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Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders:
Rajasthan Royals faced a huge blow as they hit the rock bottom by the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). They lost their previous match against Virat Kohli led RCB by 10 wickets in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2021. Because of their net run rate of -1.001, they took a massive jolt.
The Sanju Samson led RR has been placed at the bottom of the points table of IPL 2021, and now are set to lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday, April 24. The Kolkata Knight Riders on the other hand, tried their best to score against Chennai Super Kings, but they lost the match y 18 runs.
On head to head count, KKR is leading RR by a small margin.
Probable Playing XIs:
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Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Bench: Karun Nair, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ben Cutting, Pawan Negi, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Vaibhav Arora, Sandeep Warrier, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Shivam Mavi
Rajasthan Royals
Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat/Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
Bench: Yashasvi Jaiswal/Manan Vohra, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal/Jaydev Unadkat, Andrew Tye, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Jofra Archer, KC Cariappa, Mayank Markande, Kuldip Yadav, Kartik Tyagi
Head-to-Head
Overall
Played – 23 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 12 | Rajasthan Royals– 10 |N/R – 1
At neutral venues
Played – 8 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 3 | Rajasthan Royals– 5 |N/R – 0
PROBABLE BEST BATSMAN OF TE MATCH
Jos Buttler– Rajasthan Royals
Jos Buttler has showcased his brilliant skills in the ongoing tournament of IPL 2021. He has scored 84 runs at a strike rate of 133.33 with a top score of 49. Buttler has notched 240 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders at an average rate of 34.29. He doesn’t have a fifty with a top score of 41.
PROBABLE BEST BOWLER OF THE MATCH
Pat Cummins – Kolkata Knight Riders
Pat Cummins has had only four wickets from as many games. According to the data, Cummins hasn’t been able to keep the batters in check with the economy rate of 9.12. But against the Rajasthan Royals, he has some impressive scores. In total seven overs, he has dismissed five wickets with a four wicket haul. Rajasthan Royals cannot afford to underline him.
Match prediction : Kolkata Knight Riders to win the match.
