IPL 2021: Yashasvi, Unadkat come in for RR against KKR
Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders take on each other in match number 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season on Saturday. RR have brought in Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jaydev Unadkat. KKR have replaced Kamlesh Nagarkoti with Shivam Mavi. Ahead of a cracking encounter, we present the team news.
A look at the playing XI of RR
RR playing XI: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), David Miller, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman
The key stats ahead of the match
In the IPL 2020 season, both RR and KKR fared the worst in terms of wickets taken. KKR claimed 65 and RR took just 61. As per Cricbuzz, in IPL 2020, KKR picked the fewest wickets in powerplay (13) of which seven wickets came in two games against RR.
Playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR playing XI: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna
