Rajasthan Royals are understandably low on confidence after successive defeats to Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. Sanju Samson has top scored for the Royals in the tournament with 145 runs, no other Rajasthan player has breached 90 runs. With the ball, Chetan Sakariya is their highest wicket taker with 6 wickets in 4 games.
For Kolkata Knight Riders, they are also struggling with recent form after losing to CSK, RCB and Mumbai Indians. The bulk of their runs have come from Nitish Rana, however, he is still a long way away from the likes of Skikhar Dhawan, Glenn Maxwell and Jonny Bairstow in the race for the Orange Cap. With the ball, Andre Russell has taken 7 wickets in four games including 5-15 against Mumbai Indians.
With both teams on low form, will they decide to use some new players? Rajasthan Royals are struggling for options after the withdrawals of Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone. For KKR, Lockie Ferguson is yet to make an appearance in the 2021 IPL.
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RR vs KKR T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, IPL 2021
Rajasthan Royals come into this game after two successive defeats in this year’s IPL. They face Kolkata Knight Riders who have lost three games on the bounce themselves. Rajasthan enter this game in 8th, KKR in 6th, both teams on two points. Read on as we preview this clash of the 2021 IPL. The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai and will get underway at 19:30 local time.
Rajasthan Royals lost by 10 wickets in their most recent game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Shivam Dube hit the most runs for Royals with a 32-ball 46. If they are to pick up the win in this game then they must produce a more competitive total with the bat. So far only Sanju Samson (119) and David Miller (64) have gone past 50.
KKR have also produced poor performances but did at least post 202 in their defeat to CSK, Pat Cummins top scoring with 66. However, they need their top order to fire. Against CSK their first 5 batsmen contributed only 28 runs. If their batsmen can post significant totals and Cummins can produce with the ball then they will be a handful for any team.
RR vs KKR T20 Match Live streaming
TV channels: The match can be watched live on Star Sports in India, Sky Cricket in the UK and Willow TV in the USA
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
RR vs KKR Match Toss Prediction
Both captains have opted to field whenever they have won the toss in this year’s IPL. We expect them to insert the opposition again in this game
RR vs KKR Match Pitch Report
Most games in Mumbai have seen scores approaching the 200 mark. Runs have not been hard to come by but both pace and spin bowlers have also found success.
Weather Report
Mostly cloudy and with the temperature between 31 and 29 degrees during the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2021.
RR Team News & Playing 11
RR Team News
Sanju Samson must be wondering just how his team managed to defeat Delhi Capitals in Game 7 of this year’s competition. They are struggling and could do with resetting as a team but IPL games come thick and fast and momentum plays a huge part in the tournament.
RR Key Players
Jos Buttler - England’s wicket-keeper is yet to contribute a significant score in the 2021 IPL. He made 49 against CSK but has produced only 35 runs across the other games.
Sanju Samson - The Rajasthan Royals’ skipper began the tournament with 119 against Punjab Kings. However, since then he has made only 26 runs in the subsequent three games and his team need more.
David Miller - With Archer, Stokes and Livingstone back in the UK, there is more pressure on the likes of David Miller to deliver. He made 62 from 43-balls in the win against Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan needs to see something similar in this game.
RR Team Form
Apart from their rogue win against Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals have really struggled in this year’s IPL 2021 campaign. They finished bottom in 2020 and their issues seem deep rooted.
RR Predicted Playing 11
Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
RR vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction, Captain, Vice Captain
Wicket-keeper
Jos Buttler (9.5), Sanju Samson (9.5) and Dinesh Karthik (8.5) will be our wicket-keepers. Jos Buttler needs to start delivering in this game.
Batsmen
Nitesh Rana (9), Rahul Tripathi (8) and Riyan Parag (8.5) are our batsmen. All three have produced useful performances so far.
All-rounders
Andre Russell (10.5) and Chris Morris (9.5) will be our all-rounders. Both have shown their ability with the bat, Russell also delivering with the ball.
Bowlers
Pat Cummins (9), Varun Chakravarthy (8.5) and Chetan Sakariya (8.5) make up our bowling attack. All three need to raise their game and climb up the ladder in the race for the Purple Cap.
Captain/Vice-captain
Jos Buttler will be captain, his deputy will be Andre Russell
Eoin Morgan’s side have come up short with both bat and ball in the tournament so far. The captain hasn’t been able to lead from the front, so far he has made only 45 runs in the 2021 IPL.
KKR Key Players
Shubman Gill - Still only 21 years of age but KKR need him to find the form which produced 440 runs in last year’s competition. He has a top score of 33 so far this year.
Andre Russell - The Jamaican all-rounder delivered against Mumbai Indians with 5-15 and made 54 in their last game against CSK. He is producing and needs his team-mates to step up.
Varun Chakravarthy - The leg-spinner is yet to reach the heights of the 2020 IPL when he took 17 wickets at 20.94. So far his 4 wickets have cost 32.25 in this year’s competition.
KKR Team Form
KKR ended the 2020 IPL in poor form and they are yet to snap out of it in 2021. However, they showed impressive lower order hitting against CSK which suggests there is more to some from the side.
KKR Predicted Playing 11
Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c) , Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
RR vs KKR Team Form in Last Five Matches
RR : LWLLL
KKR : LLLWW
RR vs KKR Head to Head
After 23 games, KKR have a slight lead over Rajasthan Royals
RR vs KKR Head to Head Stats in IPL T20
Matches Played
RR Won
KKR Won
Tie
No Result
23
10
12
2
1
RR vs KKR Betting Odds
KKR are favourites to win this match.
Who will win RR vs KKR IPL T20 Match?
Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill are the batsmen who the most is expected of.
We are backing Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson and David Miller with the bat for Rajasthan Royals. The team needs all three to deliver sooner rather than later.
For KKR we are backing Shubman Gill, Nitesh Rana and Rahul Tripathi. It is a lot of pressure for Gill but he has shown that he does have the ability to perform at the highest level.
Neither team can afford to lose this game and both sides will fancy their chances of ending their poor form. It comes down to which team is in the least worst shape and who can drag themselves to a victory. We are backing Eoin Morgan’s KKR to come out on top in this match.
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Apr 24, 2021
19:30 IST / 14:00 GMT
Wankhede Stadium - Mumbai, India
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