Rajasthan Royals will look to bounce back from a disappointing loss and seal the second spot when they host Kolkata Knight Riders in match 70 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Assam on Sunday (May 19).
Sanju Samson’s RR will look to stop a three-match losing streak after suffering a 5-wicket loss to Punjab Kings in their most recent outing, while KKR sealed the top spot after their most recent match against Gujarat Titans was washed out.

In their last outing, RR failed to defend a paltry total of 144 against PBKS at the same venue in Guwahati, while KKR’s clash against GT was abandoned without a ball being bowled at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
RR, however, will take confidence from their reverse fixture result against KKR. The Royals rode on Jos Buttler’s unbeaten century, which overshadowed Sunil Narine’s maiden hundred, to pull off one of the highest chases in IPL with 2 wickets in the final over.
Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders will both look for wins to carry momentum heading into the playoffs when the two sides clash for the 29th time in IPL. Here is a look at the head to head record, stats & results ahead of KKR vs RR IPL 2024 Match 70:
In the 28 KKR vs RR head to head meetings in IPL, it’s all square between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, who have both won 14 times each in their previous encounters.
In the last 4 meetings, however, it’s 3-1 in favour of RR, who won in the most recent meeting against KKR in the reverse fixture, chasing down 224 in Kolkata. Here is a look at RR vs KKR stats, numbers and performances:
| Stats | For RR vs KKR | For KKR vs RR |
| Wins Batting 1st | 9 | 4 |
| Wins Chasing | 5 | 10 |
| Highest Total | 224 | 223 |
| Lowest Total | 81 | 125 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 224 | 163 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 144 | 169 |
| Most Runs | Sanju Samson (400 runs) | Dinesh Karthik (272 runs) |
| Highest scorer | Jos Buttler (107*) | Sunil Narine (109) |
| Most Sixes | Jos Buttler (17 sixes) | Andre Russell (16 sixes) |
| Most Fours | Jos Buttler (39 fours) | Sunil Narine (32 fours) |
| Most Fifties | Sanju Samson (2 fifties) | Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Eoin Morgan & Dinesh Karthik (2 fifties each) |
| Most Hundreds | Jos Buttler (2 hundreds) | Sunil Narine (1 hundred) |
| Most wickets | Yuzvendra Chahal (10 wickets) | Sunil Narine (14 wickets) |
| Best Bowling | Yuzvendra Chahal (5/40) | Kuldeep Yadav (4/20) |
The two sides will meet at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium for the first time. RR, however, has played three matches at the venue, where they have won one against Delhi Capitals, and lost twice including the most recent outing against KKR. Here is a look at RR’s record in Guwahati: