Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are facing each other at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai) in the 12th match of the IPL 2020. In the ongoing IPL season, it is the third match for both these teams.
Steven Smith-led Rajasthan Royals are now the only team who haven’t lost a match in the ongoing IPL season yet as they have won both their first two matches in the IPL 2020. In their first two matches of this season, they beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 16 runs and four wickets respectively.
On the other hand, in their opening match of this season, Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a 49-run defeat against the reigning champions Mumbai Indians (MI). But they brilliantly made a comeback in the next game after beating SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets.
Last time, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders met during the 43rd match of the IPL 2020 at Kolkata where Rajasthan Royals won by three wickets.
IPL 2020, Match 12: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RR vs KKR) – Toss Report
Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith won the toss and decided to bowl first. They have started with the unchanged playing XI.
Smith said after winning the toss, “Will have a bowl. That boundary’s big, certainly compared to Sharjah which was a postage stamp. Certainly have to adapt. Watched the Super Over the other day. Exciting to play on a different ground. Have played some good cricket. Boys in a good place. He was under the pump but just turned it around and had such belief in the end. Same team.”
After losing the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik also confirmed that they haven’t made any change in the playing XI.
Karthik said, “Okay with batting first. Looks similar to Abu Dhabi but it plays different. Sharjah is a completely different fish but these two are similar. The brand of cricket we played the other day was something I’m proud of. Same team.”
IPL 2020, Match 12: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RR vs KKR) – Playing XIs
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Smith (C), Sanju Samson, Rahul Tewatia, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (C/wk), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti