In the 49th match of the Indian Premier League, Ajinkya Rahane-led Rajasthan Royals and Dinesh Karthik’s Kolkata Knight Riders will aim to outshine each other to consolidate their position in the playoff at the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Currently, Kolkata are at the third spot in the IPL table followed by Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams have 12 points from 12 outings and have two more games to play before the playoff stage.
Kolkata vs Rajasthan, head to head
KKR – Won 7, lost- 7 and two ties won by Rajasthan.
Rajasthan had played five games at Eden Gardens and have registered only one win against the home side.
Talking about the team and playoff, KKR coach Jacques Kallis said, “We haven’t looked at other teams. We have the destiny in our hands and if we play two good games then we go into the playoffs. We have to take it one game at a time. (First up) play well tomorrow, try and get away with a win and then worry about the other game. As far as rest of the teams are concerned, we are not really worried about what they are doing.”
Ahead of the clash, here is everything you need to know:
Date: Tuesday, 15 May 2018.
Venue: Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.
Telecast: Star Network.
Time: 8 pm IST.
Live streaming: Hotstar.
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals (From): D Arcy Short, Jos Buttler(w), Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Tripathi, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Ish Sodhi, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen
Kolkata Knight Riders (From): Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Johnson, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Cameron Delport, Tom Curran