Pune, April 26: Upbeat after last-over win against Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) will be hoping to continue their performance as they face a dominant Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) at their home ground on Wednesday (April 26) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017.
RPS have registered three successive wins in the Indian Premier League to grab a spot at the fourth place in the points table.
In the last match, Pune eked out a three-run victory over Mumbai Indians in a thrilling encounter and their skipper Steve Smith would be hoping for similar performance from his boys.
With their convincing wins against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, Pune are finally coming on winning path. Team has won 4 off the 7 games played so far and has a chance of making it to play-offs if it continues playing the way they play.
Will captain Steve Smith make any changes to the Playing XI or retain the same winning combination against Kolkata? Pune seemed a batsman short in the encounter against Mumbai at Wankhede. And despite a win against Mumbai, team would consider making just one change.
Australian all-rounder Dan Christian might be rested to make way for South African batsman Faf du Plessis as his presence will strengthen Pune batting against Kolkata's lethal bowling attack.
Here is the likely RPS XI against KKR for tonight's encounter:
1. Ajinkya Rahane
2. Rahul Tripathi
3. Faf du Plessis
4. Steve Smith (Captain)
5. MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper)
6. Ben Stokes
7. Manoj Tiwary
8. Washington Sundar
9. Jaydev Unadkat
10. Imran Tahir
11. Shardul Thakur
RPS Squad: Steve Smith (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Ashok Dinda, Faf du Plessis, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Sharma, Baba Aparajith, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Dan Christian, Lockie Ferguson, Imran Tahir, Jaskaran Singh, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Kumar, Ben Stokes, Washington Sundar, Milind Tandon, Manoj Tiwary, Adam Zampa, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishwar Pandey, Rahul Tripathi, Shardul Thakur.
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