KOL vs RR| 18TH Match, Indian Premier League| 24-04-2021 19:30 IST

Schedule

Match : Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals

Series : Indian Premier League, 2021

Date :  24-04-2021, 7:30 PM IST

Venue : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 

Last Hour Update : 

Rajasthan Royals win the toss and elected to field.

No changes in Team 1

Proteam uploaded.

Head to Head Performance :

                             KKR          RR

Matches                 23              23

Won                       12              10

Lost                       10              10

NR                         01              01

Highest Total       191             199

Lowest Total        125              81

Last 5 Head to Head : 

• KKR won by 60 runs
• KKR won by 37 runs
• RR won by 3 wickets
• KKR won by 8 wickets
• KKR won by 25 runs

Match Analysis : 

Today’s match will be played between Kolkata vs Rajasthan who is standing at the bottom of point table. Rajasthan Royals suffered two thumping losses in their last two matches. Both sides which have just won one game out of the total matches they have played. They go into their next IPL 2021 match against Kolkata Knight Riders, another side that has lost three on the bounce, desperate to get back to winning ways. RR’s misfiring top-order and inconsistent bowling have been a cause of concern, which might prompt Sanju Samson to make a couple of changes.

Kolkata have started off the tournament in excellent fashion but since then, have gone on a downward spiral. They have chased in all the games after the first one and have lost all of them. The form of the top order is a big issue. Even Nitish Rana has not been amongst the runs from the last two games. The positive is Russell did find some form in the last game and they would hope he can continue that inthis game as well.

Coming to their bowling now, it has taken a real pounding in the last two games. They have conceded above 200 in both which is not a good sign. However, with the quality they have, you would expect them to bounce back in that department. 

Meanwhile, the Rajasthan Royals have been riddled with personnel concerns right from the beginning of IPL 2021. With big guns Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer suffering injuries, RR haven't coped well with their absences as they currently lie at the bottom of the points table. Captain Sanju Samson has also blown hot and cold, with Jos Buttler struggling for form at the top of the order. Their bowling attack has impressed in patches, with Kartik Tyagi's absence also being felt to an extent.

Top Picks for Fantasy 11 : 

Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Jos Butler, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Chris Morris, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya

Expected 11 : 

Kolkata Knight Riders :  Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (capt), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti/Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat/Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman

Top pick for Captain/ Vice Captain  : 

Captain : Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson, Chris Morris

Vice Captain : Rahul Tripathi, Jos Butler, Andre Russell

Venue :

Both the Captain must have notice the due factor in the previous matches played here. And the pitch is very good to bat on in second innings, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai is always favorable to batsmen. This Mumbai pitch is flat wicket and we expect a good total here again like last game. Weather will be cloudy but there is no chance of rain. Temperature will be around 27 - 34 degree.

Average Score : 168

Matches  : 77

Highest Score (IPL) : 235

Lowest Score (IPL) : 157

Interesting facts : 

• Chris Morris has a fine head-to-head record against Russell in T20 cricket. He has got Russell three times in 23 balls while giving away 34 runs.
• The Knight Riders have won just one out of their nine IPL games at the Wankhede Stadium.
• Morgan is also 43 runs away from 7000 in T20 cricket.
• Eoin Morgan has scored 243 runs in five innings against the Royals at an average of 81 and strike rate of 157.79 - his best record against an IPL side.

Squad : 

Rajasthan Royals  : Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman, Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye, Liam Livingstone, KC Cariappa, Mahipal Lomror, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Kuldip Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akash Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh.

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