Match number 28 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL), 2026 was between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). This was the afternoon game of the first doubleheader on Sunday. KKR had entered this match after losing six of their matches in the tournament. However, in this game, the situation changed for the Knights as KKR defeated RR by 4 wickets.
The RR captain won the toss and decided to field first on a dry wicket, and he made two changes in the game, with Shimron Hetmyer and Brijesh Sharma coming into the team. KKR played the same team after their previous defeat against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Riyan Parag will be furious after getting the game in hand.
IPL 2026: KKR vs RR Match Result:
Team India, who came to bat first, got a good start on a difficult wicket due to the explosive opening pair of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal. He scored 60 runs in the power play; However, Varun Chakravarthy broke this partnership by taking the wicket of Suryavanshi as he was out for 46 runs and then Dhruv Jurel also came in.
Jaiswal made a comeback with Sunil Narine taking a wicket and Rahane took a good catch. The RR batsmen then had to struggle as captain Riyan Parag was back with a single-digit score. Hetmyer and Donovan Ferreira tried to build a partnership, but Narine made a comeback with a wicket. The spin pair of Varun and Narine was excellent in the middle overs.
Hetmyer and Ravindra Jadeja handled the finishing work, but after scoring some runs, Jaddu returned to the pavilion and in the same over, Karthik Tyagi took three wickets, Jaddu also returned to the pavilion and Ravi Bishnoi was out on zero. RR could only reach a score of 155/9; This was a great comeback by the KKR bowlers.
While chasing the target, KKR had the worst start and they lost opener Tim Seifert on the very first ball and in the next over, Ajinkya Rahane also returned without opening the account. Cameron Green, who was looking good, was unfortunate to have a brilliant stumping by Dhruv Jurel.
Now KKR’s score is 52/4 within 8 overs and Rovman Powell and Rinku Singh are at the crease. The former player was out on the score of 23 and Ramandeep Singh also went back inside the dressing room after staying for a while. After that the knights were in trouble. Rinku and Anukul Roy formed the partnership for the team. Rinku and Anukul finished with scores of 53 and 29 runs respectively.
Updated IPL Points Table after KKR vs RR Match 28
| drink | Team | P | w | l | N.R. | NRR | For | against | public telephone | recent form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PBKS | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.067 | 796/73.1 | 785/80.0 | 9 | WWNWW |
| 2 | rcb | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.171 | 1218/110.5 | 1157/117.5 | 8 | LWWWW |
| 3 | RR | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.599 | 1004/101.1 | 1032/110.4 | 8 | LLWWW |
| 4 | SRH | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.566 | 1212/120.0 | 1090/114.2 | 6 | WWLLW |
| 5 | DC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.310 | 886/95.1 | 900/100.0 | 6 | WLLWW |
| 6 | GT | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.018 | 922/98.2 | 928/99.1 | 6 | WWWLL |
| 7 | Chennai Super Kings | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -0.780 | 1131/120.0 | 1131/110.5 | 4 | LWWLL |
| 8 | lsg | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -0.804 | 793/99.5 | 796/91.0 | 4 | LLWWL |
| 9 | KKR | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -0.879 | 1063/119.4 | 1160/118.5 | 3 | wllln |
| 10 | MI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1.076 | 926/90.1 | 972/85.4 | 2 | — |
IPL 2026: Orange Cap list updated after KKR vs RR Match 28
| drink | player | Team | it goes | mat | Inn | No | HS | average | BF | sr | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heinrich classen | SRH | 283 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 47.17 | 196 | 144.38 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 |
| 2 | Shubman Gill | GT | 251 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 86 | 62.75 | 162 | 154.93 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | rcb | 247 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 69* | 49.40 | 157 | 157.32 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 |
| 4 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | RR | 246 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 78 | 41.00 | 104 | 236.53 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 20 |
| 5 | Rajat Patidar | rcb | 230 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 46.00 | 108 | 212.96 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 |
IPL 2026: Purple Cap list updated after KKR vs RR Match 28
| drink | player | Team | wickets | mat | Inn | ow | it goes | B.B.I | average | economy | sr | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 13 | 6 | 6 | 21.4 | 211 | 22/3 | 16.23 | 9.73 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 11 | 5 | 5 | 20.0 | 184 | 28/4 | 16.72 | 9.20 | 10.90 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | rcb | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24.0 | 200 | 26/3 | 20.00 | 8.33 | 14.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ravi Bishnoi | RR | 10 | 6 | 6 | 20.0 | 190 | 41/4 | 19.00 | 9.50 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Prince Yadav | lsg | 9 | 5 | 5 | 18.0 | 164 | 32/3 | 18.22 | 9.11 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
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