CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments As today is the weekend so there will be two back to back m Matches in IPL 2016 ,first one will be RCB vs GL and the second one KKR vs RPS which will be another grand battle of the Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders will be taking on Rising Pune Supergiants at Edens Garden today on 14th May 2016. The match will start at 8:00 pm and the toss at 7:30. The playing XI of the match is predicted here which will be confirmed at the toss. This match will be very important for the Kolkata Knight Riders as this win almost confirm their position in the Play-offs where Rising Pune Supergiants already out of the tournament. So in this article we will give you all phases, performance of each time and also the KKR vs RPS Match prediction with all the possibilities.
Teams Performance in IPL 2016 :-
Rising Pune Supergiants : This is the first season for them as they have included into the tournament in place of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings who were banned due to fixing allegations in 2013 season by supreme court. RPS has started the tournament with a win in which they have defeated defending champions Mumbai Indians but from there downfall in the performance of team started. Due to the injuries some of their main players ruled out of the tournament which is one of the main cause for such performance into the IPL 9. They have played 11 matches so far and only on 3 occasions they manage to win the match. With 6 points they are on the last spot in the points table. From last few matches they have lost the game with a very narrow difference and who can forget when SRH defeated RPS by only four runs. So now team looking good, the batting and bowling combination is quite balanced. But four important players, Kevin Pietersen, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis and Mitchell Marsh are not with them because of the injuries which can be feel in the performance of the team. Usman Khawaja and George Bailey are the new members of the team which are signed as the replacement of injured players, but none of them performed well in the last 2 matches they have played in the tournament.
In the batting department Ajinkya Rahane is the top run scorer among the other batman of the team, scored 417 runs in 11 innings with 6 fifties. He is at no. 4th in the list of leading run scorer of IPL 2016. He is having most fifties in the tournament too. So team is pretty much dependent on him and yes he is delivering too, scoring good runs for the team. But since Faf du Plessis is not there with him to open, the opening pair not giving good start to the team. Hope in the upcoming match Khawaja will score runs for which he is famous. Saurabh Tiwari is also performing from last few matches. In the slog overs Thisara Perera is also handy and can hit big sixes for which he is known. MS Dhoni is also not seen that effective in the tournament which he is used to in the previous season. The new spin attack provided the strength to the bowling department. Yes we are talking about the Adam Zampa who has taken 6 wickets in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad but unfortunately RPS lost the match by 4 runs. Perera, Rajat Bhatia, RP Singh there in the pace attack who have ability to provide early breakthroughs. In the spin attack one of the best bowler of T20 cricket Ravichandran Ashwin holding the hands with Zampa. So If we look on both department then there is no big name in the squad but can win the match if all the players contribute their individual performance. RPS is already out of the tournament, they have nothing to lose from here but some good wins will boost the confidence of the players and the fans will love to watch their team winning again in the Indian Premier league.
Kolkata Knight Riders :- One of the strong contender of IPL 2016 title KKR is all ready to win the upcoming KKR vs RPS match. They have wonderful season so far. They have played 10 matches out of which 6 wins in their bag and with 12 points is on 4th position in the points table. If they will win this match against RPS with a good difference then they also have a chance to top the table with 14 points. Now Sunrisers Hyderabad is on the top with 14 points same as of Gujarat Lions but due to less net run rate they are on 2nd spot. They have started the tournament with a win against Delhi Daredevils and from there played a very good cricket in the tournament. There are few occasions on which the performance of the team not up to the mark where they taste the defeat. But overall a good side and a strong contender of the title.
They have not so many big names in their squad but they know how to win matches. The opening pair of KKR is one of the best among the other 7 teams of IPL 2016. Robin Uthappa and Gautam Gambhir are giving their team a good start and on 90% occasion they won the match if they score 60+ runs together for the 1st wicket. One of the best thing in their batting department is that every player contribute themselves and add some runs into the team totals. We have seen Andre Russell who can hit big hits. The hero of first season of IPL, Yusuf Pathan who recently scored a very quick fifty and bring his team to the victory. Gautam Gambhir is the leading run scorer from KKR side, scored 398 runs in 10 innings. So the batting department is quite good and scoring runs for the team.
If we look onto the bowling department, Umesh Yadav, Andre Russell, Morne Morkel holding the pace attack and are very effective so far. Russell have taken 14 wickets in 10 matches and is recently awarded with the purple cap but now the cap is given to Mitchell McClenaghan who has 17 wickets in his bag. In the spin attack Brad Hogg one of the most experience player who is still playing cricket, Sunil Narine the one who is known for his brilliant deliveries and his economy, Shakib Al Hasan the Bangladeshi spinner who is also popular for his batting. So the squad is fully equipped with good bowlers, good batsman and all rounders like Russell, Yusuf, Shakib. The upcoming Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rising Pune Supergiants match will be full entertaining match for sure and at eden Garden it will be houseful.
Earlier Encounter :-
As this is the first season for Rising Pune Supergiants there is no previous season matches between KKR and RPS. But in IPL 2016 they have played one match in which Kolkata won the match by just 2 wickets. That was a nail-biting game. So now Rising Pune Supergiants have the chance to make it 1-1 and clear all the accounts with Kolkata.
Toss :-
The team which will win the toss in the match will have extra advantage. As we can see the trend in IPL 2016 the team batting second are winning matches. So in the upcoming KKR vs RPS match we will see the team which will win the toss will go for field first.
If we have to Predict Toss of Kolkata vs Pune match then MS dhoni will win the toss and go for bowl first.
Key Players of the Match:-
Here are the Key players of both the teams which can change the game at any moment:-
KKR Key players :-
- Gautam Gambhir
- Robin Uthappa
- Andre Russell
- Sunil Narine
- Yusuf Pathan
RPS Key Players :-
- MS Dhoni
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Thisara Perera
- Adam Zampa
- Usman Khawaja
KKR vs RPS Prediction : Who will Win :-
This is one of the most important asked question before the match, who will win and fans start to predict the match result. So in today’s match which team will win the match Kolkata or Pune. If we have to predict the winner of the match, according to the performance of both the team it looks KKR will win the match but anything can happen in the game of cricket specially in IPL 2016 and its MS Dhoni who is known for his miracles. So any thing can happen today and only time will tell you which team will win in Kolkata vs Pune match.
Our Prediction: KKR will win the match
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