IPL 2025: RR vs KKR, Match 6, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Key Players, Probable XIs, Captain, Vice-Captain & More

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The match number six of IPL 2025 will be played between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on March 26. Both the teams lost their first match of the season and will be looking to get their first win in Guwahati. The last time both teams met during IPL 2024, RR defeated KKR in a thrilling encounter by chasing 224 runs on the last ball of the match.

This year, both RR and KKR are coming with a few changes in their squads and are yet to win their first game in IPL 2025. KKR failed to defend to 175 runs in their previous game as RCB chased the target under 17 overs, while RR conceded 286 runs against SRH in their last game. Now, it will be interesting to see which team will have an upper hand in the upcoming fixture. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the RR vs KKR IPL 2025 sixth match.

RR vs KKR Match Information

RR vs KKR IPL Head-to-Head Stats and Records

Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders share a close rivalry as both the teams have registered equal number of wins against each other. Out of 30 matches played between both teams so far, both RR and KKR won 14 matches each while two matches ended in no result.

RR vs KKR Pitch Report

The surface of the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati suits best for the batters and we are expected to get a high–scoring encounter. Along with this, the pitch also provides a perfect bounce which also becomes beneficial for the fast bowlers. Total four IPL games have been scheduled at this ground, out of which the team batting first won two times while the chasing team won once.

RR vs KKR Probable Playing XIs

RR Probable Playing XI : Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (C), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

Impact Player: Fazalhaq Farooqi

KKR Probable Playing XI : Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora

RR vs KKR IPL 2025 Full Squads

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sanju Samson, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi

RR Recent Performance:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell, Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakariya

KKR Recent Performance:

RR vs KKR Top captaincy and vice-captaincy picks

Q. Why Dhruv Jurel and Sunil Narine are top contenders for captaincy picks?

RR batter Dhruv Jurel showed great fight with the bat in a high-scoring encounter against SRH with his knock of 70 runs. He also provides strength to RR’s middle order and will be looking to play another big knock in Guwahati.

Dhruv Jurel IPL Batting Career Stats:

On the other hand, KKR all-rounder Sunil Narine can also be a player to look out for against RR and will look to take full advantage of the conditions while batting. Apart from that, he could also turn out to be crucial as a spinner in the middle-overs.

Sunil Narine IPL Bowling Career Stats:

Q. Why Ajnkya Rahane and Tushar Deshpande are top contenders for vice-captaincy picks

KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane had a great start to his IPL 2025 campaign with a fiery fifty in the first match vs RCB. He could also turn out to be a crucial player vs RR in Guwahati and will be looking to play another impactful knock.

Ajnkya Rahane IPL Batting Career Stats:

On the other hand, RR pacer Tushar Deshpande can also turn the match around with his bowling against KKR in Guwahati.

Tushar Deshpande IPL Bowling Career Stats:

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2025 Match 5: Top Players to pick

Dhruv Jurel: RR batter Dhruv Jurel showed his capability of turning the match around with his fighting knock against SRH. He will be looking to play another big knock and guide RR to their first win of the season.

Tushar Deshpande: Fast bowler Tushar Deshpande had an impressive debut for Rajasthan Royals in the last game against SRH. In a match where both teams score more than 240 runs, Deshpande registered figures of 3/44. He will be looking to perform even better against KKR.

Ajinkya Rahane: KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane showed great form in the very first match of the season and is looking in great touch for the rest of the tournament. Rahane will look to play another quickfire knock at Barsapara and help KKR to win their first game.

Sunil Narine: All-rounder also looked in great touch with the bat with his knock of 44 runs against RCB. He also ended up taking one wicket in the game. Narine will now look to play even bigger knock with the bat and take crucial wickets with the ball.

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2025 Match 5: Players to avoid

Jofra Archer: RR pacer Jofra Archer had a forgettable outing against SRH in Hyderabad where he went on to concede 76 runs in his spell of four overs. He is unlikely to make an impact against KKR as well.

Vaibhav Arora: Vaibhav Arora came as an impact player against RCB but went on to concede 42 runs in his three overs taking 1 scalp.

RR vs KKR Fantasy Team 1

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock , Dhruv Jurel (C)

Batters: Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Shimron Hetmyer

All-Rounders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell

Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma

RR vs KKR Fantasy Team 2

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock , Dhruv Jurel

Batters: Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shimron Hetmyer,Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-Rounders: Sunil Narine (C), Nitish Rana

Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Tushar Deshpande (VC)

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