In Twenty20 cricket, teams tend to chase after winning the toss. But at times, pitch and conditions also influence a captain’s decision. In case of Wednesday’s IPL 2020 match between the Rajasthan Royals and the Kolkata Knight Riders, evening dew too could play a role.
Toss: Rajasthan Royals wins toss, Smith opts to bowl
Playing XI
Rajasthan Royals: Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
Changes: KKR – Andre Russell is back, Lockie Ferguson is out and so does Rinku Singh. Shivam Mavi comes in. | RR – Unchanged
Kolkata Knight Riders won five tosses in 14 matches last year while Rajasthan Royals won 11 tosses in 14 games.
IPL 2020: KKR vs RR – Head-to-head record, Players to watch out for
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS – TOSS AND MATCH RESULTS – 2019
TOTAL MATCHES: 14
TOSSES WON: 5 LOST: 9
RESULTS AFTER WINNING TOSS:
MATCHES WON: 4 MATCHES LOST: 1
RESULTS AFTER LOSING TOSS:
MATCHES WON: 2 MATCHES LOST: 7
MATCH RESULTS:
- KKR V SRH – KKR WON THE TOSS – KKR CHOSE TO FIELD – KKR WON BY 6 WICKETS
- KKR V KXIP – KXIP WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – KKR WON BY 28 RUNS
- DC V KKR – DC WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – DC WON IN SUPER OVER
- RCB V KKR – KKR WON THE TOSS – KKR CHOSE TO FIELD – KKR WON BY 5 WICKETS
- RR V KKR – KKR WON THE TOSS – KKR CHOSE TO FIELD – KKR WON BY 8 WICKETS
- CSK V KKR – CSK WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – CSK WON BY 7 WICKETS
- KKR V DC – DC WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – DC WON BY 7 WICKETS
- KKR V CSK – CSK WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – CSK WON BY 5 WICKETS
- KKR V RCB – KKR WON THE TOSS – KKR CHOSE TO FIELD – RCB WON BY 10 RUNS
- SRH V KKR – SRH WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – SRH WON BY 9 WICKETS
- KKR V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – RR WON BY 3 WICKETS
- KKR V MI – MI WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – KKR WON BY 34 RUNS
- KXIP V KKR – KKR WON THE TOSS – KKR CHOSE TO FIELD – KKR WON BY 7 WICKETS
- MI V KKR – MI WON THE TOSS – KKR FORCED TO BAT – MI WON BY 9 WICKETS
RAJASTHAN ROYALS – TOSS AND MATCH RESULTS – 2019
TOTAL MATCHES: 14
TOSSES WON: 11 LOST: 3
RESULTS AFTER WINNING TOSS:
MATCHES WON: 5 MATCHES LOST: 5 NO RESULT: 1
RESULTS AFTER LOSING TOSS:
MATCHES WON: 0 MATCHES LOST: 3
MATCH RESULTS:
- RR V KXIP – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – KXIP WON BY 14 RUNS
- SRH V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO BAT – SRH WON BY 5 WICKETS
- CSK V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – CSK WON BY 8 RUNS
- RR V RCB – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – RR WON BY 7 WICKETS
- RR V KKR – KKR WON THE TOSS – RR FORCED TO BAT – KKR WON BY 8 WICKETS
- RR V CSK – CSK WON THE TOSS – RR FORCED TO BAT – CSK WON BY 4 WICKETS
- MI V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – RR WON BY 4 WICKETS
- KXIP V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – KXIP WON BY 12 RUNS
- RR V MI – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – RR WON BY 5 WICKETS
- RR V DC – DC WON THE TOSS – RR FORCED TO BAT – DC WON BY 6 WICKETS
- KKR V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – RR WON BY 3 WICKETS
- RR V SRH – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO FIELD – RR WON BY 7 WICKETS
- RCB V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO BAT – NO RESULT
- DC V RR – RR WON THE TOSS – RR CHOSE TO BAT – DC WON BY 5 WICKETS
You can follow live updates from the IPL 2020 match between RR and KKR on Sportstar’s match-day blog.
