The second playoffs match of the ongoing 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Kolkata. Both the teams have had a similar kind of journey in the league stages of the season. While KKR started the tournament in the high then lost the momentum in the middle then against got back to the winning ways, RR had a poor start in IPL 2018, but they came back well in the latter half of the tournament. The winner of this match will lock horns with SRH in the Qualifier 2.

However, in terms of the winning momentum, both the teams have won their last matches, while KKR defeated SRH in Hyderabad, RR defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in Jaipur. There is no doubt about the fact that both the teams do have some surprise packages in their respective squads. Let us have a look at such players from both the teams:

Sunil Narine (KKR)

The mystery bowler has now turned into a mystery batsman and is bamboozling bowlers all around the IPL. Stopping Sunil Narine is a task which every opposition team has to think about seriously. Surprisingly, Narine, this season has scored more runs than Rohit Sharma. In the match against Kings XI Punjab, KKR opened with Narine and it paid out. He smacked his IPL-best 75 in just 36 balls with 9 fours and 4 sixes. KKR scored their highest-ever total in 245/6.