IPL2020: Match 50, KXIP vs RR- Preview, Probable 11, Fantasy Tips

PREVIEW:

Dream11 IPL2020 is in its last phase of the league stage. Match no 50 will be played between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Friday, 30th October 2020. The match will start as usual 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), 18:00 LOCAL. The Mohali based franchise will lock horns with Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams are still fighting for Playoffs and need to win every game here onwards to reach Playoffs.

The KL Rahul led KXIP is on fire in all departments. Their initial games were not up to the mark but they have capitalised on their weaknesses and worked on it. Right Now they are at the peak of their performance. With the inclusion of Chris Gayle to the side they have flourished. Chris Gayle is featured in 5 matches till now and KXIP has won all of them. Chris Jordan on the other hand is providing depth in the bowling unit along with Arshdeep Singh and Mohd. Shami. Opening for KXIP is a big advantage. The openers KL Rahul and Mayank Aggarwal/Mandeep Singh are in good form. They have made sure that they put a good total on the board.

KXIP is on winning streak from last five games. They have made a huge jump from the bottom of the table to the top 4. On the other hand, RR will also be High in confidence as they defeated defending Champians Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets in their last encounter. Rajasthan Royals are at 7th spot, having won 5 matches out of 12. They definitely need to win to keep their Playoffs campaign alive. Some good signs from their players, Sanju Samson back in form scoring half-century in last game. Ben Stokes scored a brilliant century and took his side to victory. Their bowling unit is performing decently in past few games.

Pitch in Abu Dhabi supports a little bit more to the batsman. Ball come onto bat nicely, bowlers have struggled to pick wickets in powerplay and death. Runs are scored all over the park in the powerplays and in death. Chasing the total will be a wise option as the stats say in recent past.

Head To Head:

Played - 20, KXIP - 09 and RR - 11

Players To Watch Out:

KL Rahul: KL Rahul skipper of KXIP is in a blazing form in the Dream11 IPL 2020. He has scored 595 runs in 12 games which includes a century and five half-centuries. He is the leading run-getter in this edition of IPL. Scoring runs all over the park has become consistent for him. He is scoring runs at an average of 59.50 and with a strike rate of 132.22.

Ben Stokes: The England all-rounder is opening for the Royals, Ben Stokes scored a brilliant 60 balls 107* in the match against Mumbai and announced his form in IPL. He has played 6 matches and scored 217 runs with an average of 43.40 and a strike rate of 133.12.?

Sanju Samson: The Wicketkeeper-batsman of Rajasthan Royals was unstoppable in the first few games where he destroyed the opponent's bowling unit and smashed them all over the park. But lately, he lost his consistency and hasn?t got a good start, but in the previous match against Mumbai, he announced that he is back. He scored brilliant 54 of 31 balls.?

Probable 11:

Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (C & WK), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Shami.

Full Squad(KXIP):? ?KL Rahul (C), Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, K Gowtham, J Suchith, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Tajinder Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin.

Rajasthan Royals: Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith (C), Sanju Samson (wk), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Kartik Tyagi.

Full Squad(RR):?Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson (wk), Andrew Tye, Kartik Tyagi, Steven Smith (c), Ankit Rajpoot, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Mahipal Lomror, Oshane Thomas, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Robin Uthappa, Aniruddha Joshi, Jofra Archer

Fantasy Tips:

KL Rahul (C & WK),? Ben Stokes, Chris Gayle,? Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Kartik Tyagi, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi,? Shreyas Gopal.

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