RR vs KKR : Knight Riders need to keep ‘headlights’ on

Already confident Rajasthan Royals are boosted with the return of their star all rounder Shane Watson who has just created a new record of 15 sixes and 15 fours in the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh. Royals who were considered as the underdogs in the beginning of the tournament have now earned their share of respect after winning both of their games till now, on the other hand, SRKs Knight Riders are also coming in this game with a win against the Deccan Chargers.

If Shane Watson of Australia is going to strengthen the batting of Rajasthan Royals, then Brett Lee would be strengthen the bowling of Kolkata Knight Riders which would make it a very interesting contest.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and elected to field as Gambhir is of the view that the cracks in the pitch would remain the same and would give the Riders an equal opportunity to score the runs at a pace according to the target laid by Royals.

Playing XI of both teams :

Rajasthan Royals: Shane Watson, Amit Paunikar(w), Rahul Dravid, Johan Botha, Ross Taylor, Ashok Menaria, Abhishek Raut, Amit Singh, Shane Warne(c), Siddharth Trivedi, Nayan Doshi

Kolkata Knight Riders: Manvinder Bisla(w), Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir(c), Manoj Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Iqbal Abdulla

Prediction :

Rajasthan Royals under the leadership of Shane Warne has proved its metal time and again, & from the way I see it this match would be no different looking at their form. Rajasthan would have to do something special to tackle Jacques Kallis & get rid of Gautam Gambhir, if they do so, this game is in their pockets.