KKR vs RR Dream11 Team Prediction : Preview | Battle for Number Four

KKR vs RR Dream11 Team Prediction IPL2018 Match 49 : Preview | Battle for Number Four at Eden Gardens

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals. We are covering KKR vs RR Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for IPL2018. The next match is to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

With every passing match, the picture of the teams that will be playing Playoffs are getting clearer. Still, number four is the place which is being a spot that has been cutthroat. Right now, KKR is sitting there. But with RR also having played 12 matches, the result of this match will take the winning team to that number four.
Kolkata would like to repeat their performance for the previous match in this one, too. In their last game, eight batsmen of KKR came out of play. Out of those eight, the lowest strike rate for any batsman was 141. With Narine’s 15 off 36 and Karthik’s 50 off 23 took them to record 245. The match was almost over mid innings. After that Prasidh and Russell did the nedded by taking 2 and 3 wickets respectively, and bowling economically in otherwise higfh scoring match.

Rajasthan Royals won their last match by seven wickets while chasing 168 runs. That shows how comprehensive of a win was that. The bowling department was led by Jofra Archer, who has been bowling exceptionally well this whole IPL. he bowled at the economy of 4, and took 2 wickets. He was accompanied by well by Ben Stokes who took 2 wickets of his own. While Batting, Jos Buttler continued his form which he is carrying since he has started opening the batting. His 94 off 53 took away the match from Mumbai single handedly.

When and Where:

KKR vs RR, Match 49, IPL 2018
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
08:00 PM IST

Rain is forecast on match day.

Venue Stats:

Pitch is expected to neutral.

Avg 1st innings score: 148
Avg 2nd innings score: 128

Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Javon Searles, Prasidh Krishna, Shubman Gill, Mitchell Johnson, Vinay Kumar, Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi

Rajasthan Royals:
Jos Buttler (wk), D Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Tripathi, Anureet Singh, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen, Ish Sodhi, Ankit Sharma, Prashant Chopra

Team News:

Rajasthan Royals:

Ish Sodhi has not played the last 2 games for the Royals due to Illness. If he is declared fit then RR can include Ish Sodhi in place of D Arcy Short. If this happen then Shreyas Gopal will be out and Rajasthan can add One extra batsmens.

With a change in batting order, Rajasthan Royals have found a much needed spark, the way they are winning the matches, they are not likely to make any changes in their team.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Kolkata also do not have any reason to make any changes in their team considering the comprehensive win they got in the last match. They are most likely to go unchanged for the match.

Shivam Mavi have a fitness test before the match. so his availablity will be known just before toss – KKR Coach, Jacques Kallis confirmed.

Probable Playing XI:

Rajasthan Royals:
D’Arcy Short/Ish Sodhi, Jos Buttler (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal/Rahul Tripathi, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav

KKR vs RR Dream11 Team Prediction:

Wicket-keeper : Both Jos Buttler and Dinesh Karthik are good.

Batsmens : Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, S Binny and Shubman Gill are good options.

D’Arcy short is good batsmens but he is doubtfull pick.

All-Rounders : S Narine, Ben Stokes and Andre Russell are good choices.

K Gowtham is also good all rounders.

Bowlers : J Archer, J Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Javon Searles and Piyush Chawla are good choices.

We Pick Prasidh Krishna if you want then replace it with another players.

Captain and Vc Choices are : Jos Buttler, Sunil Narine, Ben Stokes, C Lynn, Robin Uthappa and Sanju Samson.

Key Players:

RR:
J Buttler
A Rahane
B Stokes
S Samson
J Archer
J Unadkat

KKR:
S Narine
C Lynn
R Uthappa
Nitish Rana
Dinesh Karthik
A Russell
K Yadav