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.
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30 Sep 2020 11:50 PM
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.
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.
Kolkata Knight Riders Defeat Rajasthan Royals By 37 Runs At Dubai
Kolkata Knight Riders Defeat Rajasthan Royals By 37 Runs At Dubai
WICKET! Kuldeep Yadav gets a wicket as Jaydev Unadkat holes out to Kamlesh Nagarkoti at deep square leg. RR 106/9
Kamlesh Nagarkoti takes an UNBELIEVABLE catch to send the dangerous man Jofra Archer back to the pavilion. Nagarkoti takes a running, diving blinder as Archer holes out! Phenomenal catch and Jofra out for 6 after hitting a six. 9 runs and a wicket off the over. RR:90/8 after 15 overs
Kuldeep Yadav is bowling his first over and its an 16th over!!! so late for a top spinner to come into the attack for the first time tonight! 7 runs off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 97/8 after 16 overs
Kuldeep Yadav is bowling his first over and its an 16th over!!! so late for a top spinner to come into the attack for the first time tonight! 7 runs off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 97/8 after 16 overs
Kamlesh Nagarkoti takes an UNBELIEVABLE catch to send the dangerous man Jofra Archer back to the pavilion. Nagarkoti takes a running, diving blinder as Archer holes out! Phenomenal catch and Jofra out for 6 after hitting a six. 9 runs and a wicket off the over. RR:90/8 after 15 overs
Kuldeep Yadav is bowling his first over and its an 16th over!!! so late for a top spinner to come into the attack for the first time tonight! 7 runs off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 97/8 after 16 overs
Kuldeep Yadav is bowling his first over and its an 16th over!!! so late for a top spinner to come into the attack for the first time tonight! 7 runs off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 97/8 after 16 overs
Rajasthan Royals top order has been blown away by the Kolkata Knight Riders bowling attack. KKR are on top at the moment and Tewatia needs to come up with a special knock in the chase! Varun Chakravarthy joins the attack and STRIKES in his first over with a clever GOOGLY! No heroics from Tewatia tonight as he has to return back to the dugout after a 10-ball 14 run knock. Crucial wicket for KKR!
RR-67/6 after 11 overs
Sunil Narine, another spinner, gets to bowl from the other end! Gets hit for just one four after a miss-field from Pat Cummins and gives away just 6 runs from his over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 73/ after 12 overs
RR-67/6 after 11 overs
Sunil Narine, another spinner, gets to bowl from the other end! Gets hit for just one four after a miss-field from Pat Cummins and gives away just 6 runs from his over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 73/ after 12 overs
Rajasthan Royals are five down in eight overs! Shivam Mavi to bowl his last over of the day. He bowls some really good deliveries and is disciplined with his line and length, as a result, gives away just seven runs off the over. Strategic timeout taken! Good to see Tewatia time a few ball! Can he pull off one more miracle win tonight? RR-50/5 after 9 overs
Nagarkoti bowls his second over. A short delivery by him and Tewatia hits a flat SIX! Here we go?
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 61/5 after 10 overs
Nagarkoti bowls his second over. A short delivery by him and Tewatia hits a flat SIX! Here we go?
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 61/5 after 10 overs
WICKET! Shivam Mavi the MAN for KKR, he strikes again for the second time in his third over and gets the wicket of dangerous looking Jos Buttler (16-ball 21) who edges the ball behind to backward point! Buttler falls after Smith and Samson and KKR are in full control of the game and RR are slipping badly in the chase in Dubai. 2 runs and a wicket off the over. Riyan in the new man in. RR-41/3 after 7 overs
Nagarkoti bowls his first over and gets a wicket off his first delivery and RR loses their fourth wicket within first eight overs. Uthappa (2 runs off 7 balls) holes down to deep square leg to give Nagarkoti his first IPL wicket. Tewatia comes in but today has to face a different kind of pressure! Nagarkoti gets his second wicket!!! Two wickets in just 4 balls! Five RR wickets down with just 43 runs on board.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 43/5 after 8 overs
Nagarkoti bowls his first over and gets a wicket off his first delivery and RR loses their fourth wicket within first eight overs. Uthappa (2 runs off 7 balls) holes down to deep square leg to give Nagarkoti his first IPL wicket. Tewatia comes in but today has to face a different kind of pressure! Nagarkoti gets his second wicket!!! Two wickets in just 4 balls! Five RR wickets down with just 43 runs on board.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 43/5 after 8 overs
WICKET! MASSIVE BLOW for Rajasthan Royals! Samson gets out for a single digital score! Mavi gets the big fish and leave RR 30/1 chasing 175! Buttler takes off some pressure by reading a slower one on time and hitting it for a boundary through the cover! A great back-foot punch and what a sweet timing. 6 runs and a wicket off this over. RR-36/2 after 5 overs
Cummins back into the attack and is hungry for another wicket as he bowls his third over! Uthappa has not had a good season so far and RR will be wanting him to fire tonight with the bat. Cummins has bowled some great deliveries his over to tighten his grip on RR batters. Just three runs from his over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 39/2 after 6 overs
Cummins back into the attack and is hungry for another wicket as he bowls his third over! Uthappa has not had a good season so far and RR will be wanting him to fire tonight with the bat. Cummins has bowled some great deliveries his over to tighten his grip on RR batters. Just three runs from his over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 39/2 after 6 overs
Number one Test batsman Steve Smith is departed by the number one Test bowler!!! In-form Sanju Samson is the next man in. He starts his innings with a FOUR; gets off the mark with a boundary off Shivam Mavi. First ball first four for Samson! 6 runs off the over.
. RR-21/1 after 3 overs
Pat Cummins to continue from the other end. Buttler hits a classic shot! Goes across the stumps to hit Cummins for a SIX, courtesy a brilliant scoop shot off a fuller delivery. 9 runs off the over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 30/1 after 4 overs
. RR-21/1 after 3 overs
Pat Cummins to continue from the other end. Buttler hits a classic shot! Goes across the stumps to hit Cummins for a SIX, courtesy a brilliant scoop shot off a fuller delivery. 9 runs off the over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 30/1 after 4 overs
175 is the target to chase! Steve Smith and Jos Buttler come out in the middle to open the innings for Rajasthan Royals! KKR opener Sunil Narine has been handed the new ball to start the attack! Narine looks to shine with the ball but his plans are put to halt by Jos Buttler who jumps down the track to hit Narine for a huge six over mid-wicket! 12 runs off the over. RR-12/0 after 1 over
RR off to a great start in the chase and Pat Cummins has been introduced from the other end as he bowls the second over. Pat gets the BIG breakthrough and skipper Smith is gone for 3!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 15/1 after 2 overs
RR off to a great start in the chase and Pat Cummins has been introduced from the other end as he bowls the second over. Pat gets the BIG breakthrough and skipper Smith is gone for 3!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, RR: 15/1 after 2 overs
Tom Curran bowls the last over! Nagarkoti slashes one over mid-on to hot a four. Now Morgan does not miss out this time and smashes one over the mid-wicket for first SIX of the over! Curran under immense pressure as he bowls three consecutive wide! Three runs off the last two balls and KKR manage to get a respectable first innings total!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 174/6 after 20 overs
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 174/6 after 20 overs
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 158/6 after 19 overs
1st Innings, KKR: 158/6 after 19 overs
Morgan and Pat Cummins in the middle and last four overs to go! Jofra Archer for his final over! He has only given four runs and taken two wickets in his three overs so far!!! Cummins smashes Archer for the first boundary that Archer conceded today! Pat drives one through the covers...and Morgan in the last ball hits a big six to spoil Archer's spell! 14 runs from Archer's last over! KKR- 141/5
Most successful bowler in the death overs -- Tom Curran -- bowls the 18th over. Samson takes a brilliant catch to dismiss dangerous looking Pa Cummins as KKR lose their sixth batsman with last two overs to go! 8 runs and 1 wicket.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 149/6 after 18 overs
Most successful bowler in the death overs -- Tom Curran -- bowls the 18th over. Samson takes a brilliant catch to dismiss dangerous looking Pa Cummins as KKR lose their sixth batsman with last two overs to go! 8 runs and 1 wicket.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 149/6 after 18 overs
Morgan and Pat Cummins in the middle and last four overs to go! Jofra Archer for his final over! He has only given four runs and taken two wickets in his three overs so far!!! Cummins smashes Archer for the first boundary that Archer conceded today! Pat drives one through the covers...and Morgan in the last ball hits a big six to spoil Archer's spell! 14 runs from Archer's last over! KKR- 141/5
Most successful bowler in the death overs -- Tom Curran -- bowls the 18th over. Samson takes a brilliant catch to dismiss dangerous looking Pa Cummins as KKR lose their sixth batsman with last two overs to go! 8 runs and 1 wicket.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 149/6 after 18 overs
Most successful bowler in the death overs -- Tom Curran -- bowls the 18th over. Samson takes a brilliant catch to dismiss dangerous looking Pa Cummins as KKR lose their sixth batsman with last two overs to go! 8 runs and 1 wicket.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 149/6 after 18 overs
Andre Russell hits Rajpoot over the midwicket boundary for his third six of the game to put the bowler under pressure but that was all for tonight by the power-hitter. Russ (14-ball 24) hits the lofted shot straight to the third man and RR sure is happy with this WICKET. Pat Cummins is the next man in for Russell. The second timeout is taken after Morgan gets hit on the helmet. After a precautionary check of Morgan the match gets underway. 12 runs and one wicket off the over. KKR- 120/5
Archer strikes early to end Shubhman Gill's cameo. Russell looks unstoppable with his muscle...punishes Shreyas Gopal by hitting him for TWO BIG SIXES off his over. KKR will be happy with him hitting form here! 16 runs off the 13th over! KKR- 106/3
Two sixes from Russell who looks in the mood and helps to bring 100 up for KKR! Archer STRIKES AGAIN in his third over and gets the edge of skipper Dinesh Karthik (1) behind to wicket-keeper Jos Buttler! England captain Eoin Morgan is the next man in. 2 runs and a wicket off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 108/4 after 14 overs
Two sixes from Russell who looks in the mood and helps to bring 100 up for KKR! Archer STRIKES AGAIN in his third over and gets the edge of skipper Dinesh Karthik (1) behind to wicket-keeper Jos Buttler! England captain Eoin Morgan is the next man in. 2 runs and a wicket off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 108/4 after 14 overs
Gopal bowls the 11th over and is welcomed by Shubhman Gill with a four at long-on, a boundary fumbled by Jofra Archer! 7 runs off the 11th over!
SPEEDSTER Jofra Archer comes back into the attack! Caught and Bowled it is! Archer strikes immediately and as Gill gets a leading edge that goes high in the air but in the end is grabbed by Archer himself! KKR promoted Andre Russell to number four! Shubhman departs after a well-made 47! just one runs and a wicket off the over!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 90/3 after 12 overs
SPEEDSTER Jofra Archer comes back into the attack! Caught and Bowled it is! Archer strikes immediately and as Gill gets a leading edge that goes high in the air but in the end is grabbed by Archer himself! KKR promoted Andre Russell to number four! Shubhman departs after a well-made 47! just one runs and a wicket off the over!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 90/3 after 12 overs
KKR have managed to push the run-rate up as they get 24 runs from two overs immediately. Shreyas Gopal bowls the ninth over. After playing two dot balls, Gill gets on front foot to smash a blistering boundary! Gopal drops another one short and Gill this time comes down the pitch to smack it for another four over the bowler and move to his 40s. KKR 79/1 after 9 overs.
Tewatia bowls his first over of the game! Nitish Rana is the man who faces him and after two dot deliveries beats sweeper to his right in the third ball of the over to chop it for a boundary. BUT Time for Tewatia special as he gets the breakthrough by removing Rana (22) who holes out to long-off! 6 runs and a wicket off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 82/2 after 10 overs
Tewatia bowls his first over of the game! Nitish Rana is the man who faces him and after two dot deliveries beats sweeper to his right in the third ball of the over to chop it for a boundary. BUT Time for Tewatia special as he gets the breakthrough by removing Rana (22) who holes out to long-off! 6 runs and a wicket off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 82/2 after 10 overs
At the end of powerplay, KKR manage to score 42 runs after losing Narine. Shreyas Gopal comes into the attack to spin the web! FIFTY comes up for the Knight Riders in seven overs. Shubman ends the 7th with a crisp four over mid-wicket region.
Riyan Parag into the attack and Nitish Rana welcomes him with a lovely inside-out shot over extra cover for a SIX! 14 runs off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 66/1 after 8 overs
Riyan Parag into the attack and Nitish Rana welcomes him with a lovely inside-out shot over extra cover for a SIX! 14 runs off this over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 66/1 after 8 overs
SIX, FOUR and OUT! Unadkat gets his man and KKR lose Narine after a quick cameo. early for 14-ball 15. Nitish Rana comes in at one down. 11 runs and one wicket from the fifth over. KKR 36/1
Curran comes into the attack. Nitish Rana plays a few first three tight deliveries to get settled and finally opens his arms to hit his first four by cutting a short and wide delivery from Curran to hit his first 4 of the game. 6 runs from the over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 42/1 after 6 overs
Curran comes into the attack. Nitish Rana plays a few first three tight deliveries to get settled and finally opens his arms to hit his first four by cutting a short and wide delivery from Curran to hit his first 4 of the game. 6 runs from the over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 42/1 after 6 overs
Archer not to continue after that great first over and Unadkat comes into the attack! No runs from Narine from the first five balls played by him! Narine swings the bat hard to go for the kill but only manages to sky the ball BUT veteran Robin Uthappa has dropped the opener at mid-on! Unadkat misses his early wicket! 4 runs off the over. KKR- 14/0 after 3 overs. Not the ideal start for RR!
Rajpoot continues his spell from over the wicket. Sunil Narine hits a short pitched delivery for a sweet boundary to mid-wicket. Later Gill follows his partner and plays a pull shot to hit the second four of the over and 50th four of his IPL career. 11 runs off the over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 25/0 after 4 overs
Rajpoot continues his spell from over the wicket. Sunil Narine hits a short pitched delivery for a sweet boundary to mid-wicket. Later Gill follows his partner and plays a pull shot to hit the second four of the over and 50th four of his IPL career. 11 runs off the over.
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 25/0 after 4 overs
RR takes the field for the 150th time in the Indian Premier League! Sunil Narine and Shubhman Gill are out to open the innings for KKR! Ain't going to be easy to score runs against Jofra Archer as he opens the attack. Archer attacks Gill with speed and a slip in place! He bowls the first over with sheer pace and KKR openers have no reply to it. Just one run off the 1st over.
After a pacey opening from Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot starts the over with a good length delivery but gets smashed by Gill over his head for a six in the next ball over mid-on boundary! Gill starts the fireworks in the second over!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 10/0 after 2 overs
After a pacey opening from Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot starts the over with a good length delivery but gets smashed by Gill over his head for a six in the next ball over mid-on boundary! Gill starts the fireworks in the second over!
IPL 2020 LIVE Score, KKR vs RR:
1st Innings, KKR: 10/0 after 2 overs
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Toss Update
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
Rajasthan Royals XI: S Smith, J Buttler, S Samson, R Uthappa, R Tewatia, R Parag, T Curran, S Gopal, J Archer, A Rajpoot, J Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, S Narine, N Rana, D Karthik, E Morgan, A Russell, P Cummins, S Mavi, K Yadav, K Nagarkoti, V Chakravarthy
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
Rajasthan Royals XI: S Smith, J Buttler, S Samson, R Uthappa, R Tewatia, R Parag, T Curran, S Gopal, J Archer, A Rajpoot, J Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, S Narine, N Rana, D Karthik, E Morgan, A Russell, P Cummins, S Mavi, K Yadav, K Nagarkoti, V Chakravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Toss Update
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
Rajasthan Royals XI: S Smith, J Buttler, S Samson, R Uthappa, R Tewatia, R Parag, T Curran, S Gopal, J Archer, A Rajpoot, J Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, S Narine, N Rana, D Karthik, E Morgan, A Russell, P Cummins, S Mavi, K Yadav, K Nagarkoti, V Chakravarthy
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
Rajasthan Royals XI: S Smith, J Buttler, S Samson, R Uthappa, R Tewatia, R Parag, T Curran, S Gopal, J Archer, A Rajpoot, J Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, S Narine, N Rana, D Karthik, E Morgan, A Russell, P Cummins, S Mavi, K Yadav, K Nagarkoti, V Chakravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Toss Update
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
Rajasthan Royals XI: S Smith, J Buttler, S Samson, R Uthappa, R Tewatia, R Parag, T Curran, S Gopal, J Archer, A Rajpoot, J Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, S Narine, N Rana, D Karthik, E Morgan, A Russell, P Cummins, S Mavi, K Yadav, K Nagarkoti, V Chakravarthy
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
Rajasthan Royals XI: S Smith, J Buttler, S Samson, R Uthappa, R Tewatia, R Parag, T Curran, S Gopal, J Archer, A Rajpoot, J Unadkat
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: S Gill, S Narine, N Rana, D Karthik, E Morgan, A Russell, P Cummins, S Mavi, K Yadav, K Nagarkoti, V Chakravarthy
Rajasthan Royals Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Against Kolkata Knight Riders At Dubai
KKR vs RR - Approaching Milestones!
Today's game against Kolkata Knight Riders will be Rajasthan Royals 150th IPL game!
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik needs to score just 40 more runs to complete 1000 IPL runs.
KKR's hard-hitting batsman Andre Russell needs 89 runs to complete 1500 IPL runs.
Eoin Morgan require 88 more runs to complete 1000 IPL runs.
KKR veteran batsman Robin Uhappa require one fifty to complete 25 IPL fifties.
Today's game against Kolkata Knight Riders will be Rajasthan Royals 150th IPL game!
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik needs to score just 40 more runs to complete 1000 IPL runs.
KKR's hard-hitting batsman Andre Russell needs 89 runs to complete 1500 IPL runs.
Eoin Morgan require 88 more runs to complete 1000 IPL runs.
KKR veteran batsman Robin Uhappa require one fifty to complete 25 IPL fifties.
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
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
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
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