The road to IPL 2021 playoffs is getting tougher with every game for Rajasthan Royals. RR is at the bottom eight spot in the table with just one win in a total of four matches. After the injury of Joffra Archer and Ben Stokes, now England all-rounder Liam Livingstone has pulled out of the tournament. Liam Livingstone flew back to England due to the fatigue caused by the bio bubble over the past year. The Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals suffered a 10-wicket defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last match despite a strong score of 177 runs. In such a situation, the team's strength seems to have taken a hit.

KKR sit at the seventh place by winning only one of their four previous matches; however, Kolkata Knight Riders gave a tough fight against Chennai Super Kings in their last match. Andre Russell played an explosive knock of 54 runs in 22 balls in that match, while Sunil Narine also returned to the team. They've arrived here after suffering three consecutive defeats and in such a situation, RR has an upper hand. KKR, captained by Eoin Morgan, could make some changes to get back to winning ways.

Both the teams had to face defeat in their last match and in this match, they would like to return to the winning path. 

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

Played – 22 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 12 | Rajasthan Royals -10 | N/R - 0

Rajasthan Royals (RR) PREDICTED XI:

Yashasvi Jaiswal/Manan Vohra, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Riyan Parag, David Miller, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat/Shreyas Gopal, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) PREDICTED XI:

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna.

PITCH REPORT:

The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai is considered to be suitable for batsmen. The last match on this ground was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings, which was high scoring. The match saw more than 25 sixes, while over 400 runs were scored in two innings. In such a situation, once again we can get to see a high scoring match.

MATCH PREDICTION:

Our match prediction meter is telling that Kolkata has an upper hand in this match. KKR's team is stronger than Rajasthan Royals in both the batting and bowling departments. 

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH RR vs KKR:

Match - RR vs KKR, 18th Match, IPL 2021 

Date - 24 April 2021, 7.30 pm IST

Venue - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) full squad:

Sanju Samson (c & wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, 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, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) full squad:

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, Pawan Negi.