The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will clash with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 6 of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) on March 26, to be hosted at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. After a 7-wicket loss to the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the first match of the season, KKR is hoping to defend their championship title.

Guwahati’s pitch tends to be favorable to both the bowlers and batters, meaning both teams will have to bring their A-game. This encounter appears set to be an exciting contest between two evenly matched teams. 

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KKR and RR have fough hard against each other, as KKR has won their past 14 matches facing RR, while RR is nipping at their heels with 12. Overall the teams have faced off for a total of 29 times, with two matches ending in ties, and one has declared no result.

Last year in the IPL 2024, RR managed to break the record for the fastest chase against KKR. KKR set a target for RR at 223 runs which Sunil Narine single handedly brought to life achieving incredible 109 runs at the expense of 56 balls. RR, led by Jos Buttler responded with an unbeatable knock, and secured victory with a staggering two wicket win.The most successful chase of the IPL history was done.

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KKR Predicted Playing 11

• Ajinkya Rahane (C)    
• Quinton de Kock (WK)   
• Venkatesh Iyer    
• Rinku Singh
• Andre Russell    
• Sunil Narine    
• Ramandeep Singh    
• Varun Chakravarthy  
•  Vaibhav Arora
• Spencer Johnson
• Harshit Rana

The team has added experienced campaigner, Ajinkya Rahane and Quinton de Kock and Russell along with the newbies in Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana in their squad. KKR is looking for their first win of the season against the RR team, with this combination being the quick win route.