Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders both the teams will be playing their third game when they come up against each other in the 12th match of the IPL 2020. Rajasthan Royals have won both their games whereas Kolkata Knight Riders have won one and lost one.
Both these teams have played at only one venue so far and haven’t traveled anywhere. KKR played their first two games in Abu Dhabi whereas RR played their first two games in Sharjah. Both these teams will be traveling for the first time as they come up against each other at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.
RR’s batting which chased down 224 in the last game will be battling out against the KKR bowlers who restricted SRH to 142 and so it will be a battle not to miss out.
Match Details
Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 12
30th September, 07:30 PM IST.
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Pitch and Weather Report
The weather might get slightly cooler as compared to the start of the tournament but still, it is going to be in the mid-30s which is going to burn out any player at the end of the game.
The pitch at Dubai generally slows down in the second innings which is making it difficult for the chasing teams. If that trend is taken into consideration then captains might think to bat first but if you are batting first then a score around 160-170 is a must.
Squads
Rajasthan Royals
Steve Smith (C), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Ben Stokes, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Jofra Archer, Oshane Thomas, Tom Curran, Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Anuj Rawat, Shashank Singh, Aniruddha Joshi
Kolkata Knight Riders
Dinesh Karthik (C), Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Pat Cummins, Chris Green, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Nikhil Naik, Sandeep Warrier, Varun Chakravarthy, M Siddarth, Siddesh Lad, Rinku Singh
Team News
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals are looking in great form as they have won both their games to start the tournament. Sanju Samson is looking in impeccable touch as he is hitting sixes on will. He has hit back to back half-centuries and would look to continue his great form.
Rahul Tewatia who was the hero of the last match might find it difficult to smash sixes on a bigger ground but he would enjoy the conditions as a spinner. Shreyas Gopal who had a great IPL last year needs to pull up his socks and start performing for the team.
Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer will be the key for Rajasthan Royals on a bigger ground than Sharjah.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders were completely off the mark in the first game but were right on the money in the second game as they restricted SRH to 142. Pat Cummins was brilliant with the new ball and that’s the role which suits him.
Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi to have done well so far in the tournament. Among the spinners, Varun Chakravarthy was brilliant on his debut for KKR but Kuldeep Yadav is still struggling to find some form. Shubman Gill with all his maturity along with Andre Russell would be the key player for this game.
Fantasy Prediction
Jos Buttler, Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan, Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Gopal, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Jofra Archer
Captain: Shubman Gill, Vice-Captain: Jofra Archer
