Match Details
Kolkata will take on Rajasthan in the 54th match of the 2021 season of the Indian T20 League. This match will take place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
This encounter will commence at 07:30 PM IST and will be streamed live on Hotstar.
Preview
The Kolkata side is placed at the 4th position in the points table. The Kolkata outfit has won 6 out of its 13 matches in the tournament. Kolkata beat the Hyderabad side in their previous encounter with 6 wickets to spare.
Rajasthan is positioned at the 7th spot in the points table. The Sanju Samson-led outfit has emerged victorious in 5 out of its 13 matches. In their previous match, Rajasthan was hammered by the Mumbai side by 8 wickets.
Probable Playing XIs for Kolkata vs Rajasthan
Kolkata
Predicted XI:
Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi
Rajasthan
Predicted XI:
Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mayank Markhande/Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman
Captaincy Picks for Kolkata vs Rajasthan
Shubman Gill (Kolkata)
Shubman Gill scored a fluent 57 off 51 deliveries for the Kolkata side in their previous match against Hyderabad. Gill has scored 296 runs in the 14th season of the Indian T20 League and has scored his runs at an average of 22.77.
Sanju Samson (Rajasthan)
Sanju Samson is the 4th highest run-scorer in the 14th season of the Indian T20 League and has amassed 483 runs this year at an average of 43.91. The right-hander has plundered 2 fifties and a century in the tournament this year.
Fan2Play Fantasy Cricket Tips
2-Player Team
Shubman Gill (C), Mustafizur Rahman
3-Player Team
Sanju Samson (C), Evin Lewis, Varun Chakravarthy
4-Player Team
Yashasvi Jaiswal (C), Shivam Dube, Shakib Al Hasan, Rahul Tripathi
11-Player Team
Dinesh Karthik, Sanju Samson (VC), Shubman Gill (C), Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Shakib Al Hasan, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Southee
