Match preview on Kolkata knights Riders and Rajasthan Royals
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Both teams are so away to qualify for playoffs as Rajasthan Royals have win 3 match while Kolkata has won 4 matches and so both teams are 6th and 7th position in the point table. Now Both teams are having to do or die matches ahead. If they lose any upcoming match then they will be out of the playoffs journey. The match between both this team will be played at Eden garden which is home ground for Kolkata knights riders.
In the previous match Skipper, Dinesh Karthik had drop Robin Uthappa and Kuldeep Yadav who both are the senior player of the teams and so the team has to suffer from the loss. The eyes for Kolkata knights riders will be on Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn performance because if they are able to give a good start for the team then there will be no worry for the upcoming batsman.
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Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler was unavailable in the previous match due to the birth of his child and once again he joined the team and will be a key player to watch out. Sanju Samson and Ajinkiya Rahane are doing a great job for the team and able to play big innings and stay to the crease till the last which is very important for the team to have a huge total on the board.
Both teams have death problems with their bowling department as for Kolkata knights riders none of the bowlers showed his class in this year and also for Rajasthan no one had helped with bowling accept Jofra Archer. Kolkata knights riders are totally dependent on Andre Russell and so if he fails then the team has to suffer from the loss. While Rajasthan Royals do not have a good finisher in their batting line up.
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