RR vs KKR Fantasy Cricket Preview Dream11 Team Tips Playing XI Pitch Report Records Stats Predictions

Preview : 

It will be 30th match of IPL 2022 on Monday between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Rajasthan Royals lost their previous match against Gujarat Titans and placed 5th in the points table with 3 wins and 2 losses in 5 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their last 2 matches in the tournament.

Back to back defeats, Kolkata Knight Riders are desperately win this match because it's a venue that they've never won an IPL match. 

After a good start to the season, Samson's form is worst, he is struggling to score against pace with just 50 runs in 49 balls. Against spin, however, he's struck at 223.33. While Shimron Hetmyer has cemented his role as a finisher. 

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match No. 30 

Date and Time: 18/04/2022 , 07:30 IST

Ground: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Pitch Report: The team winning the toss might look to bowl , following the trend in the tournament. Run-chases at the Brabourne Stadium have been quite comfortable. The pitch is likely to offer the equall amount of support to the batsmen as we have seen in the first few matches at this venue. Pacers are likely to find enough pace and bounce from the pitch. 

Stat : 

KKR 13-11 RR (H2H)

1. Jos Buttler is the current Orange Cap holder. He has scored 272 runs in 5 matches at an average of 68 and a strike rate of 152.80. He has scored one century and two half-centuries.

2. Ashwin and Chahal dominated over Aaron Finch and Nitish Rana. 

3. Chahal dismissed Rana 4 times. Rana's averages just 14 against Chahal, striking at 109.80

4. Shreyas Iyer has made 151 runs in 6 matches at an average of 30.20 and a strike rate of 139.81 including 1 half-century.

5. Shimron Hetmyer has made 197 runs in 5 matches at an average of 65.66 and a strike rate of 177.47 including one half-century.

6. Andre Russell has been an excellent performer for KKR with both the bat and the ball. He has made 179 runs in 6 matches at an average of 59.66 and a strike rate of 179. Russell has taken 5 wickets at an average of 23.8, an economy of 10.2, and a strike rate of 14.

7. Yuzvendra Chahal is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament. He has taken 12 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 11.33, an economy of 6.8, and a strike rate of 10.

8. Umesh Yadav is the highest wicket-taker in the tournament for Kolkata Knight Riders. He has picked 10 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 16.3, an economy of 6.79, and a strike rate of 14.4.

9. Against Chakravarthy, Buttler has only scored 12 runs in 8 balls, and has been dismissed twice. 

10. Samson has fallen thrice to Umesh and Narine, striking at 79.67 and averaging 15.67 against the West Indian offspinner. 

11. Since 2020, Trent Boult has returned 78 wickets in 58 games, averaging 21.71 with an economy rate of 7.69.

12. Samson scored 55 & 30 in the first two matches, Samson has scored 32 runs in the next 3 matches.

13. Andre Russell has the highest strike rate for anyone with over 1500 IPL runs. He strikes at 178.61 with 1879 runs.

Probably XI - RR

1. Jos Buttler
2. Devdutt Padikkal
3. Sanju Samson (c & wk)
4. Rassie van der Dussen
5. Shimron Hetmyer
6. Ravichandran Ashwin
7. Riyan Parag
8. Trent Boult
9. Kuldeep Sen
10. Prasidh Krishna
11. Yuzvendra Chahal

Probably XI - KKR  

1. Aaron Finch
2. Venkatesh Iyer
3. Shreyas Iyer (c)
4. Nitish Rana
5. Andre Russell
6. Sheldon Jackson (wk)
7. Pat Cummins
8. Sunil Narine
9. Umesh Yadav
10. Aman Hakim Khan
11. Varun Chakravarthy

Top Players of RR vs KKR - 

Aron Finch , Andre Russell , Shreyas Iyer , Pat Cummins , Sunil Naraine , Umesh Yadav , Yuzvendra Chahal , Trent Boult , Shimron Hetmyer , Devdutt Padikkal , Jos Buttler 

Dream11 Grand Mega Contest Tips - 

1. Now trend is changing and some unexpected things happening in every match. 
2. Middle order Batsmen have huge role to score or fire in death overs. Rana , Russell , Hetmyer and Van Der Dussen are top middle order batsmen. 
3. If top order flop (RR or KKR) then their middle order Batsmen have extra time and balls to play and score good runs. 
4. As per the ground records , KKR never won in brabourne but things can be change. 
5. KKR bowling is looking stronger than RR. But KKR batsmen not performing in unity. 
6. Jos Buttler , Devdutt Padikkal , Shimron Hetmyer are top batsmen of RR . While Rassie Van Der Dussen and Samson  can fire on their day. RR top 5 is best . 
7. It's better to avoid Riyan Parag , Hakim and Jackson. 
8. If Trent Boult come in playing XI then you can try him as C/Vc. 
9. As per stats : Chahal has also good records against KKR. 
10. Never hesitate to drop big players. 
11. Rotate every player. Make a list of fixed players and try to keep them in maximum teams. 
12. Rassie Van Der Dussen , Nitish Rana and Kuldeep Sen are Punts. 
13. RR is favourite to win. 

Captain and Vice Captain Choices : 

Jos Buttler 

Devdutt Padikkal 

Shimron Hetmyer 

Andre Russell 

Pat Cummins 

Umesh Yadav

Sunil Naraine 

Trent Boult 

Shreyas Iyer 

Yuzvendra Chahal 

Aaron Finch (Risky) 

Sanju Samson (Risky ) 

Dream11 Mega Leauge Team : 

RR vs KKR 

Disclaimer: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and research of the author. While selecting players, consider the points mentioned and make your own team. Author and blog will not responsible for your win/loss .

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