Kolkata Knight Riders (161/6) defeated Rajasthan Royals (155/9) by four wickets in their IPL 2026 match on Sunday. Chasing 156, Rinku Singh scored an unbeaten 53 off 34 balls, while Anukul Roy scored 29 off 16 balls. This is KKR's first win of the season and it came on the second-last ball of the match. Interestingly, Rinku was dropped on eight by Nandre Burger, which turned out to be the game-changing moment. 

SIX!!! WOAH!!! That's massive Anukul Roy hits a massive six on Jofra Archer's delivery. In total, Archer leaked 12 runs. KKR now need 12 runs in the final over of the match. 

KKR 147/6 (19 overs)

Brijesh Sharma bowls an excellent over and concedes just seven runs. KKR now need 21 runs more to win from 12 balls. Onus is now entirely on Rinku Singh to take KKR across the line. 

KKR 135/6 (18 overs)

In 2023, Rinku Singh hammered five sixes in the final over of Yash Dayal as KKR chased 29 runs in six balls against Gujarat Titans. KKR need Rinku to replicate the same heroics against RR. In the over of Jofra Archer, Rinku hit two boundaries as the pacer leaked 12 runs. 

KKR 128/6 (17 overs)

What a brilliant comeback from Kolkata Knight Riders as Rinku Singh stands tall against all odds. In the over of Ravi Bishnoi, the duo of Rinku and Anukul Roy scored 19 runs. This included a six from both the batters. KKR need 40 off last 4 overs to win. 

KKR 116/6 (16 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders finally take a sigh of relief as Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy get a big over. In the previous over by Riyan Parag, the duo scored 10 runs. This included a terrific boundary from Rinku. KKR now need 59 off 30 balls to win. 

KKR 97/6 (15 overs)

OUT!!! Debutant Yash Raj Punja gets his first wicket of the day as he dismisses Ramandeep Singh for 10. Full outside off delivery, the ball hits the inside edge and rattles the stumps. Sixth wicket gone for KKR. 

KKR 85/6 (13.3 overs)

Oh No! Nandre Burger's blunder gives a huge lifeline to Rinku Singh. On Ravindra Jadeja's delivery, Rinku brings his leading edge as the ball goes towards the short third man. Burger comes to take the catch but ends up dropping it. This leaves Jadeja fuming as he angrily looks at the Burger.

KKR 73/5 (11 overs)

OUT!!! Ravindra Jadeja strikes again and removes the dangerous Rovman Powell for 23. Powell hits it hard towards the long-on but Donovan Ferreira takes a good catch. Fifth wicket gone for KKR in the chase. 

KKR 70/5 (10.1 overs)

Rovman Powell and Rinku Singh are trying to bring four-down Kolkata Knight Riders out of trouble. They are forming a stable partnership and taking KKR ahead in the game. In the previous over of Ravindra Jadeja, the duo scored four runs. 

KKR 63/4 (9 overs)

OUT!!! Another wicket gone and this time, Ravindra Jadeja removes Angrkish Raghuvanshi for 10. Jadeja strikes onto the pads of Raghuvanshi as the on-field umpire signals LBW out. Fourth wicket gone for KKR. 

KKR 52/4 (7 overs)

Riyan Parag brings in debutant Yash Raj Punja to bowl the sixth over. In his first over of IPL career, he conceded 12 runs as Rovman Powell hit him for a boundary and a six. KKR's game is now dependent on Powell and Angkrish Raghuvanshi's partnership. 

KKR 51/3 (6 overs)

OUT!!! Ravi Bishnoi gets his first wicket and he scalps the main man Cameron Green for 27. A wide off delivery, Green steps out of crease but fails to hit a shot. Wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel quickly grabs the ball and stumps Green out. A big dismissal for KKR as they lose third wicket in the chase of 156. 

KKR 37/3 (4.4 overs)

SIX !!! Cameron Green hits a massive six on Nandre Burger's delivery. Full and on middle, Green clears his front foot and smokes it over deep mid-wicket. KKR are slowly getting back on track with Green and Angkrish Raghuvanshi's partnership. 

KKR 29/2 (3.5 overs)

Jofra Archer bowls yet another economical over and controls the flow of runs. In his previous over, he conceded just six runs as Cameron Green and Angkrish Raghuvanshi are forming a stable partnership. 

KKR 21/2 (3 overs)

Oh!!! Another obstacle for KKR as Cameron green fails the bat test. The Rs 25.5 crore star then gets a new bat and takes his position. However, he starts delivering from the first ball as he hits two back-to-back boundaries on Nandre Burger. 

KKR 15/2 (2 overs)

OUT!!! What is happening here? Ajinkya Rahane once again departs for duck as he falls prey to Nandre Burger's spell. Short delivery outside off, Rahane goes for the cut, the ball bounces a tad extra and takes the outside edge to the right of the keeper. Dhruv Jurel takes a good catch. 

KKR 5/2 (1.2 overs)

OUT!!! What a cracking start for Rajasthan Royals as pacer Jofra Archer strikes on the first ball and dismisses Tim Siefert for duck. Beaten by the pace, Siefert fails to connect it as the ball dodges the bat and rattles the stumps. First wicket gone for KKR. 

KKR 0/1 (0.1 overs)

Hello and welcome to the second innings of the IPL 2026 match between KKR and RR. For KRR, Ajinkya Rahane and Tim Seifert have opened the proceedings. On the other hand, Jofra Archer will be bowling the first over for RR. 

Rajasthan Royals have ended their innings at 155/9 in 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 match on Sunday. For RR, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 46, while Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 39. On the other hand, Varun Chakarvarthy and Kartik Tyagi took three wickets each for KKR. Sunil Narine also took two wickets. 

Before ending his spell, Kartik Tyagi dismissed Ravi Bishnoi duck. The ball hit the edge as wicketkeeper Tim Siefert took an excellent catch. With this dismissal, Tyagi has registered the ball spell of his T20 career - 3/22 in 4 overs. 

RR 146/8 (19 overs)

WOAH!!! Kartik Tyagi strikes again in the same over and this time, he removes Shimron Hetmyer for 15. A full toss delivery, Hetmyer looks to hit it towards the on-side. However, Angkrish Raghuvanshi takes a good catch as RR go 7 down. 

RR 146/7 (18.3 overs)

OUT!!! Kartik Tyagi dismisses Ravindra Jadeja for nine. Going for a big hit, Jadeja's shot lands into the hands of Cameron Green at the deep backward square leg. Sixth wicket gone RR. 

RR 144/5 (18.1 overs)

OUT!!! KKR spinners are truly dominating the game as Sunil Narune got another wicket in the form of Donovan Ferreira for seven. Ferreira wasn't reading Narine one bit, looked to try and work it onto the on-side, closed the face of the bat and pops a simple return catch to the bowler. 

RR 124/5 (16 overs)

OUT!!! Another one for Varun Chakarvarthy and this time, he removes the skipper Riyan Parag for 12. After getting hit for a four, Chakarvarthy bounces back in style and cleans up Parag. This marks the end of Varun's spell, who took three wickets in four overs. 

RR 118/4 (15 overs)

It's been 18 balls since the last boundary as Rajasthan Royals have clearly gone on the backfoot after losing three quick wickets. In the previous over of Kartik Tyagi, the duo of Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer scored four runs. 

KKR 113/3 (14 overs)

OUT!!! Sunil Narine joins the party in style and dismisses Yashasvi Jaiswal for 39. Slowed down the pace and pushed it wider of off - made Jaiswal reach out on the drive and he isn't in any control, plays it uppishly and to the right of cover where Ajinkya Rahane slides to complete a fine catch. 

RR 99/3 (11.2 overs)

OUT!!! Varun Chakaravarthy strikes again and this time, he dismisses Dhruv Jurel for five. Trapped by the ultimate spin, Jurel goes out of the crease. Wicketkeeper Tim Siefert then quickly collects the ball and timely removes the bail to stump Jurel out. Second wicket gone for RR.

RR 97/2 (10.4 overs)

Despite losing the wicket of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Rajasthan Royals are still enjoying the momentum as Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal are forming a good partnership. In the over of Ramandeep Singh, the duo hammered 14 runs, which included a six from Jaiswal. 

RR 95/1 (10 overs)

OUT!!! A big relief to Kolkata Knight Riders as spinner Varun Chakaravarthy dismissed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for 46. Going for a big hit again, Sooryavanshi hammered it hard but failed to time it properly. As a result, the ball landed into the hands of Ramandeep Singh at the deep mid-wicket.

RR 81/1 (8.4 overs)

Sunil Narine returned to the attack and once again tried to give a tough time to Rajasthan Royals openers. In his previous over, he leaked eight runs. With this, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi also breached the 35-run mark and inching towards his another half-century. 

RR 71/0 (7 overs)

Rs 25.2 crore star Cameron Green added to Kolkata Knight Riders' troubles as he bowled a terrible over. Bowling the last over of the powerplay, Green ended up conceding a total of 22 runs. This included a six and a boundary from Yashasvi Jaiswal and a maximum from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. 

RR 63/0 (6 overs)

The highly anticipated moment of the day came in the fifth over when Vaibhav Sooryavanshi faced veteran spinner Sunil Narine. On the second ball of the over, Sooryavanshi hit a massive six, fetching applause from the crowd. However, Narine held his nerves and did not leak even a single run in the remaining balls. 

RR 41/0(5 overs)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi unleashed his fury on Vaibhav Arora and hammered 15 runs in his previous over. The over included three massive boundaries, with the third one coming from an outrageous shot. The Eden Gardens crowd is left stunned on seeing Sooryavanshi bat. 

RR 35/0 (4 overs)

To control the Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's wrath, KKR hand over the ball to Cameron Green. The Australia all-rounder, who was bought for Rs 25.2 crore, conceded just five runs in the over. Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal are forming a good partnership. 

RR 20/0 (3 overs)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi makes his intentions clear. He hits two brilliant boundaries on Kartik Tyagi as the pacer leaked nine runs. All eyes are on Sooryavanshi's knock as Rajasthan Royals are off to a terrific start. 

RR 15/0 (2 overs)

Rajasthan Royals have got a good start against Kolkata Knight Riders. In the first over by Vaibhav Arora, the duo of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored six runs. This included a boundary from Jaiswal. 

RR 6/0 (1 over)

The IPL 2026 match between KKR and RR finally begins. For RR, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have opened the proceedings. On the other hand, Vaibhav Arora will be bowling the first over for KKR. 

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs:Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yash Punja

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Tim Seifert(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi.

"We wanted to bat first. In this situation, we want our batters to be free from any pressure. The bowlers have started to perform well, and I'm happy to lose the toss. We live in the past, we can't say about the future, just focus on the controllables. The preparation has been fantastic and the preparations have been good. Just go out there and do well. Same team," said KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane. 

"We're batting first. Looks like a pretty dry wicket; the grass was cut yesterday. It could turn in the first innings and remain the same later on. Let's set the tone at the start: our focus is on doing better, last match was a learning phase, we need to take it into the games. Hetmyer and Brijesh are back, they replace Pretorious and Tushar Deshpande," said RR skipper Riyan Parag. 

Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag wins toss, opts to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL 2026 match on Sunday. 

"It's always a great pleasure to be standing out here in the middle at Eden Gardens, and the IPL continues to excite, to enthrall, and to entertain, and we should be royally entertained today. I have no jacket on because it feels like about 40 degrees. They tell me it's about 36, 37. It feels warmer than that. The dimensions, as we stand here, away to my right about 58 meters, significantly larger away to my left, about 70 meters, and 74 down the ground. So those square boundaries, you'll find tactically coming into play. In terms of the surface, there is some nice green tinge still to it, so there is some more patches, but there's at least a little bit of grass on top," said Ian Bishop and Katey Martin. 

"The IPL brings in new challenges and new opportunities every day. As much as possible, we must maintain a positive frame of mind. We might not be winning, but we're learning a lot, hopefully there will be a turnaround soon. Every day is an opportunity to do well, we need to forget the past and focus on future success. We want to give our 100%. Rahane only speaks positively to us, he thinks I'm in good form and that I must use it to help the team win," said KKR batter Ramandeep Singh. 

For Kolkata Knight Riders, Varun Chakravarthy returning to wickets is a major positive, as is Cameron Green rediscovering form with a sparkling 79. If the spinners can exploit the afternoon conditions, KKR might finally find a foothold against the top-heavy Rajasthan Royals.

The 'entry points' of Varun Chakravarthy has been particularly puzzling. Low on confidence from the T20 World Cup, the premier India spinner was used in the power play early in the season, conceding heavily, including a 25-run over to Abhishek Sharma, denting his confidence early on. It took him four matches to open his wickets tally with scalps of Jos Buttler and Washington Sundar in Ahmedabad.

Rajasthan have arrived in Kolkata early to acclimatise after their defeat in Hyderabad. But their top order -- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Riyan Parag all got out for single digit scores -- will be wary after a collective failure against SRH. That leaves the contest delicately poised.

KKR’s struggles have been compounded by an understrength pace attack, with Harshit Rana and Akash Deep unavailable, while Matheesha Pathirana is yet to join. Yet, their on-field decisions under Rahane and head coach Abhishek Nayar have also come under scrutiny. Selection calls and match management have raised eyebrows.

All eyes will be on RR's batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. In the match against KKR, he will be eyeing a huge feat as he is just 99 runs away from completing his 1,000 T20 runs. So far, he has played just 23 T20 matches and scored 901 runs. 

While Rajasthan had surged with four consecutive wins before being halted by Sunrisers Hyderabad, KKR have progressed in the opposite trajectory, still searching for their first win after six matches. Under Ajinkya Rahane, defeats have been the only constant, often from winning positions, leaving the side short on confidence and momentum. 

A bruised Rajasthan Royals will look to bounce back strongly and deepen the misery of a floundering Kolkata Knight Riders when the two sides with contrasting fortunes clash in an afternoon IPL fixture. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, straight from the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Stay tuned for all the live updates.