IPL 2021, RR vs KKR preview: Kolkata Knight Riders hope to revive campaign against beleaguered Rajasthan Royals | Cricket News

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Mumbai: A determined Kolkata Knight Riders will look to deliver their campaign again on observe after a hattrick of defeats after they face a beleaguered Rajasthan Royals of their IPL conflict in Mumbai on Saturday.

Big on paper, KKR, led by England’s World Cup successful skipper Eoin Morgan, have thus far failed to come collectively as a unit and slipped to sixth within the desk after beginning the match on a excessive against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Facing bottom-placed Rajasthan Royals, who’ve been essentially the most inconsistent staff thus far within the season, KKR will probably be determined for a turnaround. 

The rise of Pat Cummins as a batsman of their 18-run defeat to CSK will present a giant increase however it may’t paper over the failure of their star batsmen, who’ve floundered even whereas chasing even modest goal. The seamers too have leaked runs within the loss of life overs. 

Having struggled on Chepauk’s gradual floor, KKR had hoped to return to successful methods on the Wankhede however Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad took their assault to the cleaners and amassed an enormous 220/3 of their earlier match. If that was not all, their famed top-five, together with Shubman Gill and Morgan, surrendered contained in the Powerplay.

Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik then revived the chase earlier than Cummins produced some sensational powerhitting, slamming a 34-ball 66 not out earlier than operating out of companions as KKR completed on 202 after being 31/5 in 5.2 overs.

“Everyone’s pumped. I am sure if we get a win or two and we will be on our way and flying. I think there’s a feeling that we can win from basically anywhere,” Cummins had stated.

The different optimistic has been Russell’s return to type. It was his 54 off 22 balls that had set the tone and it will not be a foul ploy for Morgan to promote the Jamaican up within the order, whereas Cummins offers late blitz.

The skipper will himself look to get again amongst runs, whereas he will probably be equally involved about Gill, who as soon as once more failed to convert his begins and he returned with a golden duck against CSK.

Rajasthan Royals, alternatively, are coming into the match after a humiliating 10-wicket loss against RCB. Sanju Samson’s males have failed to encourage after posting their solely win of the match, against Delhi Capitals of their second match.

Samson has fizzled out after a blazing 119 against Punjab Kings and the highest and middle-order look brittle with Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra and David Miller enduring poor type.
Bowling can be a giant concern for the inaugural version champions as their massive purchase Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman have struggled to verify runs. They even have restricted abroad choices with Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes dominated out due to accidents, whereas Liam Livingstone have left citing bio-bubble fatigue. 

Squads:

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav and Akash Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer and Pawan Negi.

Match begins: 7.30pm IST.





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