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IPL 2020 | KXIP vs RR: Match Preview, Predicted XI & Dream 11 Fantasy Picks

Abhishek Singh

A mouth-watering contest would be up for grabs when two teams trying their level best to get into the Playoffs of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League meet at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. While Punjab are coming on the back of five consecutive wins, Rajasthan have tasted a victory of a certain sort that would intimidate any opposition.

With this background to the contest, the excitement level would be up by an extra ounce. For Rajasthan, this match would be a do or die one as they don’t have the luxury of depending on anyone else’s results. They have 10 points in their kitty and the only way they can have any chance of qualifying is by winning their next two games.

Punjab have the luxury of a slip-up. But then with that slip-up, they would become dependent on other teams’ results and so they wouldn’t be trying out that option either.

Stokes and Archer: The keys to Rajasthan’s progress

Ben Stokes came back to the fore in the last game as he destroyed the Mumbai bowling line-up, single-handedly. He was at his level best while dealing with both pace and spin and the wicket of Abu Dhabi would remain the same. With stokes opening the batting and Buttler and Smith in the middle at their full potential, the Rajasthan batting line-up looks as deadly as it could get.

Jofra Archer has been the leader of the pack as far as bowling in the Rajasthan team is concerned. He has always been economical and most importantly among wickets. But what he needs is support from the other end which has been rare to find this season. For Rajasthan to progress, the Kartik Tyagis and the Ankit Rajputs need to back up Archer and the two leggies in Shreyas Gopal and Rahul Tewatia well.


Chris Gayle and Mohammad Shami: The two charioteers of Rahul’s victory Buggy

In the last five games which the Kings XI have won, the team has come out as a totally different entity. Now there is confidence, and it is being reflected in the decisions of the skipper KL Rahul.  The reasons behind this huge change are the form of two players - Chris Gayle and Mohammad Shami.

In KXIP's incredible resurgence this season, Gayle has scored 177 runs at an average of 35.4 and a strike rate of 138.28, which has gotten better with passing time. This also includes his two match-winning fifties as well. Shami, on the other hand, has picked up 10 wickets in the last five games hurling out yorkers in the death overs.


Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals: Details

Match Number- 50

Date: 30th October 2020, at 7:30 PM IST, 06:00 PM Local, 2.00 PM GMT

Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Broadcast: Star Sports and Hotstar

Pitch Report

The pitch at Abu Dhabi has changed over the course of time and from being a chaser’s graveyard in the early phases of the tournament it has turned into a batting paradise in the second half of the game. In this match too, the teams would be looking to chase as both the teams are batting heavy. An interesting fact is that Punjab, who have won their last five games on the trot, had tasted their last defeat in Abu Dhabi at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders.

Weather and Toss

The weather as always will remain favourable for cricket as the humidity is down to its lowest since the start of the league. The evenings will make the wicket sticky and help the spinners as well. In that regard, the toss becomes very important as the team winning the toss would look to utilize the evening wind as well as the dryness of the wicket for both their pacers and spinners.   

Team News

Kings XI Punjab

The Kings XI team looks settled with the bowlers in Arshdeep Singh, Chris Jordan, and Shami while the batting line-up is at its best as well. Mandeep Singh played his part in both the games in which he replaced Mayank Agarwal who has been out with injury. If Agarwal comes then Deepak Hooda might be removed to accommodate Mandeep in the squad.

Expected XI

KL Rahul (c & wk), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda/ Mayank Agarwal, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

Rajasthan Royals

The Royals did exceedingly well in the last game and without any injury, the only way that there would be some change in the playing XI is when anybody gets injured. Otherwise disturbing the winning combination is not an option that Smith would like to explore.

Expected XI

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

Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals Dream 11 and team suggestions

KL Rahul (c & wk), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Ben Stokes (vc), Sanju Samson, Nicholas Pooran,  Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Mohammad Shami

Captain: KL Rahul  

Vice-captain: Ben Stokes

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