RAJ vs KOL (Rajasthan vs Kolkata), Match 18 - Match Information
Match: Rajasthan vs Kolkata, Match 18
Date: 24th April 2021
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Match Officials: Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (IND), Navdeep Singh (IND) and Paul Reiffel (AUS), Referee: Manu Nayyar (IND)
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RAJ vs KOL, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai is a balanced pitch. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 17 matches is 167 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 47% of its matches. So the toss does not make much of a difference here.
The pacers have earned 69% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
RAJ vs KOL, Head to Head
In the 23 matches played between these 2 teams, Kolkata have won 12 matches and Rajasthan have won 8 matches. Bowlers of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
RAJ vs KOL Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Nitish Rana
Barring the last match against Chennai (15 points) he has given decent fantasy points in this season (30, 79 and 119 points in the other 3 matches)
He is the leading run getter for Kolkata this season with 164 runs and the only player from his team to have scored more than 100 runs this season.
Given that Gill is struggling with form, his certainty of starting in the next match is a question and thus Rana can be the preferred option among Kolkata top order batsmen.
As context, he has scores of 9, 66, 16, 27 & 74 in his last 5 matches and the Wankhede and thus you can expect good returns from him in this fixture as well.
Jos Buttler
Buttler has given decent recent returns so far this season with 14, 76, 14 and 40 fantasy points, respectively.
Given that among wicketkeepers, there are 3 choices for this fixture (Samson and Karthik are the other 2), Buttler is the one who has the highest Fantasy Gully rating and thus he can be preferred over the other 2.
In his last 5 matches against Kolkata, he has scored 35, 21, 37, 39 & 24* which are not huge numbers but decent enough from a wicket keepers’ perspective to enter in the Dream team.
Also, Buttler hardly ever has a bad outing in back-to-back matches and given that he got out on a single digit score in the last match, he will be hungry to score even more.
RAJ vs KOL Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy has taken 4 wickets in his last 3 matches and thus has given 31, 64 and 31 fantasy points in his 3 matches which are quite decent returns.
3 out of his 4 wickets this season have been of openers and thus he can restrict the top order of Rajasthan (Buttler/Samson) as they are struggling with form and thus can be effective.
Last season, he played 2 matches against Rajasthan and in these 2 matches he had bowling figures of 2/20 & 2/25 and thus gave 50+ fantasy points in these 2 matches.
He has a Fantasy Gully rating of 8.2 and has given 46 points per match in his last 10 T20 matches, which goes to show he is in good form.
Chetan Sakariya
With 6 wickets, he is the leading wicket taker for Rajasthan this season.
He has been giving on and off performances so far as fantasy points scored by him read 4, 83, 4 and 91 and thus has performed in every match. Thus, going by that pattern, is a chance that he might come in handy with the ball in this fixture.
Overall, in his small T20 career of 20 matches, he has taken 34 wickets and has been wicketless in only 3 matches which proves that he guarantees fantasy points in every match and can bounce back in this match.
RAJ vs KOL Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Chris Morris
Barring the last match in which he gave only 10 fantasy points, Morris has been a consistent points giver as in his previous 3 matches, he had scored 60, 83 & 62 fantasy points, respectively.
Morris has played 12 matches against Kolkata and has taken 15 wickets in these matches with being wicketless in only 3 matches and thus has given fantasy bowling points in the other 12 matches.
Talking about his batting, he has already scored 48 handy runs this season at a strike rate of 155 and currently with the Rajasthan top order struggling for runs, Morris can always chip in with handy 10 to 15 runs which will add extra fantasy points and thus can give you an estimated 40 to 45 points in total.
He has a Fantasy Gully rating of 9 which is the highest among all players for this fixture.
Andre Russell
Andre Russell smashed the 2nd fastest fifty of this season in just 21 balls as Kolkata made a miraculous recovery from 31/5 to just fall short by 18 runs in their chase of 221 against Chennai in the last game. He was Kolkata’s highest fantasy point getter in that game with 106 points having also picked up a wicket.
In his 4 matches so far, he has given 106, 44, 161 & 33 points and was in the dream on 3 out of the 4 occasions.
He has been Kolkata’s highest wicket taker this season with 7 wickets to his name with all 7 of those wickets coming at the backend of the innings. He is poised to do something when he meets the Royals in this game, having picked up six wickets in his last 4 innings that he has bowled against the Royals.
Talking about his batting, he already showed his exploits in the last match against Chennai and on a batting surface like Wankhede, he can be even more effective.
Rahul Tewatia
After struggling in the 1st match this season, Tewatia has improved a lot in his next 3 matches and has given 58, 57 & 33 fantasy points, respectively.
With the Rajasthan top order struggling to find form and not giving enough consistency, Tewatia can come in be more than handy with the bat as in his last 2 matches he has scored 40 & 20 runs, respectively.
He does have a great record against Kolkata in the Indian T20 league as in his 7 matches against them he has taken 9 wickets and scored 61 runs which accounts to an estimated average of 45+ fantasy points per match against them.
RAJ vs KOL Dream11 Prediction: Top Players of the Last Match
The Top Point Getters for Rajasthan are Shivam Dube with 65 match fantasy points. Rahul Tewatia with 58 match fantasy points and Riyan Parag with 37 match fantasy points.
The Top Point Getters for Kolkata are Andre Russell with 106 match fantasy points. Pat Cummins with 96 match fantasy points and Dinesh Karthik with 72 match fantasy points.
Top Fantasy Picks - Bowlers
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy has taken 4 wickets in his last 3 matches and thus has given 31, 64 and 31 fantasy points in his 3 matches which are quite decent returns.
3 out of his 4 wickets this season have been of openers and thus he can restrict the top order of Rajasthan (Buttler/Samson) as they are struggling with form and thus can be effective.
Last season, he played 2 matches against Rajasthan and in these 2 matches he had bowling figures of 2/20 & 2/25 and thus gave 50+ fantasy points in these 2 matches.
He has a Fantasy Gully rating of 8.2 and has given 46 points per match in his last 10 T20 matches, which goes to show he is in good form.
Chetan Sakariya
With 6 wickets, he is the leading wicket taker for Rajasthan this season.
He has been giving on and off performances so far as fantasy points scored by him read 4, 83, 4 and 91 and thus has performed in every match. Thus, going by that pattern, is a chance that he might come in handy with the ball in this fixture.
Overall, in his small T20 career of 20 matches, he has taken 34 wickets and has been wicketless in only 3 matches which proves that he guarantees fantasy points in every match and can bounce back in this match.
RAJ vs KOL Dream11 Fantasy Team Suggestion
Wicket-Keeper: J. Buttler
Batters: R. Parag, N. Rana and E. Morgan
All-Rounders: C. Morris, R. Tewatia, A. Russell and S. Narine
Bowlers: C. Sakariya, P. Cummins and V. Chakravarthy
Captain: C. Morris
Vice-Captain: A. Russell
RAJ vs KOL (Rajasthan vs Kolkata), Match 18 Preview
Rajasthan (RAJ) will lock horns with Kolkata (KOL) in the 18th game of the Indian T20 League, 2021. The match will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Rajasthan have played 4 matches in the series and they are currently ranked fifth on the points table, while Kolkata have also played 4 matches in the series and they are currently ranked seventh on the points table.
Both teams last played against each other in the Match 54 of the Indian T20 League, 2020 where Rahul Tewatia scored the highest fantasy points for Rajasthan with 116 match fantasy points while Pat Cummins topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Kolkata with 137 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Rajasthan against Bengaluru, Bengaluru beat Rajasthan by 10 wickets. The top fantasy player for Rajasthan was Shivam Dube who scored 65 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Chennai, Chennai beat Kolkata by 18 runs. The top fantasy player for Kolkata was Andre Russell who scored 106 fantasy points.