Indian T20 League 2019: Match 21, Rajasthan vs Kolkata – Dream 11 and Dotball Prediction

Rajasthan have found ways to flounder from good positions and, as a result, are currently languishing at the 7th spot on the table with only 1 win from 4 games. The bright spot, from their perspective, is that they claimed a comfortable 7-wicket win over Bangalore in their last game which must have boosted their morale. They will now face a daunting task of playing against Kolkata who are in red-hot form and coming off a magical win conjured by Andre Russell. Can Rajasthan break Kolkata’s juggernaut? We will see.

Sitting down to pick a fantasy team? It will be witless to not have Russell in your team. 207 off 77 balls so far in the tournament is stuff which most people can only achieve in console gaming. Because of him foxing the best in the business in the previous game, Shreyas Gopal could yet again prove to be the dark horse.

Injury Updates: No injury concerns in either camps.

Likely XIs

Rajasthan:

Wicket-keeper: Jos Buttler

Batsmen: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Sanju Samson/Stuart Binny, Steve Smith, Rahul Tripathi

All-Rounders: Ben Stokes, Krishnappa Gowtham

Bowlers: Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron, Jofra Archer

Kolkata:

Wicket-keeper: Dinesh Karthik (C)

Batsmen: Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill

All-Rounders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla

Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

Dotball Prediction:

Dotball team for Head to Head/Small Contests:

Wicket Keeper: Jos Buttler

Batsmen: Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Sanju Samson

All-Rounders: Andre Russell (C), Ben Stokes

Bowlers: Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Gopal (VC)

Captain and Vice-captain choices:

Look no further ahead than Andre Russell for your squad’s captain. He has clobbered bowlers for fun this season and looks in no mood to fizzle away. A strike rate of 268.83 after facing 77 balls in the tournament is unprecedented. Gopal has shown his wicket-taking ability when he deceived both Kohli and de Villiers in the last game. He will, however, have his work cut out if he is asked to ball against Russell. An economy rate of 7.09 and an average of 16.53 after 39 T20s suggests that Gopal certainly has the ammunition.

Fantasy Tips

Jofra Archer has impressed with his allrounders ability and can be a handy option at the death for Rahane. Meanwhile, Kuldeep showed shades of his own self and made the going tough for RCB during the latter half of the innings. He will enjoy bowling at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Dotball Team for Grand/Mega Leagues:

Wicket-Keeper: Dinesh Karthik

Batsmen: Robin Uthappa (VC), Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane

All-Rounders: Sunil Narine (C), Andre Russell

Bowlers: Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Lockie Ferguson, Piyush Chawla, Jaydev Unadkat

Captain and Vice-captain choices:

Narine bowled his full quota of overs for the first time this season and seems to be getting in the groove. His lusty blows at the top of the order is a bonus. Uthappa, like Narine, got some confidence under his belt with a steady 33 in the previous game. An average of almost 30 and with more than 6,000 runs in his kitty suggests that he is due for a big knock.

Dream 11 Prediction

Suggested Playing XI No. 1 for Head to Head/ Small Leagues:

Keeper – Jos Buttler (C)

Batsmen – Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson

All-Rounders – Andre Russell (VC), Ben Stokes

Bowlers – Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer.

Jos Buttler put the disappointment of the mankad controversy behind him with a fine knock of 59. His outstanding record at Jaipur will only give him more confidence.

Suggested Playing XI No. 2 for Grand/Mega Leagues:

Keeper – Jos Buttler

Batsmen – Robin Uthappa (C), Chris Lynn, Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Steve Smith

All-Rounders – Sunil Narine, Andre Russell

Bowlers – Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shreyas Gopal.

Steve Smith has had enough sighters and looks likely to play a big hand for Rajasthan. In a line-up full of fierce strikers, Uthappa could play the anchors role expertly.

Play Dotball Fantasy for this T20 season and stand a chance to win big!