Sanju Samson and Sunil Narine. (Source -IPL/BCCI)
KKR vs RR Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates for Match 31 of IPL 2024
It will be a battle of table toppers as RR and KKR would be hoping to continue their good run in the league.
Preview
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be facing each other in the 31st match of the IPL 2024. The match is set to take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on the 16th of April 2024 at 7:30 PM (IST). It will be a clash of table toppers and arguably the two best sides in the league so far. Both teams have been impressive and found their own ways to succeed in the league so far. While RR has an insane prowess in bowling, KKR has a great batting order.
RR has a brilliant new-ball duo in Trent Boult and Nandre Burger. But the latter is likely to be benched due to the team combination. As a backup to Burger, RR has Avesh Khan who has been bowling well in the ongoing season. They also have experienced bowlers like Yuzvendra Chahal, Keshav Maharaj, and Ravichandran Ashwin in their lineup. In addition to it, RR has Adam Zampa and several other great bowlers in their lineup, making them the most potent attack.
KKR has found success on the back of their batting. Their overseas opening pair of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine has done wonders, being arguably the best opening pair of the season. Their finishers have been amazing and the younger batters have stepped up to the occasion. The likes of Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Ramandeep Singh have played a good knock. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer need to be better. The winner of the battle between KKR batters and RR bowlers would probably have the bigger say on the result.
Match Information
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 31
Indian Premier League, 16 Apr 2024, Tue, 7:30 PM IST ,Kolkata
Probable PlayingXI
Kolkata Knight Riders
Angkrish Raghuvanshi, S Iyer(C), RK Singh, Ramandeep Singh, SP Narine, VR Iyer, AD Russell, PD Salt, Mitchell Starc, H Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Bench: KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Manish Pandey, N Rana, Sakib Hussain, AS Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, C Sakariya, D Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma, Allah Mohammad
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, SV Samson(C), DC Jurel, TK Kotian, KA Maharaj, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bench: Kunal Singh Rathore, Jos Buttler, D Ferreira, Ravichandran Ashwin, T Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, NA Saini, N Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Abid Mushtaq, KR Sen
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Captains
Andre Russell KKR | all
Andre Russell has been good as a player in the ongoing season. With the bat, he has played impactful knocks lower down the order. With the ball, he has claimed wickets to break partnerships. Either way, he has contributed to the team.
Sanju Samson RR | wk
Sanju Samson has been brilliant as a batter and as a wicketkeeper. The star player has been one of the best batters in the league and kept wickets well, claiming some stunning catches. Even as a skipper, he has been good so far.
Riyan Parag RR | bat
Riyan Parag has been the best batter of RR in the ongoing season. The youngster has won a lot of matches for them with his batting performances. The right-handed batter is the second-hight run scorer in the ongoing season.
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Rinku Singh KKR | BAT
Rinku Singh played a fine cameo in the game against DC. Against SRH, he played second fiddle to Andre Russell. But he has not gotten many chances to bat. Given the bowling attack of RR, he is likely to get a chance and grab it with both hands.
Trent Boult RR | BOWL
Trent Boult is a wicket-taking bowler. The left-arm pacer claims a lot of wickets with the new ball and makes the opponent team’s score look like a Football score early in the innings. Even in terms of accuracy, he is brilliant and does not give away a lot of runs.
Philip Salt KKR | WK
Philip Salt can take the game away from the opponents in a matter of a few overs. When on song, he is nearly unstoppable. The aggressive batter has been one of the key reasons behind the success of KKR. He has been good behind the wickets too.
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Ramandeep Singh KKR | bat
Ramandeep Singh played an aggressive cameo in the first game of KKR against SRH. Thereby, the youngster showed what he is capable of. Since then, he has not gotten many opportunities to bat, but can step up when required.
Vaibhav Arora KKR | bowl
Vaibhav Arora has improved a lot with the old ball. With the new ball, he was always good given his ability to swing the ball either way. With the old ball, he has bowled well with the slower ones and bouncers. He is a wicket-taking bowler.
Kuldeep Sen RR | bat
Kuldeep Sen was brilliant for RR against RCB. The right-arm pacer is a wicket-taking bowler and can make an impact in the middle-overs phase. He does go for runs but claims the wickets of some of the dangerous batters of the opposition.
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Jos Buttler
RR | WK
Dhruv Jurel
RR | WK
Tanush Kotian
RR | BOWL
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