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IPL 2020 | KKR vs RR: Match Preview, Predicted XI & Dream11 Fantasy Picks

Abhishek Singh

Two teams with totally opposite results in their previous two games would be up against each other vying for at least one place in the Playoffs. Rajasthan Royals have had two outright victories in games which seemed difficult at the beginning as they were huge chases.  On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have been ordinary in both their games, losing out on crucial moments.

No team can afford a slip up as this would be the last chance to showcase whatever they have built a team in the last one and a half month in this tournament. Another problem that both these teams would face is the net run rate, but this would only happen in case Kings XI win their game against Chennai Super Kings, which would be played just ahead of this game.

Considering Sunrisers Hyderabad have won their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the race has become even tougher as even after winning this match, neither KKR nor the Royals could be sure of qualifying.

Morgan needs to put on his thinking hat

For Kolkata to go ahead, beating Rajasthan is the first requirement, secondly, they would also have to stay ahead on the net run rate as they are below the Jaipur-based team in that field. So, for that to happen, a comprehensive victory is required. It is at this moment that an experienced captain like Eoin Morgan comes into the frame.

He must play the right combination and by that, it is meant that the batting order must be such which is according to the potential of the players as well as the situation of the game and not some pre-decided one. Batters with proven experience must play more balls for Kolkata to have any chance of challenging an in-form Royals’ squad.


Toss becomes crucial

As it is going to be a game in which net run rate will be the second most important motive of the teams along with winning the game as first, they would like to chase. In such a situation winning the toss can lift or down the morale of a team as well. So the captains and support staff would come into play as someone who has to make sure that the players don’t lose the match just by the result of the toss.  

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals: Details

Match Number- 54

Date: 01 November 2020, at 7:30 PM IST, 06:00 PM Local, 2.00 PM GMT

Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Broadcast: Star Sports and Hotstar

Pitch Report

The pitch in Dubai would be as it has been in the second phase of the tournament so far. Gripping the ball and a bit sticky in the first half and getting flat in the second one, with dew playing its part in dampening it.

Weather and Toss

The weather in Dubai would suit cricket as with the winters almost settling in, the humidity has gotten low and dew would be high, helping the chasing team. In such a scenario the team winning the toss would like to field first only. And also with the net run rate in mind, chasing would be the order of the day.   

Team News

Kolkata Knight Riders

It would be a bit dangerous to change the team as there was not much that the team could have done on that very day against Chennai as they had almost won the game. Therefore it would be better to motivate these guys only to dish out one final phenomenal performance.  

Expected XI

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Eoin Morgan (c), Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan have remained unchanged in their last two games and they would look to game the same way. The only change they can do is replacing Kartik Tyagi but two reasons force them not to opt for the option. The first one is the non-availability of anyone better than him as the two options are of Jaydev Unadkat and Ankit Rajput and the second and more obvious one is not jinxing the winning combination.   

Expected XI

Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Steven Smith (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi


Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Dream 11 and team suggestions

Jos Buttler, Nitish Rana, Ben Stokes (C), Sanju Samson (wk) (VC), Eoin Morgan, Riyan Parag, Sunil Narine, Jofra Archer, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy 

Captain: Ben Stokes  

Vice-captain: Sanju Samson 

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Facing a severe downturn in the last three matches. The Delhi Capitals were hoping to turn around things in the game against the Mumbai Indians but Trent Boult had other ideas. Boult was as lethal as he has been with the new ball in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League as the Delhi Capitals were made to look like a mirror image of the side that had won seven games out of their first nine games this season. The defeat, as well as the manner in which the Mumbai Indians, which was thin on firepower with Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya missing will ring the alarm bells in the Capitals camp and a defeat of such magnitude, has plummeted their net run rate below zero threatening their place in the top four in case of another loss in the next game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Here we have rated the best and the worst performers of the day that caused great jubilation in the Mumbai camp while the Delhi side is left to ask tough questions from themselves. Hits Trent Boult When Kieron Pollard won the toss and elected to bowl first, it came as a decision that surprised many people but Pollard could see what others overlooked in the pitch and also in the air. Trent Boult was assigned the task he has been doing for fun with the Mumbai Indians this season and New Zealand in his entire career and he did not disappoint his captain as he drew Shikhar Dhawan to a drive off a ball that was pitched away from the driving length. Shikhar Dhawan has epitomised what has gone wrong for the Delhi Capitals in the last few matches as he was dismissed for two consecutive ducks after two back-to-back centuries. Boult also got the better of a returning Prithvi Shaw whom the management backed after Ajinkya Rahane failed to provide solidity at the top. Boult broke the back of the Delhi’s batting when he proved to be too smart for Shaw while the right-hander tried to pull him off a length. 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Ishan Kishan Chasing a mere 111, Mumbai’s openers Ishan Kishan and Quinton de Kock had a fairly easy task at hand but it was important for the duo to not lose wickets in the first couple of overs with Shreyas Iyer bowling Ravichandran Ashwin in a tactical move against the left-handers. Kishan has batted with absolute domination and flamboyance in the season but on the day when the two points were crucial for the team to secure a top-two place on the points table, he also showed excellent composure to set his eyes in before going berserk in his usual style of batting. Once he got his eyes in, he unleashed his full range of shots and none including Kagiso Rabada was spared as the star bowler again struggled to produce magic for the Capitals. Ishan was brought into the playing XI when Saurabh Tiwary was injured and boy, hasn’t he nailed his position in the team with brilliant performances? He was rewarded for his performances with a chance to open the batting when Rohit Sharma was ruled out for the last few games and by the looks of it, he has owned that spot as well and it could take the might of Rohit Sharma only to dislodge him from the top of the order. Flops Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Iyer has batted well in the tournament and like his team, has started well, but has tapered off in the last few games. On the day when he needed to show his A-game against the thunderbolts of Trent Boult, he showed signs of conservatism and went into a shell. He started very slowly and when the wickets started failing around him could not quite catch up. He had his eyes set on spinners and was able to send Jayant Yadav downtown but Rahul Chahar ended his misery at the crease. He looked perplexed as a batsman and could not quite figure the bowlers he could target in order to increase the run rate. He has shown excellent signs of not showing emotions on the field but it looks like the series of his own and team’s failures are catching up on him as his tense faces in the field depicting the emotions going inside him as the team is on the brink of elimination after such a fabulous start. Prithvi Shaw Prithvi Shaw started the IPL 2020 with the promise of class and substance he could offer to the team that already had too many stroke makers. But, the think tank led by Ricky Ponting saw more promises in his belligerent than in the class of Ajinkya Rahane. Shaw started in the playing XI of the team and was on and off with the bat before the management ran out of patience with him and dropped him. He was brought back into the playing Xi when his replacement-- Rahane, too, failed to live up to the expectations. The team management again backed him to come good in a very big match when the capitals were chasing a hard-earned win but Shaw was reckless as he has been blamed for throughout his career and tried very hard to get out of Boult. After fetching a streaky boundary by slogging a good length ball, Shaw was found too excited to pull on a ball that was not short to be pulled and the Capitals were back in the hole they so badly wanted to get out of so early in the third over. Shaw could have shown restraint in that Boult’s over, especially as he had already got two boundaries in it but he could not resist going all out against Boult and perished in the process and took down the Capitals with him very early in the game. The experts had raised scepticism about the Delhi Capitals’ loss of form in their last three games preceding the one against the Mumbai Indians and their reservations about the Shreyas Iyer’s side is not turning out to be completely out of place. 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The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League has trickled to the third month and although there are only three days remaining for the completion of the pre-playoff phase, there is only one team which has qualified while six are vying for three spots with only one side Chennai Super Kings out of contention. The match on the Sunday afternoon will be between the Chennai Super Kings and the Kings XI Punjab and the story and stakes could not have been any starker than the teams will have going into this match. Of both the teams, the Kings XI have a lot to lose in this game, especially after a heavy defeat at the hands of the Rajasthan Royals and being stuck at just 12 points from 13 games although they were on a rampage in which they continued their winning streak for 5 games on the trott. The teams find themselves in precarious situations with three of them-- the Kings XI Punjab. 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KL Rahul would have to inspire his men to get it right for just one game and then to take it from there. Punjab have also suffered greatly due to the absence of Mayanak Agarwal who was taking care of the run rate when KL Rahul used to anchor the innings and the team would dearly hope for his return in what promises to be a most-vital clash of the team in the season. On the other hand, the Chennai Super Kings have nothing to lose in the tournament having been knocked out of the tournament already but the MS Dhoni’s side can easily prove to party spoilers for the teams as they have been for the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last matches. The fact that the team has been knocked out has helped the players in breaking the shackles and MS Dhoni has kept his promises by inducting young bloods in the playing XI and to youngsters' credit, they have shown enough sparks to show the CSK management that there is no shortage of light at the end of the tunnel and the next seasons. Ruturaj Gaikwad has shown that he is a telnet to be invested upon and that MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming might well have missed a trick by not allowing him to open in the early phase of the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja has unleashed his best version as batsman and been in superb form with the bat at the lower down the order and showing the world that he is ready to take the mettle from MS Dhoni in terms of finishing the games for the men in yellow. The game could well be the final swansong for the senior players of the team such as Imran Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Shaen Watson and also may be of MS Dhoni and the team will look to leave no stone unturned to send them on a high more so after a fairly poor season this year. Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab: Match details Match Number- 53 Date: 30th October 2020, at 3:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM Local, 10.00 AM GMT Venue: Abu Dhabi Broadcast: Star Sports and Hotstar Pitch and weather The Chennai Super Kings and the Kings XI Punjab will lock horns on a new pitch and it may well bring the impressive new ball bowlers on both sides such as Mohammed Shami in the Kings XI camp and Deepak Chahar in the Super Kings lineup into the game. But, the new ball has not swung too much in the IPL and no one really expects the Kookaburra to swing for long and rather it can enable strokem akers on either side to take the full advantage of the fielding restrictions in the early part of the game. The weather in the day time is expected to be on the hotter side and it will play on the captains’ mid while walking out for the toss and it will be no brainer to bat first looking at the overhead conditions but the dew factor may also be a bit of conundrum for the captains. Team News Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni had made the Chennai’s plans clear before the team was officially knocked out of the race to the playoff and since then he has added many players who can be seen as the future of the franchise in the coming few seasons. Mitchell Santner, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sam Curran and Narayan Jagadessan could well be the future core of the franchise and MS Dhoni would love to see them starting to blossom begre he hangs up his boots. Expected XI It’s unlikely that MS Dhoni will make any changes for the last game of the season and that will provide a longer rope for Santner to prove his utility as a spin-bowling all rounder beside the presence of Ravindra Jadeja in the squad. Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (captain & wk), N Jagadeesan, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi Kings XI Punjab This game is a do or die situation for the Kings XI and they would be looking forward to putting all their might for one final time in the tournament because one off day may send them packing from the tournament. KL Rahul will have to relook at his strike rate rather than dismissing it as an overrated aspect of his game. Glenn Maxwell has been persisted with in the tournament so far and he needs to step up against the CSK to justify a longer rope from the management while his bat has been silent throughout the season. Expected XI The team has missed Mayank Agarwal dearly at the top and his return will see Mandeep Singh go out of the squad who has not had the best of time in the IPL with few good innings here and there while suffering the loss of his father during the tournament. KL Rahul (Captain & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab: Dream 11 team and suggestion KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Lungi Ngidi, Deep Chahar Captain: KL Rahul Vice-captain: Sam Curran