IPL 2025 has not started well for Kolkata Knight Riders. They lost the first match to RCB and before the second match, their big player Sunil Narine was also out. Sunil Narine has been out of KKR's playing XI after a full 1628 days. The last time this player did not play in the match against RCB in the year 2020 and KKR lost that match. By the way, the reason for Sunil Narine's exclusion was told by captain Ajinkya Rahane. Ajinkya Rahane told that Sunil Narine is not well, due to which this player had to be kept out of the playing XI. Moeen Ali was given a chance in place of Sunil Narine. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals made a change in their team. Leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga was given a chance in place of Fazalhaq Farooqui, who is a good batsman as well as a leg spinner.

Sunil Narine being out of Kolkata Knight Riders' playing eleven is a big blow. That is because he not only bowls economically in the middle overs but also helps other bowlers to take wickets. It is only when Narine exerts pressure from one end that other bowlers can take wickets of the opponents. Apart from this, Narine also bats explosively. He has won many matches for KKR with his explosive batting.

Quinton de Kock, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.

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Rajasthan Royals Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.

There have been 29 matches between Rajasthan and KKR in which both have won 14 each. Rajasthan has won two matches in super over. While one match turned out to be inconclusive.

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