
10 |
19 |
1 |
0 |
53.63 |
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Cameron Green |
st Jurel b Ravi Bishnoi |
27 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
207.69 |
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Rovman Powell |
c Ferreira b Jadeja |
23 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
115.00 |
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Rinku Singh |
not out |
53 |
34 |
5 |
2 |
155.88 |
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Ramandeep Singh |
b Yash Raj Punja |
10 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
76.92 |
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Anukul Roy |
not out |
29 |
16 |
1 |
2 |
181.25 |
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Sunil Narine |
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Vaibhav Arora |
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Kartik Tyagi |
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Extras (lb 1, w 8) |
9 |
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Total (19.4 overs) |
161/6 |
RR: 8.18 |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
NB |
WB |
Eco |
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Jofra Archer |
4 |
0 |
35 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8.75 |
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Nandre Burger |
2 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
10.00 |
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Ravi Bishnoi |
4 |
0 |
41 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
10.25 |
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Yash Raj Punja |
4 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6.25 |
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Ravindra Jadeja |
3 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2.66 |
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Riyan Parag |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10.00 |
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Brijesh Sharma |
1.4 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12.60 |
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