IPL 2026: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
The BCCI has officially announced that IPL season 2026 will begin on 28th March. The 74 league-stage matches for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League are slated to take place across 61 days at 12 locations.
| Date and day | Venue | Time |
| 19 April, Sunday | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Local time : 3.30 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) : 10.00 A.M. Eastern Time (ET): 6.00 A.M. Indian Standard Time (IST): 7.30 P.M. |
About Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Location: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) to Eden Gardens, Kolkata is around 30 min and covers a distance of around 18 kms
Capactiy: 67,551
KKR vs RR Head to Head Records & Stats
| DC | RR | |
| 32 | Matches Played | 32 |
| 16 | Won | 14 |
| 14 | Loss | 16 |
| 02 | No Result | 02 |
| 223 | Highest Score | 224 |
| 125 | Lowest Score | 84 |
Performance in last 1 Year
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Win% |
| KKR | 12 | 02 | 08 | 16.67 |
| RR | 13 | 06 | 07 | 45.15 |
Top Performers in last 1 Year
| Team | Batsman | Bowler |
| KKR | Ajinkya Rahane (321) | Vaibhav Arora (16) |
| RR | Yashasvi Jaiswal (561) | Jofra Archer (13) |
KKR 2026 Full Squad:
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya.
RR 2026 Full Squad Players List:
Sanju Samson (c),Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
FAQ:
Where Can I Watch Free Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Online IPL Streams?
IPL 2026 will be live-streamed for free on JioCinema in 12 languages. Following are the details of the IPL 2026 Live Telecast Channel List for various locations across the world:
TV Channel
| Location | Broadcaster |
| India | Star Sports, Jio Cinema |
| United Kingdom | DAZN, Sky Sports |
| United States | Willow TV |
| Australia | Fox Sports |
| Middle East | Times Internet |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Pakistan | Yupp TV |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| Caribbean | Flow Sports (Flow Sports 2) |
| Canada | Willow TV |
| Bangladesh | Gazi TV |
| Afghanistan | Ariana Television Network |
| Nepal | Star Sports, Yupp TV |
| Sri Lanka | Star Sports, Yupp TV |
| Maldives | Star Sports, Yupp TV |
| Singapore | StarHub |
| Guyana | ENet |
Where Can I Watch Free Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Free IPL 2026 Live Telecast App?
IPL 2026 Live Telecast: The following Live TV app claimed to provide IPL 2026 Live Telecast. However, these, are not official app but work in some countries. Following are the details of App that allows to watch IPL 2026 Live Telecast for free:
- Jio Cinema
- OreoTV Live
- Thop Live Cricket
- Live NetTV
- PikaShow
- HD Streamz APK
- AOS TV
How to watch IPL 2026 matches live online?
The IPL live-streaming game has completely changed after Jio Cinema’s announcement that the IPL 2026 will be live-streamed for free. This year, cricket fans won’t have to spend money on an OTT subscription to access the live stream of IPL 2026 as all the matches will be available in 4K Resolution (Ultra HD) for free in 12 languages including English, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, and Bhojpuri, across all telecom operators. The Jio Cinema also claims to provide a multi-cam feature for free this season.
How to watch IPL 2026 matches live on Television?
Star Sports Network will broadcast the IPL 2026 games on Television. So, like previous editions, Star Sports Network will broadcast IPL matches this year as well.Viacom18 and Times Internet together won the Package D. While Viacom18 has Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Caribbean, South Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, UK, Ireland and Continental Europe rights; Times Internet got Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as well as the United States region in their kitty.
