Hey, Welcome to Today’s match prediction between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. The 18th match of Vivo IPL 2021 will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both teams will be looking for a win desperately after a poor start. The match prediction is based on the current form, pitch, and records of players at this venue.
Preview
Rajasthan Royals
RR who won only one game out of their four games is standing at the bottom of the points table. Rajasthan Royals’ main players are lacking consistency like Sanju Samson scored a brilliant hundred in the first match. After that, he is struggling with the bat, and the same case with Jos Buttler and David Miller. The biggest blow for RR is Ben Stokes and Jorfra Archer has been out of the Indian Premier League due to injury. While Liam Livingstone recently pulled out of this tournament due to bio-bubble fatigue. In their last game, RCB beat them by 10 wickets at this ground.
RR squad: Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra, Chris Morris, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Mayank Markande, Mustafizur Rahman, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Andrew Tye, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, K.C Cariappa, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Anuj Rawat, Jaydev Unadkat, David Miller, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Like RR, Kolkata Knight Riders has also won one game out of their four-game. After winning the first game, KKR has lost three consecutive games. However, their middle-lower order stepped out in the last game at this ground against Chennai Super Kings. Chasing 220+ against CSK in the last game, they nearly chased down the target despite losing five wickets in the powerplay. They will be high in confidence after this performance. However, their captain Eoin Morgan is not fired yet in this edition. Keep reading to know today’s match prediction.
KKR squad: Shakib Al Hasan, Rahul Tripathi, Sheldon Jackson, Ben Cutting, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Tim Seifert, Kuldeep Yadav, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Gurkeerat Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Pawan Negi, Nitish Rana.(source)
Head to Head
Both teams have played 22 IPL games. Kolkata Knight Riders have won 12 games. While Rajasthan Royals have won 10 games. However, in the last seven matches, KKR has won six matches over RR.
Today’s Match Pitch Report
As it was evident from games played in the last 10 days, the pitch is a high-scoring wicket. However, bowlers get some movement in the initial overs of the match. Dew comes into the play and gave an advantage to batting the 2nd side.
Predicted XI
RR Team News: Rajasthan could play Yashasvi Jaiswal in place of Vohra who was failed to deliver so far in four games. Andrew Tye could get a chance in place of Mustafizur Rahman.
RR playing XI for Today’s match prediction: Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Shreyas Gopal, Andrew Tye.
KKR Team News: KKR could consider Shivam Mavi in place of Kamlesh Nagarkoti. KKR looks good in the last match and may not change any more change apart from this in their playing eleven.
KKR playing XI: Shubman, Nitesh Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Morgan, Narine, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy.
Today’s Match Prediction
- Today toss prediction: The mantra at Wankhede is winning the toss and bowling first.
- Match Prediction: Team batting second will have more chance to win the match.
Kolkata Knight Riders to win today’s match.
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