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The 54th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 will take place between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR)☂ at Sharjah Cricket Stadium 🐻on Thursday, October 7.
The Knight Riders are placed at the fourth spot in the points table and with a win over the Royals, they 𓄧would strengthen their chances🌠 of making it to the playoffs.
On the other hand, RR are almost out of the playoffs race but can spoil the party of the t💃wo-time champions.
Head-to-Head record:
Played: 23 | KKR won: 12 | R꧋R won: 11 |💖 No result: 0
Pitch report:
The track at Sharjah has been a bowling ൲paradise with slow conditions and sluggish pitch. Chasing has been a successful mantra here as teams have won five out of seven games this season while batting second.
Probable XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (c), Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Shakib Al Hasan/Aღndre Russell/Ben Cutting, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee/Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Gle♉nn Phillips, David Miller/Liam Livingstone, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, K🐓uldip Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya.
Match Prediction:
Case 1:
- KKR wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 30-35
- RR total: 120-130
Case 2:
- RR wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 40-45
- KKR total: 130-140
KKR to win the contest