Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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54th Match:
The match between RR and KKR is the fifty-fourth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on October 7th 2021.
RR vs KKR History:
The teams competed against each other 24 times, till date. Out of them, RR won 11 times and lost 12 times. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR are WLLWL.
RR Home:
The teams faced each other 6 times at the home ground of RR. The host won thrice. On the other hand, visitors won thrice, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR are WLWWL.
KKR Home:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of KKR. The home team won 6 times and lost twice. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR are LWWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 9 times at the neutral venue. RR won 6 times, though two of the victories were in a tied game, one with boundary count and the other with the one over eliminator, whereas KKR won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR are WLLWW.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Rajasthan Royals:
RR is in the seventh position in the table, currently, and will come at any position either fourth, fifth, sixth or seventh by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will stay at the same position in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LWLLL.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
KKR is on the fourth position in the table, currently, and will stay at the same position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will stay at the same position or come to fifth position in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLWLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Sharjah shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 1% to 4% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 32 to 34 Celsius. The wind would be between 9 to 18 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 18 times in 25 matches. The selection favors the teams, as the teams won 12 times and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWWWL.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first just 7 times, and the team won the match thrice and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLLWW.
Overall, the teams, who won the toss, won 15 times and lost 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWW.
The first batting team won 9 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 125 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 224 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 90, and the highest total was 228 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 112 runs (completed innings), whereas the highest was 226 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.54 and 30.12 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams at the venue.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RR had 5 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has a below average record, as the team won 2 times and lost 3 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are LLWWL.
KKR had 5 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has a below average record, as the team won twice and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WLLLW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Rajasthan Royals:
The team may go with unchanged XI despite the defeat, if E. Lewis will be fit for the play otherwise the team will see towards L. Livingstone.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: Y. Jaiswal, E. Lewis, S. Samson, G. Phillips, D. Miller, S. Dube, R. Tewatia, S. Gopal, K. Yadav, C. Sakariya, M. Rahman
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would go with a winning combination, but if A. Russell and / or L. Ferguson will be fit for the play, then the team will change the combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: V. Iyer, S. Gill, R. Tripathi, N. Rana, E. Morgan, D. Karthik, A. Russell / S. al Hasan, S. Narine, L. Ferguson / T. Southee, S. Mavi, V. Chakravarthy
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
