Probable XI –
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Rinku Singh/Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson
Rajasthan Royals –
Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson (WK), Steve Smith (C), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, Jofra Archer, Varun Aaron
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Sanju Samson
2. Jos Buttler
3. Steven Smith
4. Shubman Gill(VC)
5. Rahul Tripathi
6. Nitish Rana
7. Eoin Morgan
8. Ben Stokes(C)
9. Jofra Archer
10. Varun Chakravarthy
11. Pat Cummins
– Ben Stokes is the safest captain pick in SL combo as now he’s bowling couple of overs too.
– Shubman Gill have batted at an average of 31 in last 4 H2H matches.
– Eoin Morgan has scored runs at an excellent average of 58 which makes him must pick.
– Jofra Archer & Pat Cummins are must pick as they have taken wickets consistently & scored runs at down the order.
– Jos Buttler can be a good differential pick in SL if RR opts to bat first.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Jos Buttler
2. Dinesh Karthik
3. Steven Smith(VC)
4. Robin Uthappa
5. Shubman Gill
6. Eoin Morgan(C)
7. Ben Stokes
8. Sunil Narine
9. Jofra Archer
10. Varun Chakravarthy
11. Pat Cummins
– Dinesh Karthik can be very important especially while batting first if top order fails early.
– Jos Buttler’s numbers against the opponent looks much better in comparison to the Sanju Samson.
– Sunil Narine though doesn’t have very good numbers against the opponent but he has the ability to makeup for that.
– Robin Uthappa can be a good differential pick especially while batting first.
Grand League Combination –
1. Jos Buttler
2. Dinesh Karthik(VC)
3. Robin Uthappa(C)
4. Rahul Tripathi
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Ben Stokes
7. Rahul Tewatia
8. Sunil Narine
9. Jofra Archer
10. Varun Chakravarthy
11. Lockie Ferguson
– Sunil Narine have taken Samson three times by giving just 39 runs in 45 balls so dropped him in GL combo.
– Rahul Tewatia didn’t do much in the last two matches so he might emerge out as a game changer in this match.
– Robin Uthappa & Dinesh Karthik both are yet to play a top knock in this season so that might come in this game.