Bot the teams would be keen to win the match to increase their chances for Playoffs. Currently, RR is placed in the fifth position in the Points Table with 12 points and RCB is in seventh with 10 points.
The win took Mumbai Indians to 12 points from 11 games and they now lie in third place in the 10-team table. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore are in seventh place with 10 points from 11 games, and the race to the playoffs is hotting up.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will lock horns in the 56th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.
With the passing matches, the points table of the Indian Premier League is becoming more competitive. Till now there is no clarity on which four teams would qualify for the Playoffs.
Faf du Plessis has scored 511 runs in 10 matches with a strike rate of 157.71 so far and aims to be more aggressive with his bat in the remaining matches to take the team to the playoffs.
Delhi Capitals kept their dreams of making the playoffs alive with this win, sitting with 8 points in 10th place from 10 matches, not far removed from fourth place which is Rajasthan Royals with 10 points in 11 games.
Diamantakos, who joined Kerala Blasters FC in 2022, had a memorable campaign in the ISL 2022-23 season. He ended the season as the club's top scorer, scoring 12 goals while chipping in with three assists.
The finalists of IPL 2022 have carried their form to this season and looked like the team to beat this year as well. RR - who are being led by Sanju Samson - and Hardik Pandya's GT look front-runners in the playoffs race. It will be the final game before IPL 2023 witnesses the rivalry week.