The 12th match of IPL 2020 is all set to be played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The confident Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing a hat-trick after winning their third consecutive match of the season.


On the other hand, Dinesh Karthik led-Kolkata Knight Riders made a good comeback by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad to win their first game of the season after losing their opening game against Mumbai Indians (MI).


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Rajasthan Royals created history in their last match. Rajasthan had chased 224 runs against Kings XI Punjab to get the biggest win in IPL history by scoring 226 runs.


Speaking of Rajasthan Royals players, captain Steve Smith, Sanju Samson and Rahul Tewatia are in excellent form. Sanju Samson, Steve Smith scored half-century against Kings XI Punjab.


All-rounder Rahul Tewatia had scored 53 runs off 31 balls in the previous match against Kings XI to help RR chase a record target of 224 runs.


If KKR is willing to win or surpass the Royals in today's game, then its biggest star Andre Russell and England World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan will have to come up with heroic performances.


A good thing for Kolkata in the last match was that their most expensive buy Pat Cummins proved his ability. He was criticized after getting hit for many runs in the first match, but his last performance marked his comeback.


KKR vs RR Head to head


A total of 21 matches have been played in the IPL between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders so far in which both teams have managed to win 10-10 times. Also, a game had also ended in a draw between the two teams. KKR has defeated RR in four of the last 5 matches.


There is another interesting stat - the two teams have faced each other in the Super Over twice in which Rajasthan Royals have won both times.


Predicted playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders

Shubman Gill, Sunil Narayan, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (captain and wicketkeeper), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Varun Chakraborty, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins.

Predicted playing XI of Rajasthan Royals

Steve Smith (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthatpa, Ryan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajput, Jaydev Unadkat