Guilty of making too many changes at the top, Kolkata Knight Riders would like to find a winning combination against Rajasthan Royals and snap their five-match losing streak in the IPL 2022 match on Monday (May 2). The form of Venkatesh Iyer, who is experiencing second season blues, has a lot to do with the changes KKR have been forced to make regularly at the top of the order.


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Venkatesh’s performances have been underwhelming to say the least after a season that helped him get into the Indian team. After his struggles at the top, the team tried him in the middle-order but that too did not work.


Making the play-offs from here looks improbable for KKR who desperately need to find their best XI and stick with it for the remainder of the competition. Shreyas has had a decent run as a batter with 290 runs at 36.25 but he has not got enough support from his teammates. In his first season as KKR captain, Shreyas has shown promise but needs to inspire his troops to script a turnaround.


Rajasthan rely a lot on Buttler and his 566 runs at 70.75 are a big reason why they find themselves in the top-four. As the Englishman can’t be expected to fire in every game, skipper Sanju Samson needs to step up and be more consistent. They are arguably the best bowling side in the competition but could not defend 159 in their previous game against Mumbai Indians due to heavy dew.


Match Details


Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, Match No. 47


Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


Date & Time: May 2nd at 7:30 PM IST


Live Streaming: Star Sports Network, Star Gold and Disney+Hotstar


KKR vs RR Dream 11 Prediction


Wicketkeeper: Jos Buttler


Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shimron Hetmyer, Rinku Singh


All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin, Sunil Narine


Bowlers: Umesh Yadav, Pat Cummins, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna


Captain: Jos Buttler


Vice-Captain: Shreyas Iyer


KKR vs RR Probable Playing XI


Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana


Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Daryl Mitchell, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen