FANTASY PREVIEW
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Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Average first innings score in last three years:176%
54% of the games have been won by team batting first
Pacers have picked 65.34% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 34.66% of the wickets.
*all data from last 3 years
Suggested teams
While you could go for the above team, you can also choose your team from Cricket.com’s Fantasy Research Centre. You can use this tool to build your team with the help of algorithms. Then, based on your preferences, the platform will guide you through creating the ideal fantasy XI.
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Horses for courses
Top Run scorers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.
Top wicket-takers at this venue
The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.
Grand League Punts
> Both of Nitish Rana's fifties this season have come at the Eden Gardens. Across the last four games at Eden, Rana has scored 157 runs at a SR of 153.9, including scoring a fifty in KKR's previous encounter vs PBKS. He's also in fine run-scoring nick overall, having passed 40 in three of the last four matches. He could be a potential outside candidate to be captain or vice-captain.
> The same goes for Rinku, who has staggering numbers at Eden. 127 balls faced, 197 runs scored, average 98.5 and SR 155.1. Though he bats down the order, his entry point being relatively early in most games (in 4/5 matches at Eden this season he's walked out to bat before the 11th over) is reason enough to lock Rinku in as a must-have.
> This season, KKR have the second-lowest average (23.9) against off-spin. Considering the fine wicket-taking form Ashwin has been in this season - in the past 7 seasons, he's only taken more wickets in one season - it is a no-brainer to have 'Vaathi' in your Fantasy XI.
Probable XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
