IPL 2018: Rajasthan Royals have 8-7 advantage over Knight Riders

Both Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) produced superior batting performances in their last matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 to outsmart their opponents and pick two crucial points each.

KKR and RR will take on each other at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday, April 18, hoping to keep their good work going. The two former champions have played each other16 times in the IPL between 2008 and 2015 with RR leading 8-7 while one match was abandoned because of rain. Two of RR’s victories came after the matches ended in ties.

The RR remained suspended for the 2016 and 2017 editions and made a comeback this year.

Here is the list of results of KKR-RR matches played in IPL:

2008:

Game 1: RR won by 45 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
RR 196/7 in 20 overs; KKR 151 all out in 19.1 overs. MoM Swapnil Asnodkar (RR) 60 off 34 balls.

Game 2: RR won by 6 wickets at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
KKR 147/8 in 20 overs; RR 150/4 in 16.3 overs. MoM Yusuf Pathan (RR) 48 not out off 18 balls.

2009:

Game 1: RR won in super over after match ended in a tie at Newlands, Cape Town
RR 150/6 in 20 overs; KKR 150/8 in 20 overs. RR scored 18 runs in the super over while KKR managed 15. MoM Yusuf Pathan (RR) 42 off 21 balls.

Game 2: KKR won by 4 wickets at Kingsmead, Durban
RR 101/9 in 20 overs; KKR 102/6 in 19.3 overs. MoM Laxmi Ratan Shukla (KKR) 48 not out off 46 balls.

2010:

Game 1: RR won by 34 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
RR 168/7 in 20 overs; KKR 134/5 in 20 overs. MoM Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (RR) 46 off 36 balls.

Game 2: KKR won by 8 wickets at Eden Gardens
RR 132/9 in 20 overs; KKR 132/2 in 16.1 overs. MoM Jaydev Unadkat (KKR) 3 wickets for 26 runs.

2011:

Game 1: KKR won by 9 wickets at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
RR 159/4 in 20 overs; KKR 160/1 in 18.3 overs. MoM Gautam Gambhir (KKR) 75 not out off 44 balls.

Game 2: KKR won by 8 wickets at Eden Gardens
RR 81 all out in 15.2 overs; KKR 85/2 in 13.5 overs. MoM Lakshmipathy Balaji (KKR) 3 wickets for 15 runs.

2012:

Game 1: RR won by 22 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
RR 164/5 in 20 overs; KKR 142 all out in 20 overs. MoM Brad Hodge (KKR) 44 runs off 29 balls.

Game 2: KKR won by 5 wickets at Eden Gardens
RR 131/5 in 20 overs; KKR 137/5 in 19.2 overs. MoM Shakib al Hasan (KKR) 3 wickets for 17 runs.

2013:

Game 1: RR won by 19 runs at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
RR 144/6 in 20 overs; KKR 125 all out in 19 overs. MoM Siddharth Trivedi (RR) 3 wickets for 23 runs.

Game 2: KKR won by 8 wickets at Eden Gardens
RR 132/6 in 20 overs; KKR 133/2 in 17.2 overs. MoM Yusuf Pathan (KKR) 49 not out off 35 balls.

2014:

Game 1: RR won on boundary count after the match ended in a tie at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
RR 152/5 in 20 overs; KKR 152/8 in 20 overs. MoM James Faulkner (RR) 3 wickets for 11 runs.

Game 2: RR won by 10 runs at Sardar Patel Stadium
RR 170/6 in 20 overs; KKR 160/6 in 20 overs. MoM Pravin Tambe (RR) 3 wickets for 26 runs including a hat-trick.

2015:

Game 1: Match abandoned because of rain at Eden Gardens.

Game 2: RR won by 9 runs at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
RR 199/6 in 20 overs; KKR 190/9 in 20 overs. MoM Shane Watson (RR) 104 not out off 59 balls & 2 wickets for 38 runs.

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