Indian Premier League 2024 - KKR vs RR Dream11 Today Team Prediction, Best Fantasy Tips, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Conditions.
Date | 16th April, 2024 |
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Time | 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM GMT, 07:30 PM LOCAL |
Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will face each other in the 31st match of the IPL 2024. The match is set to take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 16th April 2024.
KKR is having a good season so far after roping in Gautam Gambhir as the mentor last year. With 4 wins in 5 matches, they are sitting at 2nd position on the points table. KKR will look forward to avenging last year’s defeat by RR at this venue.
RR is the table topper and they are having a brilliant season so far with 5 wins in 6 matches. In the last head to head against KKR in 2023, RR won by 9 wickets with a clinical performance.
When KKR and RR met each other in the last season, the match took place at the same venue and visitors Rajasthan Royals thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets. With the help of Chahal’s 4-wicket haul, RR managed to restrict KKR to just 149 and chased the target in 13.1 overs.
Let’s take a look at the dream11 team prediction as KKR and RR face each for the first time in the IPL 2024.
KKR chased a target of 162 in just 15.4 overs which shows the quality of the surface. Batters tend to have a good time at this ground and the average innings score is around 180. Out of the last 11 wickets here, fast bowlers have taken 6 and spinners have picked 5.
The toss winner is likely to choose bowling first and chase.
The weather in Kolkata will be on a warmer side on Tuesday evening. The temperature will be around 34-31°C. Partial clouds are expected to appear.
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Rinku Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Avesh Khan
We are not expecting any changes in the playing 11 for both sides. No injuries or replacements are reported so far from both teams.
KKR has a slight edge over RR in the head to head stats. KKR has won 14 out of 18 encounters while RR has won 13 times. 1 match has ended with no-result.
Matches | KKR Won | RR Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Overall | 28 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders, Batsman, Bowlers, Wicket Keepers
Wicket-Keepers | Sanju Samson, Phil Salt |
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Batters | Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal |
All-Rounders | Sunil Narine, Andre Russell (c), Riyan Parag (vc) |
Bowlers | Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora |
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