KKR vs RR Dream 11 Prediction IPL 2025: As the playoff chances are on the line for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), they host the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Eden Gardens today at 3:30 PM IST. While RR is completely out of the race, the Knight Riders can still cling to the hopes with no scope of error in its remaining matches. To stay in the race for the top four, KKR’s Rinku Singh, Andre Russell must reignite the spark from their match against the Delhi Capitals (DC).
After losing the five out of the ten matches played, KKR stands at number 7 and not far below is RR on number 8 in the IPL 2025 points table. After Vaibhav Suryavanshi‘s exemplary performance against the Gujarat Titans (GT), he was ousted for a single in the previous match. While already eliminated RR still plays, KKR might still have a turn-around chance today.
KKR vs RR Dream 11 Prediction
With three overseas players, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Narine and Russell, KKR need to use their fourth wisely. As per experts, Spencer Johnson and Anrich Nortje do not appear to be in the squad for the match. Dhruv Jurel and Venkatesh Iyer share the spotlight this match where Iyer’s inconsistency and Jurel’s dependability battle against each other.
So far, despite disqualification, RR dominates the batters with most runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal at 439 runs in 11 matches as KKR’s Rahane stands far behind at 297 from 10 matches. However, when it comes to bowling, KKR might have mastered their strategy with stars like Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Sunil Narine.
KKR vs RR fantasy sports team prediction: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dhruv Jurel, Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande.
Players to avoid: Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson
KKR vs RR predicted playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (capt), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Yudhvir Singh/Kumar Kartikeya
The KKR vs RR Match 53 of IPL 2025 will kick off with the toss at 3 PM IST. Fans catch the match live on JioHotstar and Star Sports Network.