Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be locking horns with each other in the 30th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Monday. The Royals have won 3 out of 5 matches in the season so far and they are currently placed in the 5th position in the points table. They lost their last game against Gujarat Titans (GT) by 37 runs after failing to chase a target of 193 runs.
On the other hand, KKR has witnessed a mixed journey in the tournament so far. They have managed to win 3 and lose the same number of matches in the tournament. KKR is currently standing at the 6th position in the IPL 2022 points table. They have lost their last 2 matches.
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KKR’s last match was against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which they lost by 7 wickets after scoring 175 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In terms of head-to-head stats, Kolkata marginally leading the charts as they have won 13 games out of the 24 they have played against each other so far. However, since 2018, it has been skewed in favor of KKR, who have won 7 games of their 9 clashes.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal have often been seen troubling Aaron Finch and Nitish Rana. Ashwin may be given a go in the powerplay while holding Chahal back for when Rana comes out to bat, as the leg spinner has dismissed the middle-order batter 4 times. Rana averages just 14 against Chahal and managed to maintain a low strike rate of 109.80. They would hope Trent Boult is fit to play and makes his way back into the XI in place of James Neesham.
Probable XI: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Despite the fact that Jos Buttler is in an ominous form, he has been dismissed 5 times by the KKR spin twins and it may prompt KKR to have spin from one end in the powerplay. Against Chakravarthy, Buttler has only scored 12 runs in 8 balls and has been dismissed twice. Sanju Samson, meanwhile, has fallen thrice to Umesh and Narine, striking at 79.67 and averaging 15.67 against the West Indian off-spinner. KKR may also push Shreyas Iyer down the order to negate the Chahal threat in the middle overs.
Probable XI: Aaron Finch, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Aman Hakim Khan, Varun Chakravarthy
Fantasy XI suggestion 1:
Jos Buttler (c), Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell (vc), Pat Cummins, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen
Fantasy XI suggestion 2:
Sheldon Jackson, Jos Buttler, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Devdutt Padikkal, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal (vc), Trent Boult
