IPL 2021: RR vs KKR Preview – Two struggling batting units meet at Wankhede
Both Rajasthan and Kolkata will hope to end the Mumbai leg on a high when they meet at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals are coming into this match after a 10-wicket loss against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders lost their previous match against Chennai Super Kings by 18 runs.
Both the teams are at a similar position in the league, having played four matches and won only one out of them. In the head to head account, KKR have an advantage having won 12 matches while RR have won 10. Last season, Kolkata had a dominating performance against Royals beating them twice by margins of 37 runs and 60 runs respectively.
Match Info:
IPL 2021 Match 18 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Head to head:
Stat Attack:
This will be the 50th match for Rahul Tripathi in the IPL.
Eoin Morgan is 93 runs away from completing 1,000 runs for KKR in IPL.
Team News:
Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan lost their second game in a row, their third in this tournament. Royals’ batting has just not found a way to give them consistent performance. There is a lack of substantial performance. Samson’s 119 seems like a year ago as only David Miller has gone past 50 for Royals since then. Having said that, they are likely to retain this team. Shreyas Gopal, who replaced Jaydev Unadkat in the previous match, didn’t get his lines right like the other bowlers. Except for that one spot, the rest of the Royals team is likely to be the same.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata brought in Sunil Narine in place of Shakib Al Hasan in the previous match. There wasn’t too much to be said about the bowling of the West Indian, but he didn’t get a lot of runs. However, given the conditions, Narine has the ability to bowl an economical spell, which should be enough for KKR to stick with him. They also replaced Harbhajan Singh with Kamlesh Nagarkoti, who didn’t bowl badly in the previous match. So, Kolkata is likely to stick to their same XI.
Probable XI:
