KKR vs RR 28th Match IPL 2026 Highlights

Watch the highlights of KKR vs RR - The 28th match of the 2026 IPL (Indian Premier League) Twenty20 cricket tournament between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 19, 2026.

A record unbeaten 76-run stand between Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy took KKR home © Associated Press

Kartik Tyagi's three-for, Spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine's combined 5-wickets before Rinku Singh's superb unbeaten half-century and Anukul Roy's 16-ball 29 helped to Kolkata Knight Riders hard-fought six-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals, despite Ravindra Jadeja's fightback and KKK earn first win after 7 matches in the 28th match of a Indian Premier League.

Match Stats :

Kolkata Knight Riders chased 156 was their third highest successful run-chase against Rajasthan Royals in IPL. Rajasthan Royals' 63 for 0 was their fifth highest powerplay total against Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League. 81 : Yashaswi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set up the second highest fifth-wicket partnership for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, The highest is 97-run stand between Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai in the 2022 IPL edition. Rajasthan Royals' 155 was their fourth highest total against Kolkata Knight Riders at Kolkata in IPL. This is the 15th Ducks for Ajinkya Rahane in the IPL, the joint seventh most ducks any batsman in IPL, jointly with Mandeep Singh. Tim Seifert became the second Kolkata Knight Riders opener to fall for a first-ball duck against Rajasthan Royals in IPL after Nitish Rana fell first ball at Dubai (DICS) in the 2020 IPL edition. The Kolkata IPL game produced the 13th instance of same team openers getting out for ducks in the same match, This is the second such instance for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, Coincidentally, their previous such instance came against Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) at Dubai (DICS) on this day in the 2014 IPL edition. Kolkata Knight Riders' 51 for 3 was their joint ninth highest powerplay total against Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. 76 : Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy set up the record seventh-wicket partnership for Kolkata Knight Riders against Mumbai Indians in Indian Premier League, previously held by the unbeaten 57-run stand between Laxmi Shukla and Ajit Agarkar at Durban in the 2009 IPL edition and the KKR's third highest seventh-wicket stand in IPL.

RR scored 155-9 in 20 overs with top scorer by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hammered a 46 off 28-balls including 6-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 164.28.

Yashaswi Jaiswal cracked a 39 off 26-balls including 4-fours & 2-sixes and Shimron Hetmyer scored 15 off 18-balls without a boundary.

KKR best bowler by Varun Chakravarthy picked up 3-wickets, Kartik Tyagi captured three-wickets for 22-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 5.50 and Sunil Narine took 2-wickets.

KKR chase down the target of 156, finishing at 161 for 6 in 19.4 overs with top scorer by Rinku Singh blasted a unbeaten 53 off 34-balls including 5-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 155.88.

Anukul Roy hammered a unbeaten 29 off 16-balls including 2-sixes & a four with strike rate of 181.25, Cameron Green blasted a 27 off 13-balls included 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 207.69 and Rovman Powell hit 23 off 20-balls contained 2-fours & a six.

RR best bowler by Ravindra Jadeja captured 2-wickets for 8-runs in 3-overs with economy rate of 2.66, Debutant Yash Raj Punja - who took one-wicket on his debut IPL match, Nandre Burger, Jofra Archer and Ravi Bishnoi each took one-wickets.

Varun Chakravarthy named Player of the match for his excellent economical bowling bowling performance to picked up 3-wickets for 14-runs in 4-overs with economy rate of 3.50.

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