GT vs DC Match Preview
If you look at the record of Kolkata Knight Riders in the last year, you will find Rinku Singh leading the batting charge. He has scored 439 runs from his previous fifteen innings with an average of 48.77. The southpaw Nitish Rana has also done a commendable job by scoring 352 runs from his last twelve innings with a decent average of 32. Venkatesh Iyer scored 349 runs from his previous fifteen innings with an average of 24.92. These will be the top batters the KKR management will look at to get big runs in this encounter.
The top bowler for KKR has been Varun Chakravarthy. This leg-break googly bowler has picked up twenty wickets from his last sixteen innings with an average of 26.25. The West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell has also picked up 13 wickets from his previous fourteen innings with an average of 20.30. The right-hand fast-medium bowler Vaibhav Arora has also picked up 11 victims from his last eight games with an average of 21.36. These will be the bowlers the KKR skipper will rely on to get vital breakthroughs.
The top batter in the last year for Rajasthan Royals has been Yashasvi Jaiswal. This southpaw has scored 592 runs from his previous sixteen innings with an average of 39.46. The Rajasthan skipper has contributed 529 runs to the Rajasthan score in the last year. He is scoring his runs with an average of 44.08. Jos Buttler scored 331 runs from his previous fifteen innings with an average of 23.64. These are the top batters for Rajasthan. They will be expected to deliver the goods in this game.
The top bowler for Rajasthan in the last year has been Yuzvendra Chahal. He has picked up 22 wickets from his previous 16 games with an average of 21.54. The New Zealand import Trent Boult has also picked up 14 wickets from his last 13 games with an average of 26.42. the medium-pacer Sandeep Sharma has also collected nine wickets from his 12 appearances for Rajasthan Royals. These are the top bowlers for Rajasthan Royals in this contest. You can bet on them to get early breakthroughs.
Weather Report
The conditions at the venue will mostly be apparent during the game. The temperature will be close to 31 degrees, and the humidity is likely to be high. There is no chance of showers coming down during this contest. The clear skies make for an exciting contest between bat and ball.
Pitch Report
The wickets at Eden Gardens are prepared using black cotton soil. Therefore, this surface is likely to be balanced, with something for both batters and bowlers. As the game progresses, it is expected to become slower and lower, favoring the spinners.
Notable stats
Rinku Singh has an excellent average-to-strike rate ratio with the bat for KKR.
Rinku Singh is scoring his runs with an average of 44.5 and a strike rate of 147.51 in his recent games.
Yuzvendra Chahal has an excellent strike rate in his recent games for Rajasthan.
Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 19 wickets from his last ten appearances for Rajasthan, with a strike rate of 12.
Team News
There do not appear to be any recent injury updates for either team. The full sides will be available for selection on Tuesday.
GT vs DC Probable 11
GT Playing 11
- Philip Salt (Wk)
- Sunil Narine
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Shreyas Iyer (C)
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Andre Russell
- Rinku Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Mitchell Starc
- Vaibhav Arora
- Varun Chakaravarthy
DC Playing 11
- Jos Buttler
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Sanju Samson (C)
- Rovman Powell
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Dhruv Jurel
- Riyan Parag
- R. Ashwin
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Trent Boult
- Prasidh Krishna
Dream11 Prediction
These teams are entering this contest after winning their last games. Both Rajasthan and Kolkata are the top teams in the points tally. But Kolkata is playing at home, so you can expect them to have an advantage in this contest.
Top Picks
Riyan Parag: Parag has been in exceptional form with the bat in recent games. He has scored 304 runs from his last seven appearances for Rajasthan with an average of 60.8 and a strike rate of 155.89.
Vaibhav Arora: Arora has picked up eleven wickets from his last seven games with a strike rate of 13.63.
Yuzvendra Chahal: This leggie has taken 19 wickets from his last ten games and has a strike rate of 12.
Sanju Samson: The RR skipper has scored 384 runs in his last ten games, with a strike rate of 156.73 and an average of 64.
GT vs DC Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: P Salt
Batters: S Samson , S Iyer, S Hetmyer, Y Jaiswal
All-rounders: S Narine (C), R Parag (VC), A Russell
Bowlers: Y Chahal, M Starc, T Boult
