Playing XI
Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders
A fifty and 2 wickets in the last match and a hundred in the match before, the Big Ben never looked more settled this season.
Narine has scored 73 runs and taken 3 wickets in his last 3 matches against Rajasthan. Also, since Kolkata needs to win big to qualify, Narine might bat up the order so as to provide a boost in the batting.
Tewatia is one of the 2 all-rounders this season to have a double of more than 5 wickets and more than 200 runs (7 wickets and 224 runs for him); thus proving out handy with both, the bat and ball.
Top Fantasy Picks - Bowlers
With 19 wickets, Archer is proving why he is one of the best in the world. At Dubai this season, he has picked up 8 wickets in 5 matches, which is more than decent.
With 8 wickets in the last 3 matches, Chakravarthy is justifying his national selection. As context, the last time he played against Rajasthan at Dubai (same opponent and venue of today’s fixture) he picked up 2/25.
In the first 10 matches Cummins only had 3 wickets but in the recent 3 matches he has picked up 5 wickets, thus peaking at the right time in the tournament.
Top Fantasy Picks - Batsmen & Keepers
With scores of 87 and 81 in 2 out of his last 3 matches, Nitish Rana is finally finding form at the very business end of the tournament.
With 404 runs, Gill is the leader for Kolkata with the bat. The last time Gill played against Rajasthan earlier this season he almost scored a fifty.
Smith has scored a total of 138 runs in the last 5 matches against Kolkata. Also, this season's scores read 31*, 11, 19, 26* and 57 in the last 5 matches.
Probable XI
Rajasthan : Steven Smith(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Tom Curran, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Rajpoot
Kolkata : Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi
Preview
Final game of the double-header on Sunday! Kolkata meet Rajasthan in Dubai. The latter are coming off two stunning wins over Mumbai and Punjab while Kolkata have simply been indifferent this season.
Certain days, they are simply unbeatable while on others, they produce an insipid performance. Against Chennai, they were not that bad but just that they came across a better team.
With Andre Russell still struggling to be fit, this is a last chance for them to try and get into the final four. More to follow...
Toss : Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bowl first.