IPL 2021: Aakash Chopra picks his ideal playing XIs for KKR vs RR match

The KKR side beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) side with 6 wickets to spare in their previous match, while the RR side was hammered by 8 wickets by the Mumbai Indians (MI) outfit.

By R Sai Siddhharth

Updated - 07 Oct 2021, 11:55 IST

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will battle it out with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 54th Match of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This will be the last league stage match for both sides in the tournament.

And, cricketer-turned-expert Aakash Chopra has picked his ideal playing XIs of both sides for this match. Chopra has opined that pace will do the job in Sharjah as compared to spin.

Chopra reckons that Eoin Morgan’s poor performance is also a concern for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) side. The 43-year-old did not suggest any particular change to the KKR playing XI for this match.

Aakash Chopra picks his ideal RR playing XI for their clash against KKR

Aakash Chopra stated that he does not exactly know which of the RR players will make it to the playing XI for their final league match of the tournament. Chopra feels that RR can recall the likes of Kartik Tyagi, Akash Singh, Mayank Markhande as well as Jaydev Unadkat as well.

Chopra added that apart from Evin Lewis, none of RR’s overseas recruits have performed well with the willow in hand. Again, Chopra did not mention any particular change that the RR side should make for the clash against KKR.

The KKR side is occupying the 4th spot in the points table, and has won 6 out of the 13 matches that it has played in the tournament. The RR side is languishing at the 7th spot, having emerged victorious in 5 out of their 13 rubbers.

The KKR side beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) side with 6 wickets to spare in their previous match, while the RR side was hammered by 8 wickets by the Mumbai Indians (MI) outfit.

Aakash Chopra’s Predicted KKR Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi

Aakash Chopra’s Predicted RR Playing XI: Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson ( c and wk), Shivam Dube, Glenn Phillips, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman

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