MATCH NO – 70th MATCHÂ Â Â Â
SERIES – Indian Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 19th May, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Barsapara Stadium, Guwahati
INTRODUCTION
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, contested during the months of March and May every year. It was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007 and is considered one of the most prestigious and popular cricket leagues in the world.
The IPL features franchise teams representing different cities and regions of India. Each team is composed of a mix of domestic and international cricketers, and they compete in a round-robin group stage followed by knockout playoffs to determine the champion. The league has seen significant growth in terms of viewership, sponsorship, and revenue since its inception.
Apart from its cricketing significance, the IPL has also become a cultural phenomenon, attracting celebrities, business tycoons, and fans from all walks of life. It has revolutionised the sport by introducing innovative concepts like player auctions, strategic timeouts, and cheerleaders, which have added to its entertainment value.
However, the IPL has also faced controversies over the years, including allegations of match-fixing, corruption, and conflicts of interest. Despite these challenges, the league continues to thrive and remains a major event in the global cricket calendar, showcasing top talent and providing a platform for emerging players to shine.
Indian Premier League 2024 has started from 22nd March.70th match of Indian Premier League will be played between one of the most popular teams of IPL and two times trophy winner Kolkata Knight Riders & One of the most popular teams and one time winner Rajasthan Royals.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 70th match played between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season Rajasthan Royals team won 8 matches and lost 5 out of 13 matches and second position in the points table.Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders team have won 9 matches and lost 3 out of 13 matches and table topper in Point table.
Last time when both teams Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders played between each other, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 223 runs and Rajasthan Royals chased this massive total of 223 runs and Rajasthan Royals won the match by 6 wickets.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders.
PITCH REPORT
The Barsapara Cricket Stadium, also known as the Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in Guwahati, Assam, India.
The Barsapara Stadium pitch is dry and hard with no grass, making it ideal for batting first. In recent T20I, ODI, and IPL matches, we’ve seen high scores on the board in the first innings. The pitch provides balanced help to both bowlers and batsmen. Fast bowlers can find some assistance early on, while spinners come into play as the match progresses. Batting first is the preferred choice here.The outfield is good, and well-timed shots can reach the boundary quickly. Dew can affect the outfield during night matches.
- 1. Short Boundaries: One notable characteristic of Barsapara Stadium is its relatively Short boundaries, especially square of the wicket. This makes it easy for batsmen to clear the ropes and score boundaries, leading to high-scoring contests.
- 2. Weather Conditions: Weather conditions in Delhi experience extreme weather conditions, with hot summers and cold winters.
Overall, Barsapara Stadium is known for producing entertaining and average-scoring matches, with something in it for both batsmen and bowlers. It’s a venue where fans can expect exciting cricketing action, particularly in limited-overs formats like T20 and One-Day Internationals.
GROUND STATS (IPL) Â
| Â Â TOTAL MATCH | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 03 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 190+ |
| Â BATTING 1ST WON | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 02 |
| Â Â BATTING 2ND WON | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 01 |
| Â Â Â Â Â NO RESULT | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 00 |
 SCORING PATTERN
| Â Â Â BELOW SCORE 150 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 01 |
| Â Â BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 00 |
| Â Â BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 00 |
| Â Â Â ABOVE SCORE 190Â | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 02 |
BOWLERS STATS ON BARSAPARA STADIUM (IPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 03
PACER WICKETS – 24
SPINNER WICKETS – 12.
RR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWSÂ Â
- Rajasthan Royals team performed really well in this season. They have won 8 matches and lost 5 matches out of 13 and are in second position in the points table.
- Last match played between Rajasthan Royals & Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals successfully chased a massive record total of 223 runs and won the match by 6 wickets.Â
- Riyan Parag has scored 531 runs in 12 innings with a 59+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.Â
- Sanju Samson has scored 504 runs in 13 innings with a 56+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Jos Buttler will not play in this match due to the T20 world cup preparation..
- Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 348 runs in 13 innings with a help of 1 century in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Trent Boult has taken 12 wickets in 13 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Avesh Khan has taken 13 wickets in 13 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Nandre Burger has taken 7 wickets in 5 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 17 wickets in 13 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Rajasthan Royals team failed to defend a low score of 144 runs and lost the match by 5 wickets against Punjab Kings.
- Cadmore & Sanju Samson scored 18-18 runs and Riyan Parag scored 48 runs and Ravi Ahwin scored 28 runs in the previous match against Punjab Kings.
- Avesh Khan and Yuzi Chahal took 2-2 wickets each & Trent Boult took 1 wicket in the previous match against Punjab Kings.  Â
- Both teams played 28 matches and Rajasthan Royals won 14 matches and lost 14 matches against Kolkata Knight Riders.
SQUADS
Batting – Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson ©, (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Donavan Ferreira (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (wk), Shubman Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaislwal, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore.Â
Bowling – Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Abid Mustaq.
All Rounder – Riyan Parag, Ravi Ashwin, Tabus Kotian.Â
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler Cadmore, Sanju Samson © (wk), Riyan Parag, Donavan Ferreria Rovman Powell, Ravi Ahswin, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma.  Â
Substitutes -: Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, Kuldeep Sen, Shubam Dubey.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 4r, 24r, 4r, 67r, 24r. |
| Tom Kohler Cadmore | 18r, 18r, 24r, 9r, 33r. |
| Sanju Samson | 18r, 15r, 86r, 0r, 71r. |
| Riyan Parag | 48r, 47r, 27r, 77r, 14r. |
| Donavan Ferreria | 7r, 1r, 3r, 23r, 24r. |
| Rovman Powell | 4r, 13r, 27r, 26r, 11r. |
| Dhruv Jurel | 0r, 28r, 1r, 52r, 2r. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 28+0W, 2W, 3W, 0W, 1W. |
| Trent Boult | 1W, 0W, 1W,0W, 1W. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 2W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Avesh Khan | 2W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
 PLAYERS STATS ON BARSAPARA STADIUM (IPL)      Â
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 3 INNINGS – 75 RUNS. |
| Tom KohlerCadmore | 1 INNING – 18 RUNS. |
| Sanju Samson | 3 INNINGS – 60 RUNS. |
| Riyan Parag | 3 INNINGS – 75 RUNS. |
| Donavan Ferreria | 1 INNING – 7 RUNS. |
| Rovman Powell | 2 INNINGS – 6 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Dhruv Jurel | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 3 INNINGS – 28 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Trent Boult | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Avesh Khan | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS KKR |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 19r, 98r, 0r, 22r. |
| Tom KohlerCadmore | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sanju Samson | 12r, 48r, 54r, 38r, 1r. |
| Riyan Parag | 34r, 19r, 5r, 0r, 1r. |
| Donavan Ferreria | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rovman Powell | 26r, 33r, 8r. |
| Dhruv Jurel | 2r. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
| Trent Boult | 1W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 1W, 4W, 0W, 5W, 2W. |
| Avesh Khan | 2W, 0W, 3W, 1W, 3W. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 1W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS KKR |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 4 INNINGS – 139 RUNS. |
| Tom KohlerCadmore | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sanju Samson | 20 INNINGS – 529 RUNS. |
| Riyan Parag | 6 INNINGS – 106 RUNS. |
| Donavan Ferreria | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rovman Powell | 3 INNINGS – 67 RUNS. |
| Dhruv Jurel | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 26 INNINGS – 104 RUNS – 24 WICKETS. |
| Trent Boult | 10 INNINGS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 22 INNINGS – 29 WICKETS. |
| Avesh Khan | 7 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 14 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
KKR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS Â Â Â Â Â
- Kolkata Knight Riders team performed well in this season and won 9 matches and lost 3 out of 13 matches and first position in the points table.
- Last match played between Kolkata Knight Riders & Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders failed to defend a massive total of 223 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets.
- Philip Salt has scored 435 runs in 12 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Andre Russell has scored 217 runs and also taken 15 wickets in 12 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Sunil Narine has scored 461 runs with a help of 1 century & 4 half centuries and also taken 15 wickets in 12 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Harshit Rana has taken 16 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Mitchell Starc has taken 12 wickets in 11 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Varun Chakravarthy has taken 18 wickets in 12 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Kolkata Knight Rider team successfully defended the total of 158 runs and won the match by 18 runs against Mumbai Indians.
- Venkatesh Iyer Scored 42 runs, Nitish Rana 33 runs, Andre Russelk scored 24 runs & Ramandeep Singh 17 runs in 5 balls the previous match against Mumbai Indians.
- Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell & Harshita Rana took 2-2 wickets each and Sunil Narine took 1 wicket each in the previous match against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Both teams played 03 matches and Kolkata Knight Riders team won only 1 match and lost 2 matches against Gujarat Titans.
SQUADS
Batting – Philip Slat (wk), Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer ©, Nitish Rana, Sakib Hussain, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Srikar Bharat (wk).
Bowling – Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Chetan Sakaraia, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera.
All Rounder – Sherfane Rutherford, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Angkridh Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer ©, Manish Pandey, Ramndeep Singh, Rinku SIngh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Substitutes – : Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Â
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 6r, 3r, 0r, 51r, 121r. |
| Sunil Narine | 81+!W, 8+2W, 15+1W, 71+1W, 10+2W. |
| Nitish Rana | 33r, 9r, 20r, 54r, 21r. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 1r, 70r, 26r, 39r, 16r. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 23r, 6r, 33r, 28r, 50r. |
| Ramandeep Singh | 25r, 2r, 6r, 24r, 1r. |
| Rinku Singh | 16r, 9r, 11r, 5r, 24r. |
| Andre Rsusell | 12+2W, 7+2W, 0W, 24+0W, 27+3W. |
| Mitchell Starc | 1W, 4W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 3W, 2W, 3W, 0W, 1W. |
| Harshit Rana | 3W, 2W, 0W, 2W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON BARSAPARA STADIUM (IPL)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sunil Narine | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nitish Rana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Shreyas Iyer | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ramandeep Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rinku Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Andre Russell | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Mitchell Starc | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Vaibhav Arora | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Harshit Rana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS RR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS RR |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 18r. |
| Sunil Narine | 109+2W, 6+0W, 0W, 2W, 0W. |
| Nitish Rana | 22r, 48r, 18r, 12r, 22r. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 8r, 57r, 6r, 38r. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 11r, 34r, 85r, 43r, 53r. |
| Ramandeep Singh | 1r. |
| Rinku Singh | 20r, 16r, 42r, 3r. |
| Andre Russell | 13+0W, 10r, 1W, 9r, 25r. |
| Mitchell Starc | 0W, 1W, 3W, 0W, 18+2W. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 1W. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
| Harshit Rana | 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS RR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS RR |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 1 INNING – 18 RUNS. |
| Sunil Narine | 19 INNINGS – 257 RUNS – 14 WICKETS. |
| Nitish Rana | 11 INNINGS – 224 RUNS. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 4 INNINGS – 109 RUNS. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 11 INNINGS – 366 RUNS. |
| Ramandeep Singh | 1 INNING -1Â RUN. |
| Rinku Singh | 4 INNINGS – 81 RUNS. |
| Andre Russell  | 12 INNINGS – 200 RUNS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Mitchell Starc | 5 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 7 INNINGS – 9 WICKET. |
| Harshit Rana | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDSÂ Â
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 28
- KKR WIN – 14
- RR WIN – 14
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FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – S. Samson.
BATSMEN – S. Iyer, V. Iyer, Y. Jaiswal.
ALL-ROUNDERS – R. Parag, S. Narine, A. Russell.
BOWLERS – Y. Chahal, M. Starc, V. Chakravarthy, H. Rana.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – S. Samson, R. Gurbaz.
BATSMEN – S. Iyer, V. Iyer, Y. Jaiswal.
ALL-ROUNDERS – R. Parag, S. Narine, A. Russell.
BOWLERS – Y. Chahal, V. Chakravarthy, T. Boult.
BACK-UPS – R. Ashwin, A. Khan, S. Sharma.          Â
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) –Â S. Narine, R. Parag.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – S. Samson, A. Russell. Â
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –Â
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
