Live: Kolkata's innings starts, Phil Salt gets life in the first over.

• Match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals
  
• This match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata.
  
• Both the teams have clashed 27 times so far in IPL.
  

The 31st match of IPL 2024 is being played today between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. This match is being played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. This will be the first clash between the two teams this season. Rajasthan Royals have played six matches so far this season. Sanju Samson's team has won five matches during this period. Whereas KKR has played five matches, out of which it has won four matches.

Kolkata innings

1 over ends: Trent Boult gave only 2 runs in the first over. On the second ball of this over, Riyan Parag dropped an easy catch of Phil Salt.

Kolkata Knight Riders have come to bat first after losing the toss. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine have come to the crease to open for Kolkata. Trent Boult started the first over for Rajasthan.

Rajasthan won the toss

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. RR has replaced Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin in this match. Whereas KKR team has not made any changes. Jos Buttler was dropped from the last match. He played his last match on 10 April against Gujarat Titans. Ravichandran Ashwin also played his last match against Gujarat Titans. Now both of them have returned to the playing eleven.

pitch report

The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will be played at KKR's home ground Eden Gardens. Eden's pitch is a paradise for batsmen. However, the new ball also provides some help to the fast bowlers here. Now looking at both the teams, it would not be wrong to say that a high scoring match can be seen today. After winning the toss the captain can decide to bowl.

Probable playing-11 of both the teams

Kolkata Knight Riders- Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana.

Impact Player-Suyyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora

Rajasthan Royals- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (WK/Captain), Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player-Jos Buttler, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Andre Berger, Kohler-Cadmore