The Kolkata Knight Riders are set to take on the Rajasthan Royals in Match 31 of the IPL on the 16th of April at the Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium in Kolkata and we look at the match from a betting point of view.
KKR are 2nd on the table with 8 points from 5 games and they face the top of the table Rajasthan Royals who have 10 points from 6 matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
The Kolkata Knight Riders took on the Lucknow Super Giants in their most recent game that took place at Eden Gardens where they won the toss and elected to field first. They started off well picking up 2 wickets in the powerplay and thereafter they kept things tight picking up wickets as the innings commenced until their opponents reached a total of 161/7. Top bowler was Mitchell Starc who took 3 wickets for 28 runs in his 4 overs.
The Knight Riders put themselves under some pressure early on with the bat in hand after losing 2 wickets in the powerplay, but they then stabilised and didn’t lose another wicket for the remainder of the game, winning the match by 8 wickets with 26 balls remaining. Top batsman was Phil Salt who scored 89 off 47 deliveries.
The Rajasthan Royals went head-to-head with the Punjab Kings in Mullanpur in their last game where the Royals won the toss and sent the Kings in to bat first. The Royals started off tight in the field, picking up wickets at a decent rate and preventing the King’s batsmen from scoring. In the end the batsmen reached a total of 147/8 which never looked like being enough. Top bowler was Keshav Maharaj who picked up 2 wickets for 23 runs in his 4 over spell.
The Royals started off slow with the bat in hand, but they became more comfortable as the innings went on and with the match going to a nail-biting ending, which the Royals won by 3 wickets with just 1 ball remaining. Top batsman was Yashasvi Jaiswal who scored 39 runs off 28 balls.
Head-To-Head
These sides have met a total of 28 times in the IPL with the Knight Riders winning 14 of these games and the Royals winning 13, making these sides very evenly matched. The last time these sides met the Knight Riders batted first posting a total of 149/8 which the Royals easily chased down to win the match by 9 wickets.
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Kolkata Knight Riders 1.85
Rajasthan Royals 2.00
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Suggested Bet: Royals top bowler – Trent Boult at 2.90
Boult performs consistently well and I expect him to give the top order of KKR plenty of problems.
Suggested Bet: Kolkata top batsman – Phil Salt at 3.45
Salt has been in good for and if he can carry his form from the last match into this one he will be a big runner here.
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