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Sanju samson Nitish Rana
KKR vs RR Playing XI: In IPL 2023, today an important match will be played between Rajasthan Royals, captained by Sanju Samson, and KKR, captained by Nitish Rana. Now IPL has reached that point, from where each and every match will become very special. A win can take you closer to the playoffs, while a loss is enough to dash all hopes. Today’s match will be played at KKR’s home ground Eden Gardens. At this time both the teams are tied with 10 points each, but the team that wins today’s match will enter the top 4. At the same time, the path of the losing team to the playoffs will not be closed, but the road ahead will be very difficult. Let us try to understand what could be the playing XI of these two teams in today’s match.
Do or die fight between RR and KKR
Talking about the history of IPL, while Rajasthan Royals have won the IPL title once in the year 2008, KKR team has won the IPL trophy twice i.e. in 2012 and 2014. But every IPL is different. The Rajasthan Royals team reached the finals in the year 2022 under the captaincy of Sanju Samson, but there Gujarat Titans did not let RR’s intention to be fulfilled by winning the finals. The Rajasthan Royals team was showing a good game this year, the team reached number one once and remained in the top 4 for a long time, but three consecutive defeats spoiled all the equations of the team. Now the team is struggling at number five. But a win today can get him a re-entry in the top 4. Now let’s talk about KKR. Nitish Rana was made the new captain after Shreyas Iyer’s exit from the IPL, at that time no one would have thought that the team would become a strong contender to go to the playoffs, but the team did it and today the way to go to the top 4 is opening. Is visible The problem with the team is that its winning streak does not continue. However, KKR’s team is coming after winning two consecutive matches, so its spirits will be high.
Head to head stats between KKR and RR
Talking about the matches played so far in IPL, there have been 27 matches between KKR and RR, out of which KKR has won 14 and Rajasthan has 12 wins. One match could not be played due to rain. KKR and RR have equal ten points at the moment, which means today’s win will take them to 12 points. 12 points are already with Mumbai Indians, but Mumbai Indians have a very poor net run rate, so whichever team takes 12 points, they will go straight to number three and MI will have to slide down to number three. Where today’s victory will open the doors of entry in the playoffs, defeat can also close the way. Both the teams have to play two more matches after today’s match.
KKR Possible Playing XI: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (captain), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty.
Possible playing XI of RR: Joss Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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