IPL 2017 Fantasy Guide: Fantasy Tips for Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Transfer out: Jos Buttler, Shubham Agarwal

Transfer in: Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi

Note: Despite the rain I did go in with one change for the match and that was getting in Yuzi Chahal, as even if the match had gotten washed out, wouldn’t hurt me much as RCB play another game tomorrow. I did not get in David Warner though

The IPL Fantasy allows you to lock in your teams before the first ball of the game is bowled, so I would advise you to stay glued to the site on rain days, or risk losing out on a few crucial transfers.

Now, I already have Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes and Kuldeep Yadav in my side for this game.

I would be bringing in another KKR player into my side for this game as KKR play twice in 3 days and hence I can use that player for 2 games, as opposed to the one game that a RPS player would offer me.

Sunil Narine is the first player that I bring into my team for this game. Opening the batting and bowling 4 overs on a consistent basis is enough to warrant him a place in my side. RPS do not have a very threatening new ball attack and with the form Narine is in, I would bank on him to score a quickfire 30 against DD as well. Get him in!

I leave out Tahir and Steve Smith primarily because RPS do not play a game until Saturday afternoon(with there being two games on Friday), and as I can get in only one overseas player, Narine seems the better pick.

Gambhir and Uthappa have been amongst the runs but it’s the consistency that has been lacking. You can’t really tell when one of them would tee off and I can’t afford to flirt with such inconsistency at this stage of the tournament.

For the uncapped player I get in Rahul Tripathi. Tripathi has been providing quick fire starts to RPS ever since he has been drafted into the XI. He could get off to a flyer today as well, with the Pune surface not offering much assistance to the bowlers. Washington Sundar could be your second choice uncapped player provided your team combination does not allow you to get in Tripathi.

Captain: Sunil Narine/Ben Stokes(whoever bowls first)

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