Indian T20 League 2024: Kolkata vs Rajasthan, Match 31 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Kolkata (KOL) will host Rajasthan (RAJ) in the 31st match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Tuesday, April 16, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This will be a battle of the table toppers as the two teams are placed next to each other in first and second places.

Rajasthan have won five out of five matches, while Kolkata have won four out of five. Kolkata defeated Lucknow in their previous match by eight wickets. Rajasthan won their last game against Punjab by three wickets. 

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KOL vs RAJ Head-to-Head Record: 

Kolkata and Rajasthan have faced each other on 27 occasions in the Indian T20 League so far. Rajasthan have won 13 out of these 27 matches, while Kolkata have been victorious in 14 games. Rajasthan have won three out of the last five matches against Kolkata. Kolkata have defeated Rajasthan in seven out of 10 matches at the Eden Gardens; however, their last win came during the 2018 edition of the tournament. Rajasthan have won the last two matches at the Eden Gardens against Kolkata.

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Kolkata vs Rajasthan, Match 31: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

KOL vs RAJ Probable Playing XIs

Kolkata:

Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy 

Rajasthan:

Jonny Bairstow, Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada 

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Eden Gardens Pitch Report 

The Eden Gardens is expected to produce a high-scoring game once again. The average first innings total at this venue in the last 10 T20 matches has been 191 runs. The teams batting first and second have won an equal number of these matches. The team winning the toss here might look to chase. 

KOL vs RAJ Key Player Battles

Riyan Parag vs Kolkata’s bowlers 

Parag has been the best batter for Rajasthan this season. He has amassed a total of 284 runs in six games at an average of 71 and a strike rate of 155.19. Parag has scored 72 runs against Kolkata in five matches at a strike rate of 122. 

Jos Buttler vs Kolkata’s bowlers 

Buttler has scored 267 runs in 12 matches against Kolkata at a strike rate of 138.6, including one century. He has a batting average of 48 against Mitchell Starc. Buttler has made 44 runs off 33 deliveries against Sunil Narine. 

Andre Russell vs Rajasthan

Russell has made 187 runs at a strike rate of 161.2 against Rajasthan in 11 matches. With the ball, Russell has picked seven wickets at an average of 26.6. He has a batting strike rate of 200 against Trent Boult. He has made 20 runs off 11 deliveries against Yuzvendra Chahal and 22 runs off 15 deliveries against Avesh Khan. 

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Sunil Narine vs Rajasthan 

Narine has picked 12 wickets in 18 matches against Rajasthan at an economy of 7.11. He has scored 148 runs at a strike rate of 149.5. Narine has a batting strike rate of 266 against Ravichandran Ashwin.