KXIP vs RR Dream11 Team Prediction IPL Match 38: Preview | Rajasthan Desperate for a Win
Hello and Welcome to our preview for Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals. We are covering KXIP vs RR Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for IPL2018. The next match is to be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.
Kings XI Punjab sits at number four on the table, Rajasthan Royals, unfortunately are at the bottom. They need to pull off something miraculous, as they almost did in the last match, to come back and be alive in the tournament. They will be hoping a new ground will bring some new luck.
Punjab’s bowlers had an off day at the office, and the result showed that. Chris Gayle and Lokesh Rahul started of innings beautifully for them, scoring 24 and 50 runs each. At the end Stoinis’s last over proved to be the difference of 22 runs and they had a good score on the board. While bowling they lost track. Only Mujeeb ur Rahman was able to take 2 wickets, but he wasn’t economical as always. Captain Ashwin had a good effort for himself but others were just not up the mark.
A chase that looked so impossible by Duckworth Lewis method, and yet Rajasthan reached so close to home. They were just one stroke shy from a confidence boosting win, and heartbreakingly fell short. After the brilliance of D’Arcey Short and Jos Butler, nobody from Rajasthan looked like they can go on with the chase. Earlier in the bowling they did not have much to cheer about. Only Unadkat tasted some success, taking 3 wickets but he also gave away 46 runs in 4 overs. Delhi was allowed to score 196.
KXIP vs RR, Match 38, IPL2018
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
08:00 PM IST
Avg 1st innings score: 174
Avg 2nd innings score: 176
Kings XI Punjab :
Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Ankit Rajpoot, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Manoj Tiwary, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Akshdeep Nath, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar
Rajasthan Royals :
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Dhawal Kulkarni, Jos Buttler (wk), Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Tripathi, Shreyas Gopal, D Arcy Short, Jofra Arche, Stuart Binny, Ben Laughlin, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Dushmantha Chameera, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Jatin Saxena, Heinrich Klaasen, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Sudhesan Midhun
Rajasthan Royals :
The loss in the last match must have hurt them after that effort, but they have the right combinations still. Rahul Tripathi Place in Playing XI is dubtfull.
Kings XI Punjab :
The Kings have lost their last match. Apart from the bowling they need not be concerned about anything. If KXIP want then they can add pacer Mohit Sharma or B Sran inplace of Axar Patel.
Rajasthan Royals :
D’Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jos Butler (wk), Rahul Tripathi/Prashant Chopra, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni/Anureet Singh
Kings XI Punjab :
Lokesh Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh/Manoj Tiwary, Karun Nair, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Agarwal/Manoj Tiwary, Axar Patel/Mohit Sharma/B Sran, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andre Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Wicket-keeper : Both KL Rahul and J Buttler are good choice. But slightly Rahul is better choice.
Batsmens : C Gayle, D’Arcy Short, Sanju Samson, K Nair, Ajinkya Rahane and M Agarwal are good options.
Yuvraj Singh is also good choice for Grand Leagues.
All-Rounders : Ben Stokes, M Stoinis, K Gowtham and R Ashwin are good choices.
Axar Patel is also good for Grand Leagues.
Bowlers : Andrew Tye, J Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Zadran, and J Unadkat are good choices.
Captain and Vc choices are Ben Stokes, KL Rahul, C Gayle, D’Arcy Short, A Rahane and Sanju Samson.
KXIP :
KL Rahul
C Gayle
M Agarwal
Karun Nair
Marcus Stoinis
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
A Tye
RR :
D’Arcy Short
A Rahane
S Samson
B Stokes
J Buttler
J Unadkat
Jofra Archer