KKR is coming off a scintillating win over RCB, while RR defeated the same team in their last match.
Rajasthan Royals are facing a team that is in top form with a rampaging Andre Russell to boot for. For Royals, however, their Indian fast bowlers have not come to the party yet. First Jaydev Unadkat, their most expensive buy performed poorly and was benched, while Varun Aaron, who replaced him, went for 16 runs in the only over he bowled.
K Gowtham is yet to fire as a spinner, while KKR has good enough middle order to counter a good-looking S Gopal.
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Playing XIs:
RR: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Jos Buttler (w), Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Prashant Chopra, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sudhesan Midhun.
KKR: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Prasidh Krishna.