Dubai. If Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are to keep their campaign in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on track, they will have to show their best game against the in-form Rajasthan Royals at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. Both teams will play in this stadium for the first time in the season.
The Royals were supposed to be hiding Rustom from the beginning and made their signs known at the start of the tournament. In the last match, he achieved a record target of 224 against Kings XI Punjab. The Royals have won both their matches and have easily surpassed the 200-run mark.
In-form Rajasthan batsmen: Sanju Samson and Rahul Teotia’s contribution to these Rajasthan successes has been important, which has so far overshadowed the star players. Haryana all-rounder Teotia, who scored 53 runs off 31 balls in the previous match against Kings XI, reversed the match. Tewatia had once scored just eight off 19 balls and then 17 off 23 balls, but suddenly the aggressive batsman inside him woke up and changed the match map by fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell hitting five sixes in an over.
At the same time, Kerala wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson has scored two consecutive half-centuries and his strike rate is 214.86. With this, he has played the role of wicketkeeper captain Steve Smith in the Indian team. He has scored two half-centuries, while the team is awaiting a big knock from opener Jose Butler.
Kolkata expects Russell and Morgan: If KKR have to match or surpass the Royals, then its biggest star Andre Russell and England’s World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan will have to do their best. Morgan and Russell have had fewer chances so far as they are ranked fifth and sixth in the batting order.
The team management of KKR can field them in the upper order in this match. KKR lost to Mumbai Indians in their first match, but in the second match, they made a good comeback by taking advantage of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s mistakes. Talented opener Shubman Gill’s unbeaten half-century and Morgan’s stormy innings saw KKR reach the target of 145 runs with two overs remaining.
Team :
Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Ka Tak (Captain), Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Famous Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Naren, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan , Varun Chakraborty, Tom Benton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan.
Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith (Captain), Jos Buttler, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Joffra Archer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Ka तक Tak Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, David Miller, Tom Curran, Anirudh Joshi , Shreyas Gopal, Ryan Parag, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markandeya.
Number Game –
–05 matches have been played at Dubai International Stadium in this IPL. Among these five, the teams batting first have won. These also include both Super Over matches.
– 20 matches have been played so far between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals in IPL. Both teams have won 10–10 matches.
–5 In the last match which has taken place between the two teams, Kolkata has won four and Rajasthan has won one.
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