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]IPL 2026, Match 28: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Predicted Playing XIs
by Dwijesh
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals in the 28th match of Indian Premier League 2026 on April 19th at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata with the game set to begin at 3:30 PM.
Ajinkya Rahane will captain KKR, while Riyan Parag will lead RR. Both teams feature several top-quality players, and strong performances can be expected from stars like Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. It will be intriguing to see the final playing XIs that each side settles on ahead of this important clash.
Match Details
| Match Details | |
|---|---|
| Match | 28th T20 |
| Teams | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals |
| Date | 19 April 2026 |
| Time | 3:30 PM |
| Venue | Eden Gardens |
| City | Kolkata |
| Tournament | Indian Premier League 2026 |
| Broadcast | Star Sports Network |
| Streaming | JioHotstar |
KKR vs RR – Full Squad
| KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) | RR (Rajasthan Royals) |
|---|---|
| Finn Allen ✈️ (Batter) | Yashasvi Jaiswal (Batter) |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ (All-rounder) | Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Batter) |
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) (Batter) | Dhruv Jurel (WK, Batter) |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Batter) | Lhuan-dre Pretorius ✈️ (Batter) |
| Rinku Singh (Batter) | Riyan Parag (C) (Batter) |
| Cameron Green ✈️ (All-rounder) | Ravindra Jadeja (All-rounder) |
| Rovman Powell ✈️ (Batter) | Donovan Ferreira ✈️ (All-rounder) |
| Ramandeep Singh (All-rounder) | Jofra Archer ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Anukul Roy (All-rounder) | Tushar Deshpande (Bowler) |
| Vaibhav Arora (Bowler) | Ravi Bishnoi (Bowler) |
| Kartik Tyagi (Bowler) | Nandre Burger ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Varun Chakaravarthy (Bowler) | Sandeep Sharma (Bowler) |
| Manish Pandey (Batter) | Shimron Hetmyer ✈️ (Batter) |
| Umran Malik (Bowler) | Shubham Dubey (Batter) |
| Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ (Bowler) | Yudhvir Singh (Bowler) |
| Prashant Solanki (Bowler) | Kwena Maphaka ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Tejasvi Dahiya (Batter) | Sushant Mishra (Bowler) |
| Rahul Tripathi (Batter) | Vignesh Puthur (Bowler) |
| Tim Seifert ✈️ (WK) | Yash Punja (Bowler) |
| Sarthak Ranjan (Batter) | Ravi Singh (Batter) |
| Daksh Kamra (All-rounder) | Aman Rao (Batter) |
| Rachin Ravindra ✈️ (All-rounder) | Brijesh Sharma (Bowler) |
| Blessing Muzarabani ✈️ (Bowler) | Adam Milne ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Saurabh Dubey (Bowler) | Kuldeep Sen (Bowler) |
| Navdeep Saini (Bowler) | Dasun Shanaka ✈️ (All-rounder) |
KKR vs RR – Predicted Playing 11
| KKR (Playing XI) | RR (Playing XI) |
|---|---|
| Finn Allen ✈️ (WK) | Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) | Vaibhav Suryavanshi |
| Anukul Roy | Riyan Parag (C) |
| Rinku Singh | Dhruv Jurel (WK) |
| Cameron Green ✈️ | Shimron Hetmyer ✈️ |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ | Donovan Ferreira ✈️ |
| Ramandeep Singh | Jofra Archer ✈️ |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Ravi Bishnoi |
| Umran Malik | Sandeep Sharma |
| Blessing Muzarabani ✈️ | Nandre Burger ✈️ |
| Impact: Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Impact: Tushar Deshpande |
| Impact: Vaibhav Arora | Impact: Shubham Dubey |