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Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Preview & Tips
- Tata Indian Premier League 17
- Tuesday April 16, 2024, 3pm UK
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
This is a clash between the top two teams in the current IPL table; Rajasthan top with five wins from six games, 10 points, and Kolkata on eight points having won four from five.
There’s a theory to suggest that the pressure is off these two teams to a degree having made such good starts. But they can certainly lay down a marker in a clash which could well be repeated at the thick end of the tournament in a month or so.
Kolkata have won some impressive matches, including posting 272-7 in beating Delhi Capitals earlier this month. They also cruised by a good Lucknow team the other day, chasing 162 inside 16 overs.
But the problem they’ve got here is that they’re coming up against a Rajasthan team who just seem to be finding a way to win at present.
The majority of their wins have come with significant comfort. However, on Saturday against Punjab Kings, they were really tested when missing some key players - Jos Buttler for one.
They needed to hit 10 off the last over with only three wickets in hand chasing 148 to win. And they did it.
I won’t be going against the team I’ve always thought would win the title, and Rajasthan are 1/1 to win this fixture with bet365 amongst a host of firms. It does surprise me somewhat that the Royals are the marginal outsiders for this one.
Power to burn for both sides could produce runs
As aforementioned, Kolkata have already posted 272-7 in this tournament, and the only match at their Eden Gardens home, during the opening weekend last month, saw 200 plus play 200 plus. They snuck past Sunrisers Hyderabad in that one.
Without doing anything outlandish, Rajasthan have been strong with the bat too.
I’d be surprised to see a low-scoring affair in this one.
Both teams to score 180 plus totals at 11/8 with Ladbrokes has definite appeal, as does betfair’s 11/4 on a Rajasthan win and both teams to post 180 plus totals.
Keep your Iyers peeled for Shreyas!
Look at Kolkata captain Shreyas Iyer’s recent form, and the best way to describe it is ‘bubbling under’. He’s been consistent across all formats, including Test cricket with India, without really making that big score.
In five IPL matches, he’s posted three scores in the thirties, including 34 and 38 not out in his last two outings from number four in the order.
I think he’s due a big score, and Ladbrokes’ boosted 9/2 on him to score a fifty is a juicy to say the least.
Salt bet-builder comes in at a tasty price
England wicketkeeper-batter Phil Salt is having a good tournament for Kolkata, with two fifties in five matches at the top of the order.
He’s got the gloves for KKR, he hit 89 not out last time out, and I’d like to take a low stakes approach with betfair’s 6/1 on him to hit a six, take a catch and take a stumping against Rajasthan.
Phil Salt to hit a six, take a catch and complete a stumping
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
2024 Indian Premier League Preview & Tips
- Tata Indian Premier League 17
- Friday March 22 - Sunday May 26, 2024
- 10 venues; Ahmedabad to Vizag
Well, I’m certainly hoping to do better in this season’s IPL regarding team success than I did last.
I picked up a couple of decent priced successes on individual player successes; Shubman Gill to be the competition’s leading run-scorer and Rashid Khan to take over 20 wickets.
But I tipped Chennai to finish bottom of the pile, and the cheeky so and so’s only went and won it!
Having taken a close look at the squads for this year’s competition, which directly precedes the T20 World Cup in June, two stand out to me. They are Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Rajasthan are stacked with the bat. Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, captain Sanju Samson, Donovan Ferreira and Rovman Powell to name a few. Bowling wise, they have Ravi Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal and Adam Zampa. It will definitely be a case of spin it to win it as far as they’re concerned.
For Bangalore, they have batting firepower in Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green. With the ball, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley and Tom Curran will be key to their hopes of a maiden title.
Let’s face it, Bangalore, with all the stars they have had down the years, are long overdue a title. But I think it could be Rajasthan’s year again. They won the inaugural IPL title in 2008 and are a best price of 17/2 with bet365 to claim a second success. That’s a price I would be taking.
A right Royal year
One thing I would say is that I would urge a bit of caution and wouldn’t go particularly large with any pre-tournament bets on team success.
I would be a touch concerned that things could change quickly this year given just how close this event is to June’s T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and the USA.
It wouldn’t be a surprise at all to see some countries pull their top stars out as the tournament goes on to manage workloads. That would lead me to only put small stakes on a tournament winner at this stage and then see how things develop over the next month or so.
But I do like a pair of similar prices on success for Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Even with a couple of absentees late on, I expect them to do well.
BetMGM have Rajasthan at 6/4 to finish in the top four in the 10-team league.
Bangalore are also 6/4 with BetMGM to finish in the top four, thus qualifying to play finals cricket.
I also like Rajasthan at 4/1 with bet365 to reach this year’s final, something they did back in 2022 before a fifth-placed finish in the 2023 edition.
Gill & Jaiswal’s fine form to continue as we take a look at top tournament batters
I just love watching Shubman Gill bat, either for India or for Gujarat Titans.
He hit an IPL tournament-high 890 runs in 17 matches at an average of 59.33 this time last year, and over the last two months against England he hit 452 runs in five Tests at 56.5.
He is 1/1 with Betway to be the Titans’ leading run-scorer once more.
I’ll come back to him later, but first, Yashasvi Jaiswal was outstanding against England in the recent Test Matches - almost a coming of age series with 712 runs to his name in five appearances.
And if Rajasthan are to have a good tournament, you would expect that kind of form will continue for the left-hander.
He had a good IPL last year with 625, and was more than 200 runs better off than any team-mate, including Jos Buttler, and I think he’ll achieve the same feat this year. So I would be taking Betway’s 7/4 on him to be Rajasthan’s top tournament batter.
This IPL takes on extra significance given its proximity to June’s T20 World Cup, and Mumbai and India captain Rohit Sharma will be desperate for a good campaign. And he’s due one.
Of his 43 scores of 50 or more in IPL history, only three of them have come since the start of the 2021 campaign. But he was decent in the Tests against England with two series centuries, and I’d be happy to take bet365′s 11/5 on him to be top of the shops runs wise for Mumbai Indians.
I’d also be siding with Mitch Marsh to be Delhi Capitals’ top run-scorer at 4/1 with bet365. There is an all-Australian management team at the Capitals in coach Ricky Ponting and captain David Warner, so there’s a good chance he will be batting in the top three like he does for his country.
If so, I’d expect him to better the likes of Warner, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant.
Devdutt Padikkal is another who I can see being a team tournament run-scorer, this time for Lucknow Super Giants.
In his last 10 matches since late November - admittedly not T20s - across one-day and first-class cricket, the left-hander has posted scores of 93*, 114, 193, 103, 105, 65, 151 and 65.
He moves from Rajasthan Royals to Lucknow for 2024 in prime form, and thus 5/1 with Betway looks serious value.
Siraj to Mo them down
Bangalore and India seamer Mohammed Siraj is my man to be the leading wicket-taker in the tournament.
He claimed a useful 19 wickets in 14 matches for RCB last season, and I expect him to better that. He is 2/1 with Betway to be their leading tournament wicket-taker.
There aren’t actually too many others who stand out for me across the rest of the teams, so I’ll stick with him.
Gill will after encouraging Test series
After last year’s heroics for Gujarat Titans and his recent performances for India in the Test series victory over England, I don’t see any reason why we should go against magical opener Shubman Gill to be the top tournament run-scorer.
He is 10/1 with PaddyPower to be the top tournament run-scorer, a price I would be taking for him to go back-to-back in this market.
And going back to Siraj to finish things off, I would be taking the 12/1 on offer with Betway on him to be the leading wicket-taker in the tournament.
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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After Monday’s run-fest, we have another mouthwatering fixture on Tuesday as the league’s top two Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals go head-to-head at Eden Gardens.
The Royals are currently top of the table with five wins and one defeat in their six matches, while KKR also only have one defeat against their name.
Paddy Power are focusing on two openers in today’s Power Prices, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Phil Salt the two men in the spotlight.
This year’s IPL probably hasn’t taken off quite how Jaiswal would have expected it to, with scores of 39, 24, 0, 10, 5 and 24 so far, and what should have been a position of strength alongside Jos Buttler at the top of the order hasn’t proved to be so.
He is boosted to 11/4 to top score for the Royals, but with Buttler already notching a century and Sanju Samson and Riyan Parag in peak form it looks as though he has too much competition for this to be a banker, but it must be said that he is due a score.
Salt meanwhile has been at the top of his game with 191 runs at 47.75 so far, including two fifties and an unbeaten 89 in the last game. He has clearly been KKR’s leading batter so a price of 7/2 for him to top score again is very tempting, though he faces the challenge of Trent Boult with the new ball.
Yashasvi Jaiswal to be the clear Top Rajasthan Royals Runscorer
IPL Power Price - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Phil Salt to be the clear Top Kolkata Knight Riders Runscorer
IPL Power Price - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
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