It is a battle of survival for both Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR). Knight Riders and Royals both hanging on 12 points and a loss in this match will end the roads for the side. It is a very stiff competition with five teams competing to qualify for the playoffs. KKR seems to have picked up their momentum back and, for Royals, they have won their previous three games and are fourth in the points table. KKR would be happy to see Sunil Narine find his batting mojo back and also how Dinesh Karthik is performing. Kolkata would like to repeat their performance for the previous match in this one. In the last match, KKR scored the highest total of this total to beat KXIP. But KKR needs their middle-order to fire. Here we see the probable dream XI for the Knight Riders:
KKR: Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Chris Lynn, Piyush Chawla, Andre Russell, Tom Curran, Shubhman Gill, Kuldeep Yadav, Rinku Singh,
The main concern for KKR would be Royals opener Englishmen Joss Buttler. Buttler is in his great form. They have the momentum of three back-to-back wins. In their most recent wins, Royals chased down 169 against the defending champions Mumbai Indians at Wankhede. Buttler has been sensational since being promoted to the role of the opener. He is in contention for the purple cap holders. In these last five matches, Buttler has scored 48.4% of the Rajasthan Royals’ runs. In the bowling department, Jofra Archer is the highest wicket-taker this season. Here we see the probable dream XI for the Royals:
RR: Joss Buttler, D’Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Jofra Archer, Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni, krishnappa Gowtham, Jayadev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi