KKR vs RR HIGHLIGHTS, IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders Defeat Rajasthan Royals By 37 Runs At Dubai

KKR vs RR, IPL 2020 UAE: Steve Smith skippered-Rajasthan Royals so far have been on an absolute roll in the IPL 2020. After beating heavyweights CSK in their opening game, RR emerged triumphant in their second game against KXIP too, pulling off highest successful run-chase in the history of the tournament. After defeating SRH in their last game, Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand, will look to make it two wins in a row when they square off against KKR at the Dubai International Stadium.

Background

Table toppers Rajasthan Royals (RR) will eye a hat-trick of victories in the thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League when they lock horns with two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Dubai International Cricket stadium in Dubai later on Wednesday evening.

The RR vs KKR game which will be the twelfth game of the ongoing IPL season in UAE is scheduled for a 7:30 pm (IST) start with the toss to be held at 7:00 pm (IST).

While Rajasthan Royals come into the game high on confidence after defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in their previous two matches, KKR have had a mixed bag of sorts, coming back strongly to win against against Sunrisers Hyderabad after been trounced by Mumbai Indians in their season opener.

Rajasthan Royals batsmen are having a party time in the UAE as Sanju Samson, Steve Smith and Co. lit up the tournament with their belligerent power hitting to spearhead resounding wins in both their games from the jaws of defeat.

Despite a stupendous batting performance in the tournament so far, there would be concerns around the form of Robin Uttappa. RR would be more than delighted with the batting efforts of power hitter Rahul Tewatia who smoked a game changing half ton to close out a record breaking 224-run chase against Punjab.

While the seam bowling fortunes for Rajasthan Royals would largely rest on the shoulders of Jofra Archer and Jaydev Unadkat, seamer Ankit Rajpoot might be replaced by leg spinner Shreyas Gopal.

Opener Sunil Narine who hasn't quite delivered those quickfire starts with the bat will once again open the innings with Shubhman Gill, who looks in fine touch with the bat after 62-ball 70 against SRH.

Skipper Dinesh Karthik, Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell are expected to provide the fireworks in the middle and towards the end of the innings.

Australian seamer Pat Cummins fared pretty well against SRH after having a nightmarish outing against Mumbai. Much to the delight of KKR, the support cast from Shivam Mavi and Kamlesh Nagarkoti was also pretty good.

Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav would be the spin twins for KKR on a spin friendly track at Dubai.Meanwhile, mystery spinner Varun Chakravarty might get another game for the Knight Riders.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (captain), Andre Russell, Sandeep Warrier, ShivamMavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Ali Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh

Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith (captain), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas, Andrew Tye, David Miller, Tom Curran, Aniruddha Joshi, Shreyas Gopal, Riyan Parag, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Jos Buttler, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson

23:44 PM (IST)  •  30 Sep 2020

All eight teams have lost at least eight games in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020! Also, its for the sixth time that the team batting first in Dubai has won the game! Six out of Six in IPL 2020. Another comprehensive win for Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders as they hand Steve Smith-led Rajasthan Royals their first defeat in IPL 13. This strategy of having a lean batting order and too many bowling options to pick from in the playing XI is working for KKR. After getting their second victory, KKR has moved up to second spot in IPL 2020 points table! Star opener Shubhman Gill top-scored for his squad off 37 deliveries.

23:26 PM (IST)  •  30 Sep 2020

As comprehensive as it gets! A 37-run victory makes it two on the trot now! 👊🏼 Our young guns have truly announced… https://t.co/5g6PSXuqDo

23:19 PM (IST)  •  30 Sep 2020

Kolkata Knight Riders Defeat Rajasthan Royals By 37 Runs At Dubai

23:17 PM (IST)  •  30 Sep 2020

Tom Curran though. 👏👏 Two sixes in this Narine over, as he moves to 44. #RRvKKR | #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily

23:13 PM (IST)  •  30 Sep 2020

WICKET! Kuldeep Yadav gets a wicket as Jaydev Unadkat holes out to Kamlesh Nagarkoti at deep square leg. RR 106/9