The venue has so far produced low-scoring contests, with pace bowlers enjoying more success than spinners in recent times. With temperatures soaring above 40 degrees, conditions remain challenging.
Elsewhere in the competition, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) victory over Delhi Capitals helped them rise to fourth place in the standings, while DC slipped to fifth.
At 15 years and 27 days, Vaibhav breached the 500-run mark, surpassing Prithvi Shaw for the record.
Mayank's last IPL game was against Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. Following which, he was sidelined due to a recurrence of a lumbar stress fracture
Rishabh Pant-led LSG will be hoping to end their winless run at home in IPL 2026 when they take the field against RR on Wednesday
Both LSG and RR are looking to snap their losing streak after a rather successful start to their IPL 2026 campaign
JioHotstar in India will stream the IPL 2026 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals through its app and website
LSG and RR have faced each other just once at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, and it was the visitors who emerged victorious by 7 wickets in the match
Earlier, Blessing Muzarabani, who joined Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for Mustafizur Rahman, was handed a two-year suspension after skipping the PSL
Struggling Riyan Parag may seem to be Rajasthan Royals' weak link in the batting unit at the moment, but head coach Vikram Rathour backed the skipper, saying it is "just a matter of time" before he starts firing. Parag continued his lean run, scoring 12 against Kolkata Knight Riders here on Sunday as the visitors suffered their second loss on the trot, going down by four wickets. "As far as I am concerned, it is just a matter of time. Not everyone makes runs every time. Teams run in such a way that some stay in form, some stay out of form. There is no doubt that he will come back and win us a few games on his own as a batter," said Rathour in the post-match press conference. Parag has managed just 61 runs from six innings at a poor strike rate of 122, with a highest of 20. Rathour attributed his lack of runs partly to his return from an injury. "He has a lot of potential. There is nothing going wrong with him. One thing is he has come back from an injury. He has played less ...
SRH's Heinrich Klaasen is leading the Orange Cap leaderboard of IPL 2026 at the moment, while CSK's Anshul Kamboj is leading the top wicket-takers' chart
IPL 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy added an unbeaten 76 runs for the seventh wicket to help KKR chase down the 156-run target vs RR
JioHotstar in India will stream the IPL 2026 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals through their app and website
KKR have played a total of 65 matches at Eden Gardens Stadium, winning 35 matches and losing 28 of them over the years. Two matches ended in a no result
Riyan Parag-led RR will be hoping to get back to the top of the points table with a win over struggling KKR in Kolkata
So far this season, nothing has gone in KKR's favour; they have played six matches and suffered five straight losses, alongside one abandoned match vs Punjab Kings (PBKS)
In Cummins' absence, SRH appointed Ishan Kishan as the stand-in skipper for the team, under whom the Hyderabad-based franchise has won two games out of the five games they have played this season
SRH's Heinrich Klaasen is currently leading the orange cap leaderboard, while GT's Prasidh Krishna holds the lead in the purple cap leaderboard
Sakib partnered with another SRH debutant, Praful Hinge (4/34), to power SRH to a big 57-run win
Praful Hinge created history by becoming the first player in IPL history to take three wickets in his debut over