IPL 18th Match - Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Live Score

The Rajasthan Royals, considered weakest team of IPL, are seeking their fourth successive win, cuurently on third place in the team standings will host SRK's Kolkata Knight Riders at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Thursday, 1st May, 2008, 4.00 PM IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders after a great start of the tournament with 2 wins, have lost two in a row. The departure of Brendon McCullum and Ricky Ponting for their respective international commitments, and with Chris Gayle's unavailability for the rest of the season due to injury will make it difficult for them to be in th erace.

Rajasthan Royals is looking confident with the performance of their capatain Shane Warne and countryman Shane Watson along with Graeme Smith, who has hit the most number of fours in Twenty20 internationals. Dimitri Mascarenhas, the England allrounder who has earned a reputation for big-hitting , is also available for five games.

Rajasthan Royals Team (Likely)

Graeme Smith, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Mohammad Kaif, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Salunkhe, Shane Warne (capt), Siddharth Trivedi, Munaf Patel.


Kolkata Knight Riders Team (Likely)

Sourav Ganguly (capt), Salman Butt, Brad Hodge, David Hussey, Mohammad Hafeez, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda.