On Wednesday night, the Eliminator match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). The winner of the match will advance for the Qualifier 2 while the loser of the match will be eliminated from this tournament.

At the end of the points table, KKR finished at the third position with 16 points while RR finished at the fourth position with 14 points.

Earlier in this season, they have met twice and KKR has won on both occasions. At first, KKR beat RR by 7 wickets (with 7 balls to spare) at Jaipur on April 18. Later, KKR clinched another 6-wicket victory (with 12 balls to spare) at Kolkata on May 15.

Before the beginning of the game, we are looking at some important stats of KKR and RR, which are related to the upcoming match.

Form in the IPL 2018

KKR (in last five matches) – Lost, Lost, Won, Won and Won

RR (in last five matches) – Won, Won, Won, Lost and Won

Early meeting in this season: i) At Jaipur on April 18 – KKR won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls to spare)

ii) At Kolkata on May 15 – KKR won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls to spare)

(Teams’ run-rate in the different phases)
(Notes: *excluded the over-reduction innings. For RR: excluded their away game against Delhi Daredevils.)

(Total wickets taken with different bowling style) 

(Men In-form) 
 

IPL Playoffs/knockout stage records for KKR and RR

Head-to-head IPL records between KKR and RR 

Important IPL stats at Eden Gardens (Kolkata) 

Important IPL stats between KKR and RR

(Team Stats)

(Individual stats)

Other important stats

• KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik (4,964 runs) needs to score 36 more runs to complete 5,000 runs in T20 career.
• Ajinkya Rahane has scored 2,371 runs in IPL career for RR. Two more runs will make him the most IPL runs scorer for RR as the record holder Shane Watson scored 2,372 IPL runs for RR.
• RR batsman Sanju Samson (2,961 runs) needs to score 39 more runs to complete 3,000 runs in his T20 career.