IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders hope to find ideal 11 vs Rajasthan Royals

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost five matches in a row and are now placed at the eighth rung of the IPL 2022 points table. Shreyas Iyer and co will look to get back to winning ways when they face the Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Monday. 

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KKR’s top-order has been struggling. Venkatesh Iyer has 132 runs, Nitish Rana has 200 and skipper Shreyas Iyer leads the team’s charts with 290 runs in the season so far. They have been making regular changes at the top. Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine and Ajinkya Rahane have been tested as openers. The team’s middle-order in Andre Russell and Rinku Singh has also not fired consistently. 

In order to make it to the playoffs and go forward in the season, KKR need to find their best XI and stick with it. 

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“A lot of chopping and changing is happening, it’s been difficult to set up the right combination, with all injuries not helping as well. We need to stick together, play some fearless cricket, not be conservative with the bat. Five more matches remaining, we need to play well, show belief and give something back to the team and the management, forget about the past, start fresh and back your instinct,” skipper Shreyas Iyer said after the last game.

Rajasthan Royals on the other hand come to this game after losing against the Mumbai Indians. 

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Teams (from): Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Aaron Finch, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Indrajith, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Aman Khan, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammed Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson.

Rajasthan Royals squad for 2022 IPL: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell.

Match starts 7.30 IST.