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RR vs KOL Today IPL Match Prediction :
Rajasthan Royals will face off Kolkata Knight Riders in their next match of Indian Premier League in Dubai tonight. Royals with two back to back wins have kicked off their campaign in a style and now will be eyeing third consecutive victory of the season. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders after losing the first match bounced back in the second match and registered a good win over Sunrisers Hyderabad and now will aim to build a winning streak.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of Rajasthan Royals as well as of Kolkata Knight Riders and will also make our RR vs KOL Today Match Prediction –
Strengths :
Rajasthan Royals’ strength is their inform batting line up as captain Steven Smith and Sanju Samson have scored fifties in both their wins and are looking in great touch and all rounder Rahul Tewatia too has done well as he scored a quick fire fifty in the last match against Punjab. Jos Buttler too has returned and the opening pair of Smith and Buttler can do a lot of damage and at number 3 Samson has full freedom to go against the bowlers so this trio is the backbone of their batting line up and in the middle order they have Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag and Rahul Tewatia and the likes of Tom Curran and Jofra Archer too have played useful knocks. In the bowling they have Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Tom Curran who are good enough to bowl with new ball and in death overs. In spin they have Shreyas Gopal and Rahul Tewatia.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders also have a balanced squad and the presence of two all rounders gives them depth in batting as well as bowling. In the last match Gill and Morgan played good knocks so that’s a great sigh going into this match and the likes of Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana and Dinesh Karthik too come good then the big man Andre Russell can do a lot of damage in the death overs. In the bowling Pat Cummins and Sunil Narine are the keys and youngsters like Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakravarthy too have impressed. Overall they have a good team who needs to play in a unity.
Weaknesses :
Rajasthan Royals’ weakness is their poor middle order as Robin Uthappa and Riyan Parag have looked out of touch and neither they have a good finisher so someone like Jos Buttler or Sanju Samson have to bat till the end and in the bowling Jaydev Unadkat is a weak link as he isn’t taking wickets with new ball and Tom Curran also crumbles under pressure and their main spinner Shreyas Gopal too hasn’t bowled well yet so they need to improve in these areas.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight RIders’ weakness is the poor form of Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav as this duo isn’t taking wickets in the middle overs and Narine has also failed with the bat and captain Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana are struggling to rotate strikes so they also need to work on these areas.
Here we are going to discuss both Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing combination and probable playing Xis who will be useful for making Rajasthan vs Kolkata Dream11 Team
Rajasthan Royals have two wins from two matches and most likely they will go with the same playing 11 who played in the last match. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders too put up a good show against Hyderabad in the last match and they will back the same playing 11 for this match as well.
Predicted Playing Xis :
Rajasthan Royals :
Jos Buttler (wk), Steven Smith (c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders :
Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
RR vs KOL Today IPLMatch Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for RR vs KOL Dream 11 Prediction teams
Sanju Samson : He has had a great start of his tournament as he smashed 74 runs against CSK and 85 runs against KXIP and in these two victories he hit 16 sixes and after these two wonderful knocks his confidence is on high and he will look to continue scoring big runs.
Shubman Gill : He is a very talented young batsman and in the last match played a winning knock of 70* runs and in this knock he didn’t play a single false shot and it shows about his ability and the bowling attack of Rajasthan Royals will suit him a lot.
Steven Smith : Australia’s run machine Steven Smith too is leading from front and with two back to back fifties he has shown his hunger for runs and in the opening he should continue to score big runs for fun.
Andre Russell : He hasn’t spend enough time on the crease but has impressed with his death overs bowling and in this match he has to play a big role with both bat and ball and he can help with a lot of points as he bats at 6 and also bowls a few death overs.