RR vs KKR Dream11: Rajasthan Royals take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the 30th match of the IPL 2022. Coming from two comprehensive defeats, Kolkata Knight Riders are desperately seeking an about-face when they take on the Rajasthan Royals at the Brabourne Stadium. That it’s at a venue that they’ve never won an IPL match before is something they wouldn’t want to lend focus to, with their opponents having won 2 and lost as many in 4 games. There are plenty of match-winners on both these sides so it promises to be a thrilling show.
When: RR vs KKR, April 18, 19:30 IST
Where: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Watch Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders live on Disney+ Hotstar
Last result at the venue: PBKS: 198/5 beat MI: 186/9 by 12 runs
tournament name Points table: RR: 5, KKR: 6
Run-chases at the Brabourne Stadium have been quite comfortable, with plenty of runs coming in them. The wickets have been such that have supported run-scoring, but with dew coming into the picture, teams will be inclined towards chasing, following the trend in the tournament.
Form Guide (recent first)
RR: LWLWW
KKR: LLWWL
Jos Buttler
Devdutt Padikkal
Sanju Samson (c & wk)
Rassie van der Dussen
Shimron Hetmyer
Ravichandran Ashwin
Riyan Parag
Trent Boult
Kuldeep Sen
Prasidh Krishna
Yuzvendra Chahal
Team News:
Player | Runs/ Wickets | Average | Last match |
Jos Buttler | 272 runs | 68 | 54 |
Shimron Hetmyer | 197 runs | 65 | 29 |
Sanju Samson | 117 runs | 23.4 | 11 |
Yuzvendra Chahal | 12 wickets | 11.3 | 1/32 |
Aaron Finch
Venkatesh Iyer
Shreyas Iyer (c)
Nitish Rana
Andre Russell
Sheldon Jackson (wk)
Pat Cummins
Sunil Narine
Umesh Yadav
Aman Hakim Khan
Varun Chakravarthy
Team News:
Player | Runs/ Wickets | Batting/Bowling Average | Last matche |
Andre Russell | 179 runs & 5 wickets | 59.6 | 49* & 2/20 |
Umesh Yadav | 10 wickets | 16.3 | 0/31 |
Shreyas Iyer | 151 runs | 30 | 28 |
Sheldon Jackson | 10 runs | 5 | 7 |
Both these teams are coming off a loss in their previous match but Rajasthan look a more balanced side on paper and have got all their bases covered. Kolkata batters are very good against spin so a lot of depend on Rajasthan pacers and how they fare might decide which way the game goes. Rajasthan Royals are expected to win this match
Wicket-keepers: Jos Buttler
Batsmen: Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana
All-rounder: Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Riyan Parag
Bowlers: Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen
Captain & Vice Captain Choices
For Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Jos Buttler, Andre Russell
For Grand League: Pat Cummins, Trent Boult
Follow us on Google News