April 19, 2026 19:17
KKR wins by four wickets
Brijesh with the last over. On the pads to start with. Rinku puts it away for an easy four. Full and wide. Thumped over covers for a four. Just a single needed. Rinku pulls away a short ball for a six to finish off the game. KKR gets its first win of the season.
April 19, 2026 19:11
KKR Live Score: 145/6 in 19 overs
21 needed from the last two. Who will be a able to keep their nerves here. Rinku and Anukul have put on fifty runs here. Archer with the penultimate over. Anukul biffs one to mid off. Just a single. Full from Archer. Rinku can only get it to long on. Single again. Full again. Anukul smokes it over long off. SIX!! Is that the game? Archer gets his yorkers right now. Two singles. A double of the last ball reduces the equation to nine of six.
April 19, 2026 19:08
KKR Live Score: 135/6 in 18 overs
Brijesh with his first over of the day. Rinku on strike. Two dot balls to start with. Gives away a short-ball wide next. This game is well within the reach for KKR. Rinku Singh will be key. Wide outside the leg stump. Rinku gets some bat on it, but it bounces into the gloves of the keeper. KKR does get a boundary of the over. Inside edge onto the pads of Anukul and it runs away for a four. Single to finish the over.
April 19, 2026 18:57
4
KKR Live Score: 128/6 in 17 overs
Archer goes short to start the over. Rinku swings it over fine leg for a four. Rinku now goes inside out and finds the fence again. FOUR!! Rinku dabs the next to the off side for a single now. KKR now needs 28 from the last three overs.
April 19, 2026 18:55
KKR Live Score: 116/6 in 16 overs
Rinku Singh with a mighty blog. Deep into the mid wicket stands. SIX!!! Can he lead KKR’s fightback. Couple of wides from Bishnoi. The pressure is mounting on both teams. Anukul dissipates some of it with a clean hit over extra cover for a six.
April 19, 2026 18:47
KKR Live Score: 97/6 in 15 overs
Riyan Parag brings himself on. His off-spin should be a good match-up against the two KKR lefties. Rinku tucks one away for a single first ball. Parag slows it down, forcing Anukul to defend. Drives the next to long on for a single. Rinku with some aggression. Dashes down the ground to crack one for a four.
April 19, 2026 18:41
W
KKR Live Score: 87/6 in 14 overs
Yash to bowl out. He has been impressive with his fastish leg spin. Now he is rewarded for his efforts. Ramandeep slices one onto his stumps. KKR continues to sink.
Ramandeep Singh b Yash Raj Punja 10 (13b 1x4 0x6)
Just three runs from the over. End of a praiseworthy debut spell from Yash.
April 19, 2026 18:39
4
KKR Live Score: 84/5 in 13 overs
Couple of singles to start the over. Bishnoi with a widish fuller delivery. Ramandeep thumps it through covers for a four. Two quick singles to close off the over.
April 19, 2026 18:35
KKR Live Score: 76/5 in 12 overs
Yash with his third. The required run-rate is climbing for KKR. Just two singles from the first four balls. Yash with a ball that grips the surface. Beats Ramandeep’s outside edge. Another single to close off the over.
April 19, 2026 18:29
W
KKR Live Score: 73/5 in 11 overs
Jadeja back and picks a wicket off the first ball!! WICKET!! Powell holes out to Ferreira in the deep to further plunge KKR into misery.
Rovman Powell c Donovan Ferreira b Ravindra Jadeja 23(20)
Ramandeep Singh is the new batter for KKR. He starts off with a few singles. Rinku with a wild swipe across the line. Up and up. Burger gets under it. But he drops a sitter. Is that the moment for KKR?
April 19, 2026 18:24
KKR Live Score: 70/4 in 10 overs
Bishnoi back with his second over. Rinku picks up a couple to the point region. Full on the pads this time, Rinku clips it to square leg for one.
Bishnoi to Powell, attempted googly goes down legside. Seven runs from the over.
April 19, 2026 18:18
KKR Live score: 63/4 in 9 overs
Jadeja back for his second. Powell picks a single to midwicket off the first ball. Looks to come down the track, has to adjust and push it to the legside for one. Four singles from the over.
April 19, 2026 18:16
KKR 59/4 in 8 overs
Punja with his second. The leg-spinner is getting some turn off the surface. Powell pushes one to point off the third ball to pick up a single.
Rinku is the new man in, he gets off the mark with a push to deep square leg. Four!! Powell gets a faint edge on a ball going down leg, picks up a boundary.
A single to complete the over. Seven runs off it.
April 19, 2026 18:14
W
KKR 52/4 in 7 overs
Jadeja into the attack. Almost scalps a wicket first ball. Powell gets a leading edge that falls just short of the bowler. WICKET!! Raghuvanshi shapes for a reverse sweep and is caught plumb in front.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 10(19)
April 19, 2026 18:06
KKR Live Score: 51/3 in 6 overs
Yash Raj Punja comes in as the Impact sub. He replaces Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
Angkrish picks a single to long on. Four!! Rovman Powell lofts one over cover, was a little too short and wide. Six!! Full toss offered by Punja and Powell takes full toll, deposits it into the stands at midwicket. 12 from the over.
April 19, 2026 18:04
W
KKR Live Score: 39/3 in 5 overs
WICKET!! Big wicket for RR! Bishnoi went wide down leg seeing Green advance down the track, Jurel does brilliantly well to predict the line and stump him out.
Cameron Green st Dhruv Jurel b Ravi Bishnoi 27(13)
Eight runs off the over and a wicket.
April 19, 2026 17:56
KKR 31/2 in 4 overs
Burger with the fourth. Raghuvanshi defends one to mid off and scampers across for a single. Six!! Green takes full toll of an overpitched ball, flicks into the stands over the legside. 10 runs from the over.
April 19, 2026 17:51
KKR Live Score: 21/2 in 3 overs
Archer with his second. Four!! Green picks up another boundary, clips it through fine leg. Archer shortens the length a touch and concedes just one run in the rest of the over.
April 19, 2026 17:46
KKR Live Score: 15/2 in 2 overs
Nandre Burger from the other end. WICKET!! Rahane gone for a duck! Rahane goes after a wide one and edges it back to the keeper.
Ajinkya Rahane c Dhruv Jurel b Nandre Burger 0(2)
Four!! Green gets a short of a length ball wide outside off, cuts it past point for a boundary. Four!! Another boundary in the same region to get himself going.
April 19, 2026 17:36
W
KKR Live Score: 5/1 in 1 over
WICKET OFF THE FIRST BALL! Archer cleans up Seifert on the first ball. Full ball on off, Seifert looked to play it legside.
Tim Seifert b Jofra Archer 0(1)
Angkrish in at 3. Full and wide, Angkrish chips it to point. Jadeja appeals but looks like a bump ball.
Short ball, Angkrish looks for the pull shot but misses. Appeals from behind the wicket but no says the umpire.
Back of a length outside off, defended to point again. Archer goes short again, called a wide.
Four!! Angkrish steers the last ball past backward point and picks up a boundary.
April 19, 2026 17:33
Time for the chase!
A fairly straightforward chase for KKR with only 155 on the board for Rajasthan Royals. Or will their bowlers bring them back to the contest with early wickets?
April 19, 2026 17:16
RR 155/9 in 20 overs
Vaibhav with the last over. Archer picks up a couple to long on. Only manages a single with a push to square leg. Brijesh on strike.
Short and wide outside off, Brijesh misses. Ekes out a single to square leg. Four!! Archer finds the fence through square leg with his pull shot. WICKET!! Archer is short of the crease at the striker’s end after he looks to steal a second on the last ball.
Jofra Archer run out (Vaibhav Arora/Tim Seifert) 8(5)
April 19, 2026 17:09
W
RR Live Score: 146/8 in 19 overs
Tyagi with his final over. WICKET!! Jadeja pulls the short ball straight down the throat of square leg.
Ravindra Jadeja c Cameron Green b Kartik Tyagi 9(7)
Archer, the next batter in. Archer picks a single to long on after driving one straight back at the stumps at the non-striker’s.
WICKET!! Hetmyer gets a top edge on an attempted legside flick, goes high up and third man settles under it.
Shimron Hetmyer c Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Kartik Tyagi 15(18)
Short stay for Bishnoi. WICKET!! Full and wide, Bishnoi looks to guide it through third man, gets a thick edge.
Ravi Bishnoi c Tim Seifert b Kartik Tyagi 0(2)
Tyagi already has three in the over. Last ball. Brijesh jams one down to point to finish the over.
April 19, 2026 17:01
RR Live Score: 144/5 in 18 overs
Ramandeep back for his second. Hetmyer picks up a single to deep midwicket.
Jadeja gets down and plays a sweep through forward square, picks up a quick couple. Four!! Slower short ball, Jadeja directs the pull shot through the gap to pick up a boundary. Two wides to follow.
Jadeja pulls one to midwicket, picks up a single. Dropped!! Ramandeep manages to get the top edge on Hetmyer’s pull, but Vaibhav Arora drops it at square leg.
12 runs from the over.
April 19, 2026 16:57
RR Live Score: 132/5 in 17 overs
Vaibhav Arora back into the attack. Three runs in the first two balls for Ferreira. Jadeja looks to cut one off the backfoot, doesn’t make contact.
Vaibhav goes short, called a wide. Hetmyer picks a couple after slogging a full toss across the line, good effort from Green on the boundary. Eight from the over.
April 19, 2026 16:52
W
RR Live Score: 124/5 in 16 overs
Narine with his final over. Back of a length beats Ferreira on the outside edge. Six!! Three dots and Ferreira says that’s enough. Goes down the ground and clears the ropes at long on.
WICKET!! Narine removes the danger man. Chips the ball straight back to the bowler.
Donovan Ferreira c and b Sunil Narine 7(7)
Ravindra Jadeja the next batter.
April 19, 2026 16:47
W
RR Live Score: 118/4 in 15 overs
Varun with his final over. Parag misses a shot to the legside. Is hit on the pad. KKR goes up in review. Comfortably missing the stumps down legside.
Four!! Parag brings out the reverse sweep, clears short third and picks up a boundary. WICKET!! Varun strikes again!! Quick and straight, Parag plays all around it and finds his stumps pushed back.
Riyan Parag b Varun Chakaravarthy 12(14)
Donovan Ferreira in at 6. Gets off the mark with a push to midwicket. Hetmyer defends the last ball back to the bowler. Varun finishes with 3/14 in four overs.
April 19, 2026 16:41
RR Live Score: 113/3 in 14 overs
Tyagi back into the attack. Hetmyer looks to loft a ball on the hips over short fine, doesn’t connect well. Only a single. Parag picks up a single to square leg.
Low full toss from Tyagi, Hetmyer thumps it towards wide long on. Two runs taken. Missed opportunity there. Just four runs from the over.
April 19, 2026 16:36
RR Live Score: 109/3 in 13 overs
Varun again. Parag taps one to midwicket to pick up one after Hetmyer gives him strike with a single to start the over.
Hetmyer goes back and whips a back-of-a-length ball to wide long on for a single. RR will need this stand to prolong for 3 more overs at least.
Hetmyer pushes one to square leg and sets off quickly, no option for a second run though. Just five from the over.
April 19, 2026 16:29
W
RR Live Score: 104/3 in 12 overs
Narine back for his third over. Parag picks up a single to the offside.
WICKET!! Big wicket! Jaiswal drives a full ball outside off to Rahane at short cover.
Yashasvi Jaiswal c Ajinkya Rahane b Sunil Narine 39(29)
Hetmyer in at 5. Gets off the mark with a tap through point. Couple more singles exchanged between the two.
Just six runs from the over.
April 19, 2026 16:24
W
RR Live Score: 98/2 in 11 overs
Varun back for his second. Jurel tucks one to point to pick up a single.
Jaiswal brings out the sweep, will only get one to square leg. Appeal for stumping after Jurel misses his attempted reverse sweep. He hasn’t made it back in time!
Dhruv Jurel st Tim Seifert b Varun Chakaravarthy 5(7)
Riyan Parag in at 4. Starts with a gentle push to midwicket. No run.
Just three runs in the over.
April 19, 2026 16:17
6
RR Live Score: 95/1 in 10 overs
Ramandeep Singh with the ball now. Jaiswal pulls one away for a single off the first ball. Similar length to Jurel. Pulled away for a couple of runs. Good effort by Tyagi at the fence to prevent a four. Jaiswal with a ramp shot now. Gets enough bat on it. SIX!! Looks like he will change gears now.
April 19, 2026 16:15
W
RR Live Score: 81/1 in 9 overs
Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack. Sooryavanshi goes after a length delivery. Doesn’t get the timing right. It is a skier. Ramandeep circles under it and holds onto a good catch. Finally, KKR makes an inroad.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Ramandeep Singh b Varun 46 (28b 6x4 2x6)
Jurel is the new batter and he plays out two dot balls to start with.
April 19, 2026 16:07
4
RR Live Score: 79/0 in 8 overs
Tyagi returns. Jaiswal with a play and miss off the first ball. Single brings Sooryavanshi on strike. Tyagi offers width. Sooryavanshi slashes at it. Falls just short of deep point and runs away for a four. Couple of singles follow. KKR needs wickets to get into this game and at the moment, that doesn’t look like happening.
April 19, 2026 16:05
RR Live Score: 71/0 in 7 overs
Second over for Narine. Sooryavanshi with a single first up. Jaiswal is beaten with one that drifts in. Full and wide now. Carved through covers for a four. On the pads now. Tucked away for a couple of runs by Jaiswal.
April 19, 2026 15:57
6
RR Live Score: 63/0 in 6 overs
Last over of the PowerPlay. Green with the first ball. Jaiswal gets his first six of the day. Pulls a half tracker away for a massive six. A quick single now. Sooryavanshi would have been a goner if it was a direct hit. A juicy half volley now. Sooryavanshi bashes it down the ground for a six. Two consecutive wides from Green now. Jaiswal with a reverse ramp. Innovative. Four more. Another wide. Fourth of the over.
April 19, 2026 15:50
RR Live Score: 41/0 in 5 overs
Sooryavanshi up against Sunil Narine now. Full from Narine and Sooryavanshi slogs it away for a six to the leg side. RR up and running. Narine slides one away from the leftie. Beaten. Sooryavanshi tries a cut now. Can’t get it past the in-field. Cut again. Again, straight to the fielder.
April 19, 2026 15:46
RR Live Score: 35/0 in 4 overs
Sooryavanshi finally gets going. Smashes Arora for two fours through the off side to get the fourth over underway. The second was almost a catch for the point fielder. Royals won’t mind it a bit. Now he brings out a clever ramp shot. Not exactly off the middle of the battle. But still runs away for a four.
April 19, 2026 15:42
RR Live Score: 20/0 in 3 overs
Surprise move as Rahane brings in Green. Around the wicket. Sooryavanshi with a single to get the over going. Hard length into the body now. Jaiswal adjusts and ramps it over third man for a four. Two dot balls follow. This has been comparatively sedate start from the RR openers. Just 20 runs from the first three overs.
April 19, 2026 15:39
RR Live Score: 15/0 in 2 overs
Kartik Tyagi into the attack. Full and on the pads. Sooryavanshi clips it away for an easy four. Tyagi gets it onto a good length now. Sooryavanshi defends it astutely. Rahane gets away with the slip. This time Sooryavanshi edges it and the ball runs away through the slip cordon. FOUR!! Sharp from Tyagi. Just those two boundaries and a single from the over.
April 19, 2026 15:32
4
RR Live Score: 6/0 in 1 over
Vaibhav Arora with the first over. Jaiswal with a single first ball. Sooryavanshi dabs one to the off side for another single. Arora offers width. Jaiswal thumps it through covers for a four. Arora regroups his length. Just six runs from the over.
April 19, 2026 15:25
Skewed boundaries
70m boundary to one side and 58m to the other. This could have a big say in how the game will play out today.
April 19, 2026 15:14
Impact Subs
Rajasthan Royals:Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yash Punja
Kolkata Knight Riders: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini
April 19, 2026 15:10
Ground Dimensions - Ian Bishop
The dimensions, as we stand here, away to my right about 58 meters, significantly larger away to my left, about 70 meters, and 74 down the ground. So those square boundaries, you’ll find tactically coming into play.
April 19, 2026 15:07
KKR XI
Ajinkya Rahane(c), Tim Seifert(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy
April 19, 2026 15:06
RR captain Riyan Parag
We’re batting first. Looks like a pretty dry wicket; the grass was cut yesterday. It could turn in the first innings and remain the same later on. Let’s set the tone at the start: our focus is on doing better, last match was a learning phase, we need to take it into the games. hetmyer and Brijesh are back.
April 19, 2026 15:06
RR Playing XI
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi
April 19, 2026 15:01
Toss
Parag calls it right and Royals will be batting first. Shimron Hetmyer returns for RR. KKR is unchanged.
April 19, 2026 14:57
Coach’s Stance
Sangakkara defended RR’s aggressive approach, stating that “all-out attack” is the nature of modern T20 opening and that failures are part of the process for such an exciting talent.
April 19, 2026 14:54
Sangakkara's defence of Parag
Sangakkara emphasized that Parag is “hitting the ball off the middle” and that in the T20 middle order, impact is more important than long innings. He dismissed the dip in form as a common phase for any cricketer.
April 19, 2026 14:49
Oops!
The miniature Tata Sierra that is used for the toss has been hit by a stray ball from the RR group training towards the Dhan Singh Thapa stand. The remote control wielder looked worried for a bit but the yellow gadget comes back alive. Phew! I am sure they would have a backup or two for that. You surely cannot afford to have the toss delayed for a broken toy, right? Right?!
Santadeep asking the right questions.
April 19, 2026 14:42
Change at the top!
Finn Allen made way for Tim Seifert in KKR’s most recent encounter, but the keeper-bat could only manage a 14-ball 19. KKR will need a strong start with the bat if it has to put RR under pressure.
The opening partnership has been a worry for KKR. The side has the second-lowest opening-wicket partnership average (24) among all IPL teams, only better than CSK (23.16).
April 19, 2026 14:37
Jaiswal record vs KKR
Yashasvi Jaiswal has enjoyed a good time with the bat against today’s opponent. He has scored 202 runs in six innings at an average of 40.4 and a strike rate of 166.94.
April 19, 2026 14:33
Parag's struggles
Parag has failed to cross the 50-run mark in five outings, averaging just 12.25 and lasting an average of only nine balls per innings.
April 19, 2026 14:28
Desperate KKR
KKR has had a disastrous start with only one point after six games. Another loss could virtually eliminate them from the tournament.
April 19, 2026 14:22
The PowerPlay problem
Kolkata Knight Riders has the third-lowest PowerPlay scoring rate in IPL 2026 (9.08). Its opponent today, RR, has the best among all teams (12.30)
KKR has also lost 12 wickets in the first six-over phase, the most for any side.
April 19, 2026 14:16
Most wickets in KKR vs RR
Sunil Narine (KKR): 14 wickets (20 matches)
Varun Chakaravarthy (KKR): 13 wickets (9 matches)
Shivam Mavi (KKR): 13 wickets (8 matches)
Yuzvendra Chahal (RR): 10 wickets (includes a famous 5/40 hat-trick performance)
Shakib Al Hasan: 10 wickets
April 19, 2026 14:10
Most runs in KKR vs RR
Sanju Samson: 413 runs (Avg: 27.53)
Jos Buttler: 393 runs (Avg: 49.12)
Ajinkya Rahane: 386 runs (Avg: 25.73)
Shane Watson: 304 runs (Avg: 33.77)
Yusuf Pathan: 292 runs (Avg: 32.44)
April 19, 2026 14:02
Rahane against his old friends
For many years, Ajinkya Rahane was synonymous with the colour pink in the IPL. The current KKR skipper played 100 games across seven seasons for the Royals, scoring 2810 runs.
He averages just 15.28 at a strike rate of 112.63 against the Royals since making the move away.
April 19, 2026 13:46
Here's our reporter, Santadeep Dey, from the venue
Eden Gardens press box.jpeg
Trek over. An Eden Gardens press box climb a day will probably keep my doctors away. First, here and there is no better feeling than parking yourself right in front of the AC vent.
The conditions outside are bad. No, horrible is the word. 36 degrees, feels much higher than that and I am dressed in all black. Perfect start to the day.
April 19, 2026 13:35
Head-to-head record
KKR and RR have faced off 31 times in the IPL before. The Knight Riders enjoy the bragging rights with 16 wins in comparison to RR’s 12. Two encounters ended in a tie, while one game did not produce a result.
April 19, 2026 13:29
Good afternoon!
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the contest between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens.
KKR is in dire need of a win to keep up its faint hopes of remaining in the conversation for a playoff spot. RR are much better placed, but a second straight loss could derail the momentum built by the side.
Published on Apr 19, 2026
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