RR vs KKR Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 70

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19 May 2024 03:51:08
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Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 70th Match of the Indian Premier League 2024, at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

Weather Forecast
Scattered Thunderstorms - 28°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

RR - 13 - 8w/5l (2nd)
KKR - 13 - 9w/3l/1nr (1st)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Jos Buttler
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(9), 11(16), 8(10), 21(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(16), 100(58)*, 107(60)*, 35(25), 34(18), 0(1), 19(17)

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(12), 5(7), 24(19), 24(21), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(6), 0(2), 39(28), 19(9), 104(60)*, 24(18), 67(40), 4(2)

3. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 82(52)*, 15(14), 68(38)*, 15(19), 18(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(10), 69(42), 18(14), 12(8), 38(28)*, 71(33)*, 0(3), 86(46)

4. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(12)*, 20(12), 28(18), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3), 6(11), 2(4), 52(34)*, 1(3)

5. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(7), 14(7)*, 13(5)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(6)*, 27(10)*, 0(1), 13(9)

6. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(5), 26(13), 27(15), 13(10)

7. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(29), 84(45)*, 76(48), 47(35)*, 48(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(39)*, 4(4)&0w, 23(18), 34(14), 14(11), 77(49), 27(22)&0w

8. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 29(19)&0w, 0w, 1(1)*&2w, 28(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(16)&0w, 0w, 8(11)&0w, 0w, 1w, 2(2)*&0w, 2(3)&3w

9. Avesh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 7(3)*&0w

10. Shubham Dubey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(6)*, 25(12)

11. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w

12. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 12(9)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

13. Nandre Burger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

14. Tom Kohler Cadmore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Donovan Ferreira
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)

16. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

17. Sandeep Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 2w, 1w, 1w

18. Tanush Kotian
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(31)

19. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Kunal Rathore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Abid Mushtaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Keshav Maharaj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&2w

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(5), 5(2)*&0w, 3(8), 8(6), 16(8), 39(23), 70(52), 1(1)*, 42(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(30), 26(23)*

3. Nitish Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(11), 33(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 18(11), 34(32), 11(7), 50(36), 28(10), 6(4), 23(15), 7(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(24)*, 38(38)*, 33(23)*

5. Manish Pandey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Rinku Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(15), 26(8), 9(14), 20(9)*, 24(16), 5(4), 9(8), 16(11), 20(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(5)*, 11(11)

7. Andre Russell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 64(25)*&2w, 41(19)&1w, 10(10)&0w, 13(10)&0w, 27(20)*&3w, 24(12)&0w, 7(2)&2w, 12(8)&1w, 24(14)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w

8. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(3)*&0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w

9. Sunil Narine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&1w, 85(39)&1w, 27(20)&1w, 109(56)&2w, 10(15)&2w, 71(32)&1w, 8(8)&2w, 81(39)&1w, 0(1)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 47(22)&1w, 6(6)&1w, 15(10)&1w

10. Suyash Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 3w

12. Vaibhav Arora
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

13. Harshit Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 2w

14. Allah Ghazanfar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 54(27), 24(18), 30(18), 3(4), 13(6), 32(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(6)

16. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Dushmantha Chameera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Phil Salt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 54(40), 18(12), 0(1), 10(13), 48(14), 75(37), 5(3), 32(14), 6(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(20), 89(47)*, 68(33)

19. Ramandeep Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(17), 2(2), 13(12), 1(1)*, 24(9)*, 6(3)*&0w, 2(4), 25(6)*, 17(8)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Kona Srikar Bharat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Chetan Sakariya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Anukul Roy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(3)*&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

23. Sakib Hussain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

(iii) POWERPLAY ANALYSIS -  BATTING

RR

Batting 1st - 2w(D/N), 2w(N), 2w(N), 0w(D/N), 1w(N)
Batting 2nd - 2w(N), 1w(N), 0w(N), 2w(N), 0w(N), 1w(N), 2w(N), 2w(N)

KKR

Batting 1st - 3w(N), 1w(N), 1w(N), 1w(N), 3w(D/N), 0w(N), 4w(N), 1w(N), 3w(N)
Batting 2nd - 0w(N), 2w(D/N), 0w(N)

(iv) POWERPLAY ANALYSIS - BOWLING

RR

Bowling 1st - 4w(N), 0w(N), 1w(N), 1w(N), 3w(N), 2w(N), 2w(N), 2w(N)
Bowling 2nd - 3w(D/N), 2w(N), 0w(N), 1w(D/N), 3w(N)

KKR

Bowling 1st - 1w(N), 2w(D/N), 3w(N)
Bowling 2nd - 1w(N), 4w(N), 1w(N), 2w(N), 2w(D/N), 1w(N), 3w(N), 1w(N), 1w(N)

(v) NEW BALL BOWLERS (RECENT to LAST) - Last 5 Matches 

RR

1st Over - Boult, Boult, Boult, Boult, Boult

2nd Over - Sandeep, Sandeep, Sandeep, Ashwin, Sandeep

3rd Over - Boult, Boult, Boult, Boult, Boult

4th Over - Sandeep, Ashwin, Avesh, Ashwin, Avesh

5th Over - Avesh, Sandeep, Ashwin, Avesh, Ashwin

6th Over - Sandeep, Ashwin, Sandeep, Sandeep, Sandeep

KKR

1st Over - Vaibhav, Vaibhav, Vaibhav, Starc, Chameera

2nd Over - Starc, Starc, Starc, Vaibhav, Harshit

3rd Over - Vaibhav, Vaibhav, Vaibhav, Starc, Chameera

4th Over - Harshit, Starc, Starc, Vaibhav, Anukul

5th Over - Narine, Narine, Varun, Harshit, Narine

6th Over - Varun, Harshit, Narine, Narine, Anukul

(vi) DEATH OVERS BOWLERS (RECENT to LAST) - Last 5 Matches

RR

17th Over - Avesh, Sandeep, Sandeep, Chahal, Ashwin

18th Over - Sandeep, Burger, Chahal, Avesh, Avesh

19th Over - Avesh, Boult, Boult, Boult, Boult

20th Over - ###, ###, Sandeep, Sandeep, Sandeep

KKR

17th Over - ###, Harshit, Starc, Harshit, Chameera

18th Over - ###, ###, Russell, Vaibhav, Harshit

19th Over - ###, ###, Starc, Harshit, Ramandeep

20th Over - ###, ###, ###, Russell, ###

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 17

Avg 1st Innings - 151
Avg 2nd Innings - 136

Highest total - 237/3 (India vs South Africa - 2nd October'2022)

Times won Batting First - 9
Times won Batting Second - 7
Times Tied/No Result - 1

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

RR - 3 - 1w/2l
KKR - Not Played Yet

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (NIGHT) - 15th May'2024
144/9 vs 145/5 (PBKS won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

2) India vs Australia (NIGHT) - 28th November'2023
222/3 vs 225/5 (AUS won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 0w+3w=3w

3) Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals (DAY/NIGHT) - 8th April'2023
199/4 vs 142/9 (RR won by 57 runs)

Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

4) Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (NIGHT) - 5th April'2023
197/4 vs 192/7 (PBKS won by 5 runs)

Pacers - 2w+6w=8w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

5) India vs South Africa (NIGHT) - 2nd October'2022
237/3 vs 221/3 (IND won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 0w+2w=2w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

6) Chhattisgarh vs Services (DAY) - 9th November'2021
176/3 vs 121/10 (CGR won by 55 runs)

Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
Pacers - 2w+7w=9w

7) Mumbai vs Baroda (DAY) - 9th November'2021
193/2 vs 111/9 (MUM won by 82 runs)

Pacers - 1w+3w=4w
Spinners - 1w+6w=7w

8) Baroda vs Karnataka (DAY) - 8th November'2021
134/7 vs 137/3 (KAR won by 7 wickets)

Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

9) Services vs Bengal (DAY) - 8th November'2021
90/8 vs 91/1 (BEN won by 9 wickets)

Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 5w+1w=6w

10) Mumbai vs Bengal (DAY) - 6th November'2021
131/7 vs 121/8 (MUM won by 10 runs)

Pacers - 1w+6w=7w
Spinners - 5w+2w=7w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 22w
2nd Innings - 29w

Spinners
1st Innings - 23w
2nd Innings - 29w

Overall
51w:52w (Pacers:Spinners)

(iv) POWERPLAY ANALSIS

IN NIGHT MATCHES

1st Innings - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 4w

2nd Innings - 3w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2w

IN LAST 10 T20s PLAYED HERE

1st Innings - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 5w, 1w (6 out of 10 - 60%)

2nd Innings - 3w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 3w (7 out of 10 - 70%)

IN IPL 2023

1st Innings - 0w(D/N), 0w(N)

2nd Innings - 3w(D/N), 3w(N)

IN IPL 2024

1st Innings - 1w(N)

2nd Innings - 3w(N)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(3)*, 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(15)*

2. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(4), 18(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(25)

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(16), 60(31), 6(6), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(12)&0w, 11(8)

4. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(21)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 36(18)

5. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(11), 48(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(12)

6. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 28(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3)&1w

7. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(2)*&0w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

8. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 12(9)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

9. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Avesh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2)&1w

12. Donovan Ferreira
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Tom Kohler-Cadmore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Sandeep Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Abid Mushtaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Keshav Maharaj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

17. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Shubham Dubey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Tanush Kotian
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)*&0w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

20. Kunal Rathore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Nandre Burger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

1. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Nitish Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Anukul Roy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Andre Russell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Sunil Narine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Kona Srikar Bharat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Dushmantha Chameera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Manish Pandey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 84(64), 51(48)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7), 3(10), 0(1)

13. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Chetan Sakariya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Vaibhav Arora
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Harshit Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Rinku Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Ramandeep Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Suyash Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Allah Ghazanfar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Sakib Hussain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
28 - 14w/14l (Tied)

(ii) Last 5 matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of RR)

(iii) At this venue
Not Played Yet

(iv) Performers when both these sides meet - T20s

KKR

Sunil Narine - 7th highest run scorer (257), Avg (21.42) - 19M/14I
Nitish Rana - 10th highest run scorer (224), Avg (24.9) - 12M/11I
Andre Russell - 12th highest run scorer (193), Avg (21.44) - 14M/11I

Sunil Narine - Highest wicket taker (14), SR (31.71) - 19M/19I
Varun Chakravarthy - 5th highest wicket taker (9), SR (16.67) - 7M/7I
Andre Russell - 10th highest wicket taker (7), SR (16.29) - 14M/6I

RR

Sanju Samson - Highest run scorer (400), Avg (28.57) - 16M/16I

Yuzvendra Chahal - 3rd highest wicket taker (10), SR (9.60) - 4M/4I

(v) Recent Head to Head matches

1) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals - 16th April'2024
223/6 vs 224/8 (RR won by 2 wkts)

Sunil Narine - 109(56) & 2w
Angkrish Raghuvanshi - 30(18)
Rinku Singh - 20(9)*
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
Harshit Rana - 2w
Vaibhav Arora - 1w
Riyan Parag - 34(14)
Rovman Powell - 26(13)
Kuldeep Sen - 2w
Avesh Khan - 2w
Trent Boult - 1w
Yuzvendra Chahal - 1w

2) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals - 11th May'2023
149/8 vs 151/1 (RR won by 9 wkts)

Venkatesh Iyer - 57(42)
Nitish Rana - 22(17)
Yashasvi Jaiswal - 98(47)*
Sanju Samson - 48(29)*
Yuzvendra Chahal - 4w
Trent Boult - 2w
Sandeep Sharma - 1w

3) Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 2nd May'2022
152/5 vs 158/3 (KKR won by 7 wkts)

Sanju Samson - 54(49)
Shimron Hetmyer - 27(13)*
Riyan Parag - 19(12)
Trent Boult - 1w
Kuldeep Sen - 1w
Nitish Rana - 48(37)*
Rinku Singh - 42(23)*
Anukul Roy - 1w

4) Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 18th April'2022
217/5 vs 210/10 (RR won by 7 runs)

Sanju Samson - 38(19)
Shimron Hetmyer - 26(13)*
Yuzvendra Chahal - 5w
Sunil Narine - 2w
Andre Russell - 1w

5) Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals - 7th October'2021
171/4 vs 85/10 (KKR won by 86 runs)

Venkatesh Iyer - 38(35)
Varun Chakravarthy - 1w

(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H) - 2014 onwards

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

1. Tom Kohler-Cadmore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Sanju Samson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(19), 37(31), 8(9), 7(8), 12(10), 38(19), 54(49)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(38), 22(15), 8(9), 1(4), 42(41)*, 1(4), 48(29)*, 12(8)

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(17), 0(3), 98(47)*, 19(9)

4. Shimron Hetmyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(13)*, 27(13)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)

5. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(13)

6. Shubham Dubey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Riyan Parag
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3), 19(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 47(31), 1(6), 0(7), 34(14)

8. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)*&1w, 6(5)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 8(11)&0w

9. Yuzvendra Chahal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 1w

10. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

11. Kuldeep Sen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

12. Tanush Kotian
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Keshav Maharaj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Donovan Ferreira
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Avesh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

16. Nandre Burger
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Abid Mushtaq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Navdeep Saini
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Dhruv Jurel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)

20. Kunal Rathore
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Sandeep Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

1. Shreyas Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 85(51), 34(32)

2. Venkatesh Iyer
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(35), 57(42), 8(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7)

3. Nitish Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5), 21(26), 22(17), 0(1), 22(25), 12(5), 22(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(27)&2w, 21(17), 18(11), 48(37)*

4. Anukul Roy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

5. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Sherfane Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Andre Russell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 49(25)*&0w, 14(14)&1w, 24(14), 25(11), 9(7), 10(10), 13(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&0w, 37(20)&3w, 11(5)*&2w, 0(1)&1w

8. Sunil Narine
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)&0w, 11(8)&2w, 15(14)&1w, 0(2)&0w, 6(7)&0w, 0w, 6(5)&0w, 109(56)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 35(25)&0w, 21(7)&1w, 47(25)&0w, 0(0)&2w, 0w

9. Ramandeep Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(1)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Kona Srikar Bharat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Manish Pandey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(11), 0(0), 21(21)

13. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

14. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Dushmantha Chameera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Vaibhav Arora
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Harshit Rana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Rinku Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(3)*, 16(18), 20(9)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(23)*

19. Chetan Sakariya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Suyash Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Allah Ghazanfar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Sakib Hussain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

(vi) PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED AGAINST THE OTHER AS PART OF DIFFERENT TEAMS IN THE PAST (in case data-set is small above)

1. Avesh Khan vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Wickets (12), SR (13) - 7M/7I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w

2. Sandeep Sharma vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Wickets (10), SR (30) - 14M/14I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w

3. Yuzvendra Chahal vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Wickets (29), SR (16.97) - 22M/22I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 4w, 1w

4. Trent Boult vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Wickets (13), SR (17.08) - 10M/10I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w

5. Ravichandran Ashwin vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Wickets (24), SR (24.29) - 28M/28I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 9(4)*&2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 9(8)&2w, 2(2)*&1w, 6(5)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 11(13)&2w, 0w, 45(22)&1w, 14(13)*&0w, 0w, 0w, 8(11)&0w

6. Shreyas Iyer vs Rajasthan Royals - Runs (366), Avg (33.27) - 12M/12I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(30), 50(35), 22(18), 53(43), 43(32), 11(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12), 0(0)*, 4(5), 15(9), 85(51), 34(32)

7. Manish Pandey vs Rajasthan Royals - Runs (375), Avg (31.25) - 15M/14I

1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(6), 30(31), 16(15), 61(36), 54(44)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(30)*, 14(13), 19(11), 0(0), 21(21), 1(4), 83(47)*, 31(20), 0(1)

4. PLAYER BATTLES - T20s

(i) RR BATTING vs KKR BOWLING

1. Tom Kohler-Cadmore
vs Narine - 30r, 36b, 0w
vs Harshit -
vs Russell - 22r, 14b, 0w
vs Starc -
vs Vaibhav -
vs Varun -
vs Suyash -
vs Chameera - 18r, 14b, 1w
vs Anukul -
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya -

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
vs Narine - 11r, 8b, 0w
vs Harshit - 19r, 7b, 0w
vs Russell -
vs Starc - 9r, 5b, 0w
vs Vaibhav - 17r, 10b, 1w
vs Varun - 14r, 12b, 0w
vs Suyash - 14r, 9b, 0w
vs Chameera - 22r, 10b, 0w
vs Anukul - 1r, 2b, 0w
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya - 2r, 6b, 1w

3. Sanju Samson
vs Narine - 66r, 82b, 3w
vs Harshit - 1r, 3b, 1w
vs Russell - 32r, 19b, 2w
vs Starc - 2r, 5b, 0w
vs Vaibhav - 10r, 5b, 0w
vs Varun - 39r, 23b, 0w
vs Suyash - 8r, 9b, 0w
vs Chameera - 14r, 13b, 0w
vs Anukul - 32r 13b, 0w
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya - 9r, 6b, 0w

4. Riyan Parag
vs Narine - 13r, 13b, 1w
vs Harshit - 16r, 8b, 1w
vs Russell - 12r, 6b, 1w
vs Starc -
vs Vaibhav - 15r, 4b, 0w
vs Varun -
vs Suyash -
vs Chameera -
vs Anukul - 8r, 3b, 0w
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya - 1r, 2b, 1w

5. Shimron Hetmyer
vs Narine - 54r, 66b, 1w
vs Harshit -
vs Russell - 76r, 36b, 2w
vs Starc - 16r, 10b, 0w
vs Vaibhav -
vs Varun - 6r, 7b, 2w
vs Suyash -
vs Chameera - 31r, 17b, 0w
vs Anukul -
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya - 11r, 5b, 0w

6. Rovman Powell
vs Narine - 59r, 86b, 6w
vs Harshit - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Russell - 39r, 19b, 0w
vs Starc - 7r, 8b, 0w
vs Vaibhav -
vs Varun - 9r, 6b, 0w
vs Suyash -
vs Chameera - 2r, 8b, 0w
vs Anukul -
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya -

7. Dhruv Jurel
vs Narine - 1r, 3b, 1w
vs Harshit - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Russell -
vs Starc -
vs Vaibhav -
vs Varun -
vs Suyash -
vs Chameera -
vs Anukul -
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya -

8. Shubham Dubey
vs Narine -
vs Harshit -
vs Russell -
vs Starc -
vs Vaibhav -
vs Varun -
vs Suyash - 10r, 5b, 0w
vs Chameera -
vs Anukul -
vs Ghazanfar -
vs Sakariya -

(ii) KKR BATTING vs RR BOWLING

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
vs Chahal -
vs Boult - 37r, 22b, 2w
vs Ashwin -
vs Sandeep - 18r, 11b, 0w
vs Avesh - 8r, 4b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj - 0r, 2b, 1w
vs Parag -
vs Saini -
vs Kuldeep -

2. Sunil Narine
vs Chahal - 49r, 20b, 0w
vs Boult - 26r, 19b, 3w
vs Ashwin - 94r, 39b, 1w
vs Sandeep - 44r, 23b, 1w
vs Avesh - 24r, 16b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini - 15r, 12b, 2w
vs Kuldeep - 21r, 9b, 0w

3. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
vs Chahal - 24r, 16b, 1w
vs Boult - 13r, 4b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 3r, 3b, 0w
vs Sandeep -
vs Avesh - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini -
vs Kuldeep - 1r, 3b, 1w

4. Shreyas Iyer
vs Chahal - 94r, 69b, 2w
vs Boult - 64r, 52b, 1w
vs Ashwin - 80r, 63b, 0w
vs Sandeep - 47r, 56b, 3w
vs Avesh - 5r, 7b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj - 12r, 10b, 0w
vs Parag - 7r, 9b, 1w
vs Saini - 27r, 25b, 1w
vs Kuldeep - 15r, 12b, 0w

5. Venkatesh Iyer
vs Chahal - 34r, 19b, 2w
vs Boult - 23r, 20b, 1w
vs Ashwin - 36r, 31b, 0w
vs Sandeep - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Avesh - 15r, 9b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini -
vs Kuldeep - 0r, 1b, 1w

6. Nitish Rana
vs Chahal - 94r, 76b, 6w
vs Boult - 50r, 30b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 108r, 58b, 0w
vs Sandeep - 71r, 40b, 0w
vs Avesh - 29r, 23b, 2w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag - 16r, 7b, 0w
vs Saini - 20r, 10b, 0w
vs Kuldeep - 6r, 4b, 0w

7. Rinku Singh
vs Chahal - 14r, 12b, 1w
vs Boult - 4r, 2b, 0w
vs Ashwin - 4r, 5b, 0w
vs Sandeep - 23r, 12b, 1w
vs Avesh - 21r, 8b, 0w
vs Burger - 2r, 3b, 1w
vs Maharaj - 1r, 2b, 0w
vs Parag -
vs Saini - 7r, 4b, 1w
vs Kuldeep - 15r, 8b, 0w

8. Ramandeep Singh
vs Chahal -
vs Boult -
vs Ashwin -
vs Sandeep -
vs Avesh -
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini - 3r, 3b, 0w
vs Kuldeep - 1r, 1b, 0w

9. Andre Russell
vs Chahal - 82r, 42b, 1w
vs Boult - 47r, 25b, 2w
vs Ashwin - 16r, 17b, 2w
vs Sandeep - 11r, 12b, 0w
vs Avesh - 35r, 25b, 3w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini - 6r, 7b, 0w
vs Kuldeep - 9r, 4b, 0w

10. Sherfane Rutherford
vs Chahal - 2r, 3b, 0w
vs Boult - 18r, 9b, 1w
vs Ashwin - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Sandeep -
vs Avesh -
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini - 12r, 6b, 0w
vs Kuldeep -

11. Kona Srikar Bharat
vs Chahal -
vs Boult - 5r, 7b, 1w
vs Ashwin - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Sandeep -
vs Avesh - 16r, 12b, 0w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag -
vs Saini - 7r, 6b, 0w
vs Kuldeep -

12. Manish Pandey
vs Chahal - 55r, 62b, 4w
vs Boult - 25r, 19b, 2w
vs Ashwin - 81r, 70b, 2w
vs Sandeep - 44r, 27b, 2w
vs Avesh - 5r, 9b, 1w
vs Burger -
vs Maharaj -
vs Parag - 17r, 11b, 0w
vs Saini - 30r, 22b, 0w
vs Kuldeep -

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) RAJASTHAN ROYALS (RR) SQUAD :

OUT - Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna, Jos Buttler
IN - Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj

Probable XI (including Impact Player)

1) Tom Kohler-Cadmore ✈️- RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 18, 18, 24, 9, 33, 5, 12, 2, 18, 4, 1, 19

2) Yashasvi Jaiswal - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 4, 24, 4, 67, 24, 104*, 19, 39, 24, 0, 10, 5, 24

3) Sanju Samson - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 18, 15, 86, 0, 71*, 38*, 12, 18, 68*, 69, 12, 15, 82*

4) Riyan Parag - RHB, Offbreak, Legbreak
Last 10 - 48, 47*, 27r 0w, 77*, 14, 34, 23, 76, 4r 0w, 54*, 84*, 43, 1w, 12, 75r 0w

5) Dhruv Jurel - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 28, 1, 52*, 2, 6, 2, 20, 20*, 15, 90, 39*

6) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 28r 0w, 2w, 2r 3w, 2r 0w, 1w, 0w, 8r 0w, 0w, 0w, 16r 0w, 29r 0w, 1w, 1w

7) Rovman Powell ✈️- RHB, RM
Last 10 - 4, 13, 27, 26, 11, 2, 12, 30, 28*, 23*

8) Keshav Maharaj✈️-  RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 13r 1w, 1w, 1w, 5r 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w
/
Shimron Hetmyer/Nandre Burger/Donavon Ferreira

9) Avesh Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 7r 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 7r 4w, 8r 1w

10) Yuzvendra Chahal - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w

11) Trent Boult ✈️- RHB, LF
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w

12) Sandeep Sharma - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 14r 1w, 15r 1w

BENCH

13) Nandre Burger ✈️- LHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w

14) Shubham Dubey - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0, 25, 8*, 0, 3, 22, 32, 18*, 41, 20, 20

15) Donovan Ferreira ✈️- RHB, RM, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 7, 1, 23r 0w, 0r 0w, 9r 0w, 2w, 24, 14*

16) Tanush Kotian - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 24, 8r 3w, 4w, 89r 2w, 2w, 7r 2w, 120r 2w, 8r 0w, 1w, 7r 1w, 67r 1w, 17r 1w, 3r 5w

17) Shimron Hetmyer ✈️- LHB
Last 10 - 13, 0, 27*, 13*, 11*, 14*, 5, 8, 7, 39*, 2

18) Kuldeep Sen - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w

19) Navdeep Saini - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 10r 4w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 16r 2w, 5r 0w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 1w

20) Kunal Rathore - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 33, 4, 39, 156, 1, 12, 79, 0*, 66, 1*

21) Abid Mushtaq - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 35r 3w, 28r 5w, 2r 5w, 11r 5w, 0w, 50r 0w, 7r 0w, 0w, 28r 0w, 21r 1w, 0w, 3w

Safe C/VC Choices
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson

B) KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) SQUAD :

OUT - Phil Salt

They have qualified for Qualifier 1 and can look to test some of their benched players.

Probable XI (including Impact Player)

1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz✈️ - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 121, 5, 46, 70, 13, 13, 48, 8, 1, 15, 0

2) Sunil Narine✈️ - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 81r 1w, 8r 2w, 15r 1w, 71r 1w, 10r 2w, 109r 2w, 6r 1w, 27r 1w, 85r 1w, 47r 1w

3) Venkatesh Iyer - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 42, 1*, 70, 26*, 39, 16, 8, 3, 5r 0w, 50, 7, 0r 2w, 19r 0w, 1, 17

4) Shreyas Iyer - RHB, Offbreak, Legbreak
Last 10 - 7, 23, 6, 33*, 28, 50, 11, 38*, 34, 18, 39*, 0, 3, 27

5) Nitish Rana - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 33, 9, 54r 0w, 20r 1w, 21r 0w, 10r 0w, 106r 0w, 6r 0w, 22r 1w, 11, 47*, 2w, 5r 1w

6) Andre Russell✈️ - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 24r 2w, 12r 1w, 7r 2w, 0w, 24r 0w, 27r 3w, 13r 0w, 1w, 10r 0w, 41r 1w, 2w, 64r 2w
/
Sherfane Rutherford

7) Rinku Singh - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 20, 16, 9, 11, 5, 24, 20*, 9, 26, 5*, 23, 26r 0w, 0

8) Ramandeep Singh - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 17*, 25*, 2, 6r 0w, 24*, 1*, 13, 2, 35, 3

9) Mitchell Starc✈️ - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 6r 0w, 9r 1w, 12r 0w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 21r 1w
/
Dushmantha Chameera/Allah Ghazanfar

10) Harshit Rana - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 21r 1w, 3w

11) Varun Chakravarthy - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 16r 2w

12) Vaibhav Arora - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 4r 3w, 6r 2w, 29r 4w
/
Chetan Sakariya

BENCH

13) Anukul Roy - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 3r 0w, 0w, 7r 2w, 21r 5w, 8, 21r 5w, 2w, 119r 1w, 51r 1w, 7r 0w, 17r 3w, 6r 0w, 24r 1w, 34r 0w

14) Allah Ghazanfar ✈️ - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 0w, 4r 3w, 37r 1w, 9r 3w, 2r 1w, 0w, 18r 5w, 3w, 1w

15) Angkrish Raghuvanshi - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 32, 13, 3, 30, 7, 24, 54, 8, 8, 30, 57

16) Sherfane Rutherford✈️ - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 9, 58*, 21, 29, 14, 20, 67*, 0, 7, 18

17) Dushmantha Chameera✈️ - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 0w

18) Phil Salt✈️ - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 6, 32, 5, 68, 75, 48, 10, 89*, 0, 18, 30, 54

19) Manish Pandey - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 42, 15, 1, 148, 1, 14, 18, 67*, 88, 0, 118, 10*, 28, 0*

20) Kona Srikar Bharat - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 17, 6, 41, 28, 15, 116*, 64, 6, 55, 28, 0, 117*, 17

21) Chetan Sakariya - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 8r 3w, 3w, 24r 4w, 22r 0w, 9r 0w, 2w, 12r 0w, 1w, 20r 1w, 19r 1w

22) Suyash Sharma - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 4w, 1w

23) Sakib Hussain - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 0w

Safe C/VC Choices
Andre Russell, Sunil Narine

Differential GL C/VC choices

RR - Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag

KKR - Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, Harshit Rana

 

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Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:37:08 GMT
A weakened Australia put up a good fight, but India's experienced hands helped seal a chase of 265 with 11 balls remaining
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:19:24 GMT
"When, as a batsman, you start taking pride in hitting those singles into the gaps, that's when you know you're playing good cricket"
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:38:32 GMT
"Whatever Rohit has told me, I feel like I've done that to the best of my ability, and I know that Rohit feels the same"
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:15:59 GMT
India's head coach dismisses talk of his team having an "undue advantage" in the Champions Trophy
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:57:49 GMT
The Australian opener played nine balls and missed six in a row before edging behind for a duck
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:36:00 GMT
He is often twinned with Rajinder Goel for the misfortune of being great left-arm spinners in the time of Bishan Bedi
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:50:01 GMT
India have marched ahead of Australia since the World Cup final in 2023, but the gap matters less with a spot in the final on the line
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:47:19 GMT
The India captain also feels that the pitches in Dubai have been challenging for batters, while the bowlers have also had to adjust
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:23:26 GMT
Apart from Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell, no other Australian batter in the top seven has faced Varun before
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:55:02 GMT
Australia had arrived in Dubai not knowing whether they would be staying in Dubai, or heading to Lahore for the second semi-final
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:15:56 GMT
Kumble says Australia will find it difficult if India play four spinners in their semi-final in Dubai
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:23:23 GMT
"In T20, my sequencing of balls - as in how I construct an over - is totally different compared to the 50-over format," he says
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:16:04 GMT
Williamson's 81 in vain as New Zealand crumble against spin chasing 250
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 16:55:03 GMT
South Africa, who had also shifted to Dubai ahead of the knockouts, will now fly back to Lahore for the second semi-final
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 03:10:42 GMT
Both are exceptional ODI outfits, coming in with a string of wins to their name. Both will also already have one eye on their respective semi-finals, which quickly follow Sunday's game
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:31:49 GMT
One of the teams will travel back to Pakistan to play New Zealand in the second semi-final
Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:16:15 GMT
India assistant coach says they also want to carry momentum into the semi-final by beating New Zealand, so it might come down to bowlers not bowling their full quotas on Sunday
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:08:11 GMT
India's keeper-batter admits keeping someone like Pant out of the XI comes with its own pressures, and also heaps praise on Shami
Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:11:46 GMT
This is the former England captain's first foray into coaching in the IPL
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:55:07 GMT
Ponting also reckoned that Kohli, who is now third on the highest run-scorers list in ODIs, will want to finish at the top
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:53:55 GMT
Defending champions yet to name their captain with season starting on March 22
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:03:09 GMT
New Zealand's five-wicket win over Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday confirmed this; that means Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are out of contention
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:26:10 GMT
Iyer points to the sluggishness of the pitch and Abrar's tight spell as reasons for India not being able to bat more aggressively
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:58:52 GMT
Former India allrounder comes in with plenty of coaching experience in international and franchise cricket
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 05:03:05 GMT
Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
He scored 38 more runs than England's collective total to complete India's 4-1 series win
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