After the unbelievable knock by Andre Russell to snatch the victory from Royal Challengers Bangalore, every team will be thinking about how to stop the Russell Mania. Rajasthan Royals on the other side have recently opened their winning account against RCB only and after that got a long break in between. The Match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders is scheduled to be played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Jos Buttler needs to get his form back otherwise Kolkata Knight Riders are having a giant man Andre the Giant who is in a devastating form and dominating the bowlers especially in the death overs.
Rajasthan Royals have failed in dismissing the disastrous All-Rounder Andre Russell. Well, adding more pepper to the brutal numbers RR have lost all the three games against Kolkata Knight Riders since the team has made their comeback to IPL after serving ban. Sanju Samson was rested from the last match due to an injury, hence he will be joining the team on field replacing one of Stuart Binny and Varun Aaron. On the other side, Kolkata Knight Riders are having a great adventure by dominating the other side like a rulers. They go to the places, makes some fireworks, hoists their flag and back to the pavilion. There’s no need for Kolkata Knight Riders to make any changes as the team is in form with Nitish Rana giving strong hold to middle order and Andre Russell enjoying hitting sixes at death overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals is going to be witnessed in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, the record says that the team winning the toss opts to ball first as chasing is bit easy. While chasing 27 matches have been won and 15 while batting first. The average score at Sawai Mansingh is just 157 runs which means the stadium doesn’t have witnessed any high-scoring match yet, but don’t worry the man in scintillating form, the undisputed, unstoppable, unbreakable Andre Russell is coming to Jaipur. Kolkata have won 9 matches against Rajasthan Royals so far. Likewise, Rajasthan too have won 9 matches out of 19 battles.
Probable XI:
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron/Stuart Binny
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Sanju Samson, Prashant Chopra, Manan Vohra, Aryaman Birla, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, Oshane Thomas, Sudhesan Midhun
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, KC Cariappa