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RR vs KXIP Today IPL Match Prediction :
Rajasthan Royals will face off Kings XI Punjab in their next match of Indian Premier League 2020 in Sharjah tonight. Rajasthan made a winning a start of their campaign with a 16 runs win over Chennai Super Kings at the same venue while Kings XI Punjab is coming with a big 97 runs win over Royal Challengers Bangalore and will be confident to continue their good form and seeing both sides’ performance this should be a good contest.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of Rajasthan Royals as well as of Kings XI Punjab and will also make our RR vs KXIP Today Match Prediction –
Strengths :
Rajasthan Royals’ strengths is their batting line up of Steven Smith, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson and bowling pair of Jofra Archer and Shreyas Gopal who have been good players of this format for a long time. Samson and Smith performed very well against Super Kings as they notched up fifties and now will have Buttler too who will strengthen their batting further. And in bowling Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal and Rahul Tewatia put up a good show and overall they’re looking a balanced side who can give good fight to any team in the league.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab’s strength is their opening pair of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal who have performed in both matches and bowling attack of Mohammad Shami, Sheldon Cottrell and Ravi Bishnoi who have taken a lot of wickets among them. In the last match Rahul single handedly carried the batting with an impressive 132* and if the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran come good then they will be very dangerous batting unit and in bowling Cottrell and Shami have been excellent with new ball.
Weaknesses :
Rajasthan Royals’ weakness is their weak middle order as Robin Uthappa and Robin Uthappa have been poor in this format over the years, Riyan Parag is good but he doesn’t have the power and experience to finish the innings. However they have Curran and Archer who are handy bats. In the bowling Jaydev Unadkat looks a weak link and Tom Curran too has struggled in death overs and Royals need to work in these areas.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab’s weakness is also their middle order as Pooran and Maxwell have struggled for the timing and neither they have a finisher at number 6 or 7 who can play a few big shots so if they lose some quick wickets then they can be in big trouble.
Here we are going to discuss both Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab’ playing combination and probable playing Xis who will be useful for making Rajasthan vs Punjab Dream11 Team
Rajasthan Royals will make at least one change in their playing 11 as Buttler is coming and he might come in the place of David Miller and they can go with six batsmen and five bowlers. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab is expected to go with the same playing 11 who played against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Predicted Playing Xis :
Rajasthan Royals :
Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (wk), Steven Smith (c), Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat
Kings XI Punjab :
KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Sarfraz Khan, James Neesham, Mohammad Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin
RR vs KXIP 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 KXIP Dream 11 Prediction teams
Sanju Samson : He is a very talented batsman but consistency has been an issue with him but this time he has some other plans and in the first match he showed that against Super Kings by scoring 74 runs with 9 huge sixes and he will be eager to continue his good run.
KL Rahul : He has been the most consistent batsmen in this league since 2018 and in the last match played a marathon knock of 132* runs and at Sharjah’s small ground he should enjoy batting.
Jos Buttler : He is also a top batsman of this format and in the last season he was excellent in the opening and he is expected to do the job which Rahul is doing for his team.
Mohammad Shami : In the first two matches he bowled very well and has taken 4 wickets under his belt and seeing his bowling and form he is going to take a few wickets in this match.