IPL 2021: Check KKR vs RR playing 11 probables and head-to-head stats here

Rajasthan Royals should bring Yashasvi Jaiswal at the top of the order in place of Manan Vohra. Check KKR vs RR playing 11 predictions, top batsmen and bowlers, head to head record here

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) would look to bring its campaign back on track, when Eoin Morgan –led side takes on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 18 of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) at The Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 24. Eoin Morgan’s side has so far failed to cohere as a formidable unit and, consequently, is languishing at the bottom half of the points table. However, Kolkata may not tinker its playing 11 vs Rajasthan Royals since the team nearly pulled off a victory against Chennai Super Kings in its previous match.

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KKR vs RR playing 11 prediction
 
Rajasthan Royals may bring Yashasvi Jaiswal at the top of the order in place of the patchy Manan Vohra.

KKR tentative playing 11: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna.
 
RR tentative playing 11: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra/ Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, David Miller, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Chris Morris, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal/Mayank Markande, Chetan Sakaria, Mustafizur Rahman.

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KKR vs RR head to head

• Overall: 23
• KKR: 12
• RR: 10
• No result: 1

KKR highest score vs RR: 191

RR highest score vs KKR: 199
 
KKR's lowest score vs RR: 125
RR's lowest score vs KKR: 81

2021 IPL records and stats
 
KKR top batsmen

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Nitish Rana	4	4	0	164	80	41	126	130	0	2	19	7
2	Andre Russell	4	4	0	99	54	24.75	62	160	0	1	8	8
3	Rahul Tripathi	4	4	0	91	53	22.75	63	144	0	1	11	2
4	Dinesh Karthik	4	4	2	72	40	36	49	147	0	0	6	3
5	Pat Cummins	4	3	1	72	66*	36	37	195	0	1	4	7

KKR top bowlers

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1	Andre Russell	4	4	9	112	7	5 for 15	16	12	7.7	0	1
2	Varun Chakaravarthy	4	4	16	129	4	2 for 39	32.3	8.1	24	0	0
3	Pat Cummins	4	4	16	146	4	2 for 24	36.5	9.1	24	0	0
4	Prasidh Krishna	4	4	16	157	4	2 for 35	39.3	9.8	24	0	0
5	Shakib Al Hasan	3	3	10	81	2	1 for 23	40.5	8.1	30	0	0

RR top batsmen

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Sanju Samson	4	4	0	145	119	36.25	89	163	1	0	15	8
2	Shivam Dube	4	4	0	88	46	22	74	119	0	0	10	2
3	Jos Buttler	4	4	0	84	49	21	63	133	0	0	12	2
4	Rahul Tewatia	4	4	0	81	40	20.25	59	137	0	0	6	4
5	David Miller	3	3	0	64	62	21.33	50	128	0	1	7	2

RR top bowlers

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1	Chetan Sakariya	4	4	16	135	6	3 for 31	22.5	8.4	16	0	0
2	Chris Morris	4	4	14	139	5	2 for 33	27.8	9.9	17	0	0
3	Jaydev Unadkat	2	2	8	55	3	3 for 15	18.3	6.9	16	0	0
4	Mustafizur Rahman	4	4	15	145	3	2 for 29	48.3	9.4	31	0	0
5	Rahul Tewatia	4	4	10	96	1	1 for 21	96	9.6	60	0	0

Squad
 
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav and Akash Singh.
 
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer and Pawan Negi.