IPL 2017 Match is ready to telecast tonight at the prime time were the KKR is likely Playing XI against RPS. Now it will be interesting to see whether the Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir can make some changes to the game and in the team, he is having XI skills players during IPL encounter Rising Pune Supergiant.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a hammering 82-run victory the previous encounter match. As the last year when the match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore it was just a star-studded. Last time the Royal Challengers Bangalore played to have 49 scores in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
RPS vs KKR, 29th Match – Live Cricket Score:
As of now in the IPL sector, the Kolkata are placed second in the points table and also now the team is considering being the strong and stealing team of the season. With 5 wins from 7 matches played so far, Kolkata is touted as the top contenders for the game. The KKR will now face and upbeat Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the game. RPS is having three consecutive winning matches on its kitty as of now in the tournament and would be eager to maintain their winning streak for the further times too.
But, the two-time champions, KKR is looking very relaxed in the match and being an all-round win KKR already won over RCB in their previous game. KKR players somehow demolished the RCB batting line-up and picked up to have ten wickets in just 9.4 overs.
(RPS) vs (KKR) Match Info Details:
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Skipper Gautam Gambhir would be expecting a similar performance this time too from the bowlers of his team and also expected to trash the opposite game like the way they did in the last year.
However, KKR’s batsmen didn’t perform in their previous match as per the expectations in front of RCB as they were restricted to 131 but eventually when bowlers from KKR perform well they just steal the show.
Will KKR skipper Gambhir make any changes to the Playing XI or will remain same against Pune! It will be interesting to see! There is also some expectation from the KKR’s dark-horse Sunil Narine as last year he surprised everybody with his unique batting so this year also he is expected to repeat the same. So the Kolkata Knight Riders would think of playing with the same Playing XI so that surely the performance of the players will be good.
Team News for Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS):
RPS was once standing on the edge from where they can exist from the IPL tournament but suddenly their dramatic comeback is marked as the everlasting. As of now in this season the team is having 3 winning matches in series. Top-order Rahul Tripathi has been hitting 178 runs from five games at a strike rate of 152. The player hammered 31, 59 and 45 in the last three outings that Pune won. Now, Rahane, Smith, Stokes and Dhoni are also contributing something incredible at the IPL within their batting style.
Pune’s bowling department is very strong and the team is blessed to have bowlers like, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat and Dan Christian. All of them are in good form. The Protea’s leggie Tahir is just looked spectacular at the match with 10 wickets pulled from 7 IPL games. He is 7th in the Purple Cap Contenders at the List of IPL season 10.
Team News for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
KKR’s strong point would be their fast bowling. The team is having some of the fantastic players like Chris Woakes, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Colin de Grandhomme that they are having 34 out of 47 wickets picked up by KKR at IPL 10 and the entire credit is received to the fast bowling of the season.
The ace spinner Shakib-Al-Hasan can replace Nathan Coulter-Nile in tonight game as maybe Nathan need some rest. It is obvious for KKR to break the fantastic performances which the Team KKR is having because of the players like Gambhir, Manish Pandey, and Uthappa. Those players are also staying in their consistent form, now the RPS will have to send away pinch hitter Yousuf Pathan or unless they can lose this important match.
Predicted Playing XI (Both Teams):
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Sunil Narine, Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Robin Uthappa (Wicket Keeper), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Colin de Grandhomme, Shakib al Hasan, Chris Woakes, Umesh Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav.
Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS): Steven Smith (Captain), MS Dhoni (Wicket Keeper), Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Daniel Christian, Manoj Tiwary, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir and Jaydev Unadkat.
Match Prediction:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): 35%
Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS): 65%
