Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royal IPL 18 April 2018/DREAM11
Team Prediction -


Team 1 (For H2H Leagues) -

1. D Karthik 

2. R Utthapa 

3. A Rahane 

4. S Samson

5. N Rana

6. B Stokes (VC) 

7. S Narine (C) 

8. A Russel 

9. S Gopal

10. K Yadav

11. Ankit Sharma (risk) / J Unadkat (safe) / S Mavi (safe) 


Team 2 (For Bigger Leagues) -

1. D Karthik 

2. C Lynn 

3. D Short (VC) 

4. S Samson

5. N Rana

6. B Stokes 

7. S Narine (C) 

8. A Russel 

9. S Gopal

10. K Yadav

11. B Laughlin


RR –
- RR are coming off a blistering victory against RCB at their den.

- It was all possible thanks to Sanju Samson’s majestic knock of 92* and Shreyas Gopal’s timely strikes to remove VK and ABD.

- They were really authoritative with both bat and ball.
KKR –
- KKR on the hander hand have been equally authoritative with both bat and ball.

- Thanks to Nitish Rana’s 50 and Andre Russel’s power hitting in the end which saw the team get to 200 without much of a fuss.

- DD were never in the chase all credits to the timely strikes by Narine and Kuldeep Yadav who took 3 wickets each and all the other bowlers took a piece each.

Team News –
RR – 
- There is a really good chance (90%) Ankit Sharma can come in Playing XI for today's match. 

- D Kulkarni, who haven't done anything significant and bowled just one over in last match might have to sit out. 

- Although D’Arcy Short looks in all sorts of trouble his bowling skills are something which can’t be ignored.

- He is not a part time bowler and can bowl 4 overs if required so it is possible that Rahane could be tempted to field the same XI with giving D’Arcy Short getting another go before Klaasen comes in.

- There is nothing about Jofra Archer yet. He has been practicing on nets however. He can come in anytime. 

KKR –

 - KKR will also field the same XI which won them the game last around most likely.

Pitch Report –

- The match is in Sawai Mannsingh Stadium.

- It was a bit slow and needed some power hitters like Buttler to take their respective teams to a big total.

Probable Playing XI -
Players Info - 

RR –
- Ajinkya Rahane (c) – Was really aggressive this time around thanks to his little

- D'Arcy Short – It’s do or die for Short in India and if he doesn’t perform this time it might be all over for him.

- Sanju Samson – Current leading run scorer in IPL and looks in some gorgeous touch and unstoppable at the moment.

- Ben Stokes – He is not the old Stokes we used to see and will look to amend it.

- Rahul Tripathi – He is predominantly an opener but is being send down the order which is affecting his hitting abilities.

- Jos Buttler – Excellent finisher.

- Krishnappa Gowtham – Was expensive but picked the important wicket of BAZ in the previosu game.

- Ben Laughlin – Man with a big full of tricks is Laughlin can bowl any type of ball without much of a fuss. 

- Shreyas Gopal – Picked 2 wickets and that too of ABD and VK at very important junctures of the games. 

- Dhawal Kulkarni – He might very well be replaced by Ankit Sharma today

- Jaydev Unadkat – Really expensive bowling those half trackers.
KKR –

- Sunil Narine – Didn’t do much with the bat but was really good with the ball.

- Chris Lynn – Seems to have found his rhythm just now as per his interview with ESPN.

- Robin Uthappa – He plays beautiful shots while he is there in the crease but just gets out at the wrong time.

- Nitish Rana-  Played a really good hand with that 5 0which made sure his team got to 200.

- Dinesh Karthik (c) – He is doing what he does best i.e. to attack and finish the innings as much as possible.

- Shubman Gill – We haven’t seen much of him since he is being sent down the order.

- Andre Russell – Dasher from Windies is Russel who is making the ball talk and smashing the sixes at ease.

- Shivam Mavi – Picked up the priced wicket of veteran GG.

- Piyush Chawla – Came in the first over and removed all important Jason Roy which started the DD collpase.

- Tom Curran – Was really expensive so could be replaced by Johnson again.

- Kuldeep Yadav – Picked up 3 wickets the Chinaman from India.
WK –

- You can either go with Buttler or DK in this section it’s really your gut nothing else because both of them bat down the order and are more likely to face less balls.

BAT –

- Sanju and Rana are the default choices from this section.

- You can’t have both Lynn and Rahane in the same team without wrecking the balance of it.

- So, you either pick one of them or drop both to pick the allrounders who are more priced.

- Robin Uthappa will look to find some form because

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