After not getting any win in the first six matches, KKR has again come in the field with an unchanged side. Winning the toss Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag chose to bowl first. Matheesa Pathirana is ready to join the team as KKR has overcome the logistical issues they were facing. KKR has done well in terms of bowling in the last match. Also, to take the positive side from the last match, Cameron Green came back in the running. Losing 5 matches and one no result, KKR is at number 10 with just one point.
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Finn Allen was dropped in the last match and Tim Seifert got a chance in place of him. Though he has not done anything great in the last match, KKR went with him. For KKR it is no more about sustaining in the play off fight, they will now try to take things positively as much as they can and if they fail to do it, KKR will go big in more big fiasco.
Rahane continues as captain
Despite going through so many questions, KKR has shown faith in him. Today in the toss, he said, “As I said in the last game as well, batsmen should bat with freedom. The kind of situation we are in at the moment right now, we want all the batters to bat freely, have that fearless approach. The bowling unit has been doing well. They started to do really well. The last three games, especially the middle overs and end overs, they bowled really well.”
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He also said, “We believe the past is dead, the future, we don't know what is rolling up. And now what we have at the moment is this moment. So giving our best, playing with freedom, and focusing on controllables.”
Playing XI
Ajinkya Rahane(c), Tim Seifert(w), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy
