KKR vs RR Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy picks, captain and vice-captain choices

KKR vs RR Dream11 prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders will continue their fight for the playoffs as they take on direct rivals Rajasthan Royals in match 56 of IPL 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday. Points are up for grabs in Dream11 as well with both teams having in-form players.

KKR pulled consecutive wins to put themselves back in the reckoning for the playoffs as they are now tied on 10 points with three other teams. Rajasthan Royals are also in that group as they lost the initiative with three back-to-back losses.

Injury updates: Kolkata Knight Riders could be without Venkatesh Iyer, who showed discomfort while batting in the last game while Umesh Yadav is available for selection. RR, on the other hand, couldn't play Devdutt Padikkal and Trent Boult in the last game.

KKR vs RR: Key players

KKR: (Nitish Rana, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh and Varun Chakravarthy) Jason Roy and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have marginally improved the KKR batting display in the batting powerplay while Nitish Rana has been consistently scoring runs at No. 4.

Venkatesh Iyer, however, has just one century to show this season but Rinku Singh and Andre Russell are finishing off things down the order to give further quality to the KKR batting order. Among bowlers, Varun Chakravarthy is leading charge with 17 wickets while understudy Suyash Sharma has been helping out.

Young pacers Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora have been putting in good shifts in the last few games after senior pacers Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur haven't lived up to their names this season.

RR: (Jos Buttler, Yashashvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin) RR top order Buttler, Samson and Jaiswal are firing runs consistently for the side while Dhruv Jurel has been carrying the brunt of finishing with Shimron Hetmyer losing consistency.

Among bowlers, Yuzvendra Chahal returned to form with four wickets in the last game while R Ashwin has picked form as well with 14 wickets so far. Sandeep Sharma is the go-to death bowler for RR.

Pitch Report Eden Gardens pitch has been batting friendly with some help for pacers early on, especially in the second innings. However, it's the spinners, who have done well at the venue.

KKR vs RR predicted playing 11 and bench

KKR predicted playing 11 Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR bench Suyash Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Aarya Desai, Jason Roy, Umesh Yadav

RR predicted playing 11 Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Kuldip Yadav, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

RR bench Donavon Ferreira, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Zampa, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, KC Cariappa, Obed McCoy, KM Asif, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Jason Holder