Kolkata vs Rajasthan - Match Preview, Fantasy, Key Players, Pitch Report, Probable XI & More (54th Match, IPL)

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) go facing the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 54th match of IPL 2021 on Thursday, seventh October, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah. It will be the second match of a doubleheader on the penultimate day of gathering stage matches, with Chennai Super Kings taking on Punjab Kings in the first. It's a shootout for the fourth season finisher spot, with KKR the leaders to arrive. While RR have a numerical opportunity to make the end of the season games, their misfortune to Mumbai Indians in the past game has seriously harmed their possibilities. KKR, in the mean time, beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring experience in their last trip. Eoin Morgan's side has turned it around in the second 50% of the period, in spite of the captain not being in acceptable structure himself. Their forceful batting approach and shrewd bowling changes have assisted them with enrolling some persuading triumphs, boosting their NRR. Venkatesh Iyer has been the primary positive for them with his valiant stroke-production, and he'll hope to get them looking great so far again. The KKR spinners have been exciting in the UAE leg, with Shakib joining the team of Narine and Chakravarthy against SRH. They'll hope to twirl a web around the RR players in this must-dominate match. RR, in the mean time, permitted an astounding chance to make the end of the season games get away by losing to the Mumbai Indians. While the Royals' greatest in addition to has been the exhibition of a portion of their young Indian stars, their abroad unforeseen notwithstanding Mustafizur, and to a degree, Evin Lewis, aren't conveying. They were obliterated by the reigning champs at Sharjah and could just get to 90/9 in their 20 overs. Ishan Kishan's quick assault implied that MI pursued the all out down in 8.4 overs. While the contribute improved the subsequent innings, a particularly all out in a crunch game uncovered the batting frailties of the RR group. In any case, they have shown huge person and coarseness all through this competition and will hope to skip back with a dominate in this match of tremendous result. The last time these sides met, RR enlisted an agreeable six-wicket triumph. KKR will expect to guarantee capability with a success and not rely upon different outcomes. Pitch Report The wickets at Sharjah have been slow and two-paced, and that pattern should proceed in this match. While it shouldn't be just about as terrible as RR portrayed it as in their last trip, this ought to be another low-scoring experience. KKR Key Players : Shubman Gill, Shakib al Hasan, Tom Southee RR Key Players : Evin Lewis, Shivam Dube, Chetan Sakariya Probable XI Kolkata Knight Riders Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee/Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, and Shivam Mavi Rajasthan Royals Yashasvi Jaiswal, Evin Lewis, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Shivam Dube, Glenn Philips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Kuldip Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, and Chetan Sakariya