Match Details
Date: April 16, 2024
Time : 7:30 PM IST
Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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Preview
Kolkata Knight Riders will compete against Rajasthan Royals in the 30th match of the IPL 2024 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. After winning the first three of their four matches in the ongoing season, KKR are one of the in-form teams of the IPL, and they will be looking to keep the charge going. Meanwhile, RR are playing some of their best cricket in the tournament in recent memory, securing five wins in their first six matches of the IPL 2024.
Pitch Report
During the first match of the IPL 2024 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the pitch provided the batters the opportunity to hit on the up with ease, which led to the contest becoming a high scoring thriller. That’s why, the average first innings score of 164 at this venue in the tournament history, is something both Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will have to go beyond, to have the best possible chance of defending it later on.
Team Analysis
Kolkata Knight Riders
Some of the most prolific run scorers for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2024 have been the likes of Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and the captain Shreyas Iyer. Meanwhile, the spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy are the in-form bowlers for KKR in the IPL thus far, and the fast bowlers like Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, and Andre Russell have found themselves amongst the wickets too.
IPL 2024 Squad of Kolkata Knight Riders
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Rajasthan Royals
The middle order pairing of the captain Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag are two of the top scorers in the IPL 2024, providing solidity to the Rajasthan Royals batting lineup, especially when Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler haven’t been able to find consistency thus far. Yuzvendra Chahal has been the pick of the bowlers for RR in this IPL, and the pacers like Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Avesh Khan, and Kuldeep Sen have been impressive from time to time as well.
IPL 2024 Squad of Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj. Players injured/withdrawn: Prasidh Krishna, Adam Zampa.
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Kolkata Knight Riders will have a slight advantage over Rajasthan Royals in their upcoming IPL 2024 match, owing to the contest happening at home ground Eden Gardens.
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