Monday, April 8, 2013

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals (KKR vs RR ) Live Score & Match Updates- Match 8

Posted: 07 Apr 2013 05:51 PM PDT

Clinching win at the inaugural match Kolkata Knight Riders  are on a full rock on in this IPL season. The last year's IPL winners are an easy go for  any of the teams that are going to compete with them in this IPL season. On the other hand Rajasthan Royals is a team that is continuously struggling for a  higher ranking after since after first IPL season.

Will the struggling Royals team squad be able to handle the furious Knight Riders will be seen when the teas will be fighting at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Monday 8th April 2013.RR vs kkr

Rajasthan Royals

Soon after Shane Warne left the captaincy of  Rajasthan Royals after the first IPL season  the team ranking is continuously falling down. RR which settled for 7th position just above Hyderabad and Pune in the last year's IPL ranking  will be looking forward for a better score and rank this season.

Team lead by the Wall, Rahul Dravid needs a little more than  just luck to be in the winners list. Ajinkya Rahane  who scored 560 runs in the last years IPL score including a ton is an asset for the team. Shane Watson & Brad Hodge are the names that support the middle order of Rajasthan Royals. Ashok Menaria (under 19 skipper), James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper are also included in the team list.

Newbie Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson and Stuart Binny will be accompanied by ballers like Ajit Chandila and Brad Hogg. Harmeet Singh (U-19 baller) and S Sreesanth also included in the team list.

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR is no underdog team and as a matter of fact this last year's winner team is not an easy one to handle. In the curtain raiser match of IPL 6 they have shown their potential with their magical spinner Sunil Narine, wrapping up the Daredevils for 128, within 18.4 overs.

With a balanced team of players like Eoin Morgan, Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia and Brett Lee leading the team towards victory. Kolkata Knight Riders will be easily giving competitors a tough time. The team finally roared as winner smashing Delhi by 6 wickets on the grounds of Eden Gardens, Kolkata at  the inaugural match of IPL 6.

Probable Team Squad:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Eoin Morgan, Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Rajasthan Royals: R Dravid(c), S Watson, A Rahane, B Hodge, K Cooper (or) J Faulkner, S Samson (or) S Baby, A Menaria, D Yagnik (or) S Goswami (keepers), S Sreesanth, B Hogg (or) S Tait, S Trivedi.

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