It has been over five weeks since the start of the Tata IPL 2022. There have been many high intensity games since then, where a match which looked over for a side, was suddenly won by the side trailing in the game most of the time and a match which seemed evenly balanced looked over for a team way sooner than expected. This match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals also looks to be a highly intense one, like their previous encounter in this IPL, in which it was very difficult to tell who would win until the last over.
Kolkata Knight Riders
They had started their IPL season very well by winning 3 out of their first 4 games and hence topping the points table for a brief period of time, but ever since their first encounter with the Delhi Capitals, they have lost 5 matches consecutively although many of those matches were quite close. They would be hoping to bounce back in the match against the Rajasthan Royals, losing which could virtually confirm their exit out from the Tata IPL 2022.
Rajasthan Royals
They started their season on a good note and are still continuing their great form in the IPL by winning 6 out of the 9 games they have played so far. However, their most shocking defeat was when they lost against a team which could not win a single match since the inception of IPL 2022 till their very last match. They would like to recover from that loss and would want to continue their good form when they face the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Predicted Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders
Aaron Finch
Venkatesh Iyer
Shreyas Iyer
Nitish Rana
Andre Russell
Sheldon Jackson
Rinku Singh
Sunil Narine
Umesh Yadav
Tim Southee
Varun Chakravarthy
Rajasthan Royals
Jos Buttler
Devdutt Padikkal
Sanju Samson
Daryl Mitchell
Riyan Parag
Shimron Hetmyer
Ravichandran Ashwin
Trent Boult
Prasidh Krishna
Yuzvendra Chahal
Kuldeep Sen
Pitch Report
The pitches across every stadium in the TATA IPL 2022 has begun to dry up and the same goes for the Wankhede Stadium but the groundsmen are ensuring to leave grasses on the pitches so that the fast bowlers may face help especially with the new ball. Moreover, with the red soil pitches being used now, the wear and tear has also helped the spinners a lot who are expected to take advantage of the slow wickets. The side batting first is expected to post a total of around 180 runs, but the bowlers are expected to dominate in overall.
Weather Report
The weather is presumed to be good, with high humidity but no signs of rain.
Date and Time
The match will be played at 7:30 pm on the 2nd of May.
Live Streaming
Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
Interesting Facts
1. Yuzvendra Chahal is 2 wickets short of taking 160 wickets in the IPL overall. He is currently 4th in the list of most wickets taken by a player in the IPL.
2. Andre Russell is 73 runs short of scoring 2000 runs in the IPL. He currently has the highest strike rate among all players who ever played IPL and scored 500 runs.
3. KKR and RR have faced each other 26 times with KKR winning 13 times while RR winning 12 times and 1 match ending in a no result.
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