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IPL 2019 KKR vs RR Preview: Kolkata eye turnaround in the must-win game

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In match 43 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Eden Gardens on Thursday. KKR are at the sixth spot in the IPL 2019 points table while RR are at number seven. Both KKR and RR lost their previous matches against SRH and DC respectively. Dinesh Karthik-led KKR are struggling to stay afloat after five defeats on the trot and will have to win remaining four league stage matches to keep their hopes alive. Rajasthan Royals, who replaced Steve Smith in place of Ajinkya Rahane as the skipper, did not have a good season and are virtually out of the playoffs contention. Kinght Riders likely to make some changes in KKR playing 11, bringing in Kuldeep Yadav after drubbing from Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous match. Once seen as one of the strongest contenders for the playoffs, KKR veered off from the the track and are yet to make a recovery. With five losses in a row, the side is under pressure and over-rel

IPL 2019, KKR vs DC preview: Russell-Rabada battle on cards at Eden Gardens

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In Match 26 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata Friday. Andre Russell's big-hitting prowess will challenge Kagiso Rabada's inch-perfect yorkers for the second time in IPL 2019 as DC will look shed away their inconsistent run. Kolkata Knight Riders are placed at the second position in IPL points table 2019 with eight points from six matches. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals had an inconsistent run in IPL 2019 and they are at sixth position in IPL 2019 points table with six points. It was a thrilling Super Over that decided the tie in their first meeting in IPL 2019, with Delhi riding another Rabada special in that one over to victory. Russell had smashed a whirlwind 28-ball 62 to help KKR post 185/8 but Shaw scored 99 to tie the game for Delhi before Rabada bowled perfect yorkers to defend 10 runs and seal the deal. Andre Russell has amassed 257 runs from five innings, out of

IPL 2019 CSK vs KKR Preview: Rampage looms, can Chennai stop Andre Russell?

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In match 23 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. It's set to be an interesting clash as Dinesh Karthik-led KKR is at the top of IPL 2019 points table while MS Dhoni-led CSK is at number two. Both Chennai and Kolkata won their last match against Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals respectively and they would look to extend lead as IPL 2019 approaches half-stage. For CSK, there is uncertainty over Dwayne Bravo's inclusion in the playing 11 as he missed the last match due to injury. It will be a clash of two strong sides and Chennai would require the service of all-rounder Bravo to counter Andre Russell's rampaging. Chennai brought in Faf du Plessis, Scott Kuggeleijn and Harbhajan Singh in place of Dwanye Bravo, Shardul thakur and Mohit Sharma and it worked well as du Plessis smashed a half-century and Harbhajan picked two wickets in his fir

IPL 2019 RCB vs KKR Preview: Virat Kohli's RCB look to end drought of win

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In Match 17 of VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Virat Kohli faces a herculean task of taking his team to first win of this edition of IPL as the team has suffered back-to-back defeats in first four matches and are now seated at the eighth and the last spot at 2019 IPL points table. On the other hand, Dinesh Karthik-led Kolkata Knight Riders won their first two matches comfortably but Delhi denied them a hat-trick of wins as they snatched victory in the super over. Andre Russell has been in supreme form RCB bowlers would be busy preparing for a way to get rid of him before he starts demolishing. Royal Challengers Bangalore have all faced everything opposite to their expectations, they are now 0-4 down and considering the form and the opponent, it would be a huge task for Virat Kohli to bring his team out of this position. In their third mat

IPL 2019, KKR vs KXIP preview: Can Kolkata ace Chris Gayle challenge?

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In Match 6 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Kings XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the backdrop of mankading controversy at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Skipper R Ashwin is in the eye of a storm after 'Mankading' Jos Buttler but a winning start will keep Kings XI Punjab upbeat against home favourites Kolkata Knight Riders. It was Ashwin's mankading of Jos Buttler that had triggered a dramatic collapse with Kings XI Punjab restricting Rajasthan Royals to 170 for nine to notch up a 14-run win. Buttler was looking in imperious touch with 69 from 43 balls and Rajasthan well on course to overhaul the target of 185 but following the dismissal they went on to lose eight wickets for 62 runs to hand Kings XI Punjab their maiden win in Jaipur. Though the dismissal was within the rules of the game, it sparked a huge furore with spin legend and Rajasthan Royals brand ambassador Shane Warne labelling it as "disgraceful" and against

IPL 2018 Qualifier 2, KKR vs SRH: Kolkata eye home benefit in today's match

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In today's match to decide who takes on CSK in IPL 2018 final on May 27, KKR will have momentum on their side. They have won 4 matches in a row, while SRH have lost as many. Catch live match updates IPL 2018 News : In Qualifier 2 of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018)   Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Dinesh Karthik's Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday. A two-time champion, KKR will be aiming to exploit SRH's recent run of poor form when the two teams square off in what promises to be a high-octane IPL Qualifier 2 match. KKR stormed into the   IPL Qualifier 2   by defeating   Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs   at the same venue, while Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to   Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets   in a nail-biting encounter in Mumbai in Qualifier 1. SRH got the benefit of being one of the top two teams in   Vivo IPL points table   and received a second shot at qualifying for the final tie, while Rajasthan, whi

IPL 2018 Eliminator: KKR beat RR by 25 runs, to play SRH for finals berth

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In IPL 2018 eliminator, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals to reach Eliminator 2, where they would play Sunrisers Hyderabad. Winner of that game will play CSK on 27th IPL 2018 News : In the Eliminator of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs, thanks to the brilliant death bowling by Prashidh Krishan and Andre Russell. Cruising for the most part of the game, RR lost the plot in the 16th over after Rahane's dismissal. Piyush Chawla came to bowl 17th. Samson completed his 50 by hitting a four over covers. Samson hit one high in the air and was caught at the boundary. He made 50 runs. Prasidh came to bowl the 18 and bowled dot after dot. Binny was dismissed for a duck. Prasidh gave only 3 runs his over. RR needed 40 from 12 balls. Russell came to bowl the penultimate the over. Only 6 runs came from his over. RR needed 34 from 6 balls. Prasidh bowled the last over and gave just 8 runs to seal the victory for KKR.