KKR vs RR: Preview- Batting Depth Shall Count On The Giant Tie

With Samson’s rediscovery of his confidence and catalog of shots, Andre Russell will also be the one to watch out for his astonishingly robust shots in the T20 format. With a rich experience of playing in different professional T20 leagues around the world, Russell has proved to be a good buy for KKR.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, both the side winning twice this season is all set to confront with high batting benchmark in today’s match.

While KKR has crossed 200 marks twice in four matches, Rajasthan Royals also won twice from three. Besides, RR Royals not losing in any of the matches so far will try to continue with the winning spree.

KKR on the ground always had encouraged stroke-play, where the batsmen holds the key. However, RR bowlers would try to encounter the opposition with every possible instinct in its home ground.

After Sanju Samson smashed the highest individual score of this season (92 off just 45 balls, including an astounding 10 sixes) against Royal Challengers Bangalore, all eyes will naturally be on the talented youngster as RR will lock horns with KKR this evening.

With Samson’s rediscovery of his confidence and catalog of shots, Andre Russell will also be the one to watch out for his astonishingly robust shots in the T20 format. With a rich experience of playing in different professional T20 leagues around the world, Russell has proved to be a good buy for KKR.

Accounting for Samson and Russell’s form, it is the batting depth that shall count on the massive tie between the giant squads.

Squads:

Rajasthan Royals: Heinrich Klassen, Benjamin Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane, Darcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (c and WK), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, R Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi and Tom Curran.

Source: NYOOOZ DESK - IPL 2018