Rajasthan Royals Captain Sanju Samson Won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 18th match of IPL 2021. The match is being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

KKR leads the head-to-head record against the Punjab Kings by 12-10. In the last season, Kolkata won both their matches against Rajasthan. Playing XI of both teams are:

Rajasthan Royals (RR) - Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), David Miller, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna