KKR vs RR Who Won the Toss Today? – Match 28 IPL 2026 Toss Update

Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 28 of the Indian Premier League 2026.

Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning

"We are batting first. It looks like a dry wicket. It will help the bowlers in the second innings. We have quality spinners in the side, and hopefully they will get a turn. Our strategy remains the same irrespective of the result," Riyan Parag said.

KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane would have batted first as well. 

"We would have batted first as well. We want all the batters to bat freely. Bowlers have done well for us. However, I am happy to lose the toss. We don't want to think about the past and future. It is important to live in this moment and give your best," he said.

Playing XIs

Rajasthan Royals: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 4 Riyan Parag (capt), 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Donovan Ferreira, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Nandre Burger, 11 Brijesh Sharma

Impact options: Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yash Punja

KKR: 1 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Cameron Green, 4 Rovman Powell, 5 Rinku Singh, 6 Anukul Roy, 7 Ramandeep Singh, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Kartik Tyagi, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Vaibhav Arora

Impact options: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini

Toss Result Today – KKR vs RR Match 28 IPL 2026

Q1: Who won the toss today in the KKR vs RR Match 28 IPL 2026?

CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Q2: What was the toss time today?

The toss took place at 03:00 pm IST.

Q3: Why did the captain choose to bat first?

Riyal Parag has opted to bat first because of the dry wicket. 

Q4: Where is today’s match being played?

Eden Gardens, Kolkata.