Rajasthan Royals go into this match seeking a quick turnaround while Shah Rukh khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders will look to build on their win in game no 2. The defending champions will always attract eyeballs. The batting looks thin without Shane Watson and Younis Khan, putting immense pressure on Graeme Smith at the top of the order. Kolkata haven’t done anything special yet, barring Chris Gayle’s explosive cameo

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Team news For Rajastan Warne, Mascarenhas, Smith and Tyron Henderson should continue to be the four foreign players. Niraj Patel is the man most likely to be under pressure. Young Abhishek Raut from Maharashtra could be one candidate to take his place. Rajasthan Royals: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Swapnil Asnodkar, 3 Yusuf Pathan, 4 Tyron Henderson, 5 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Abhishek Raut, 8 Shane Warne (capt.), 9 Mahesh Rawat (wk), 10 Munaf Patel, 11 Kamran Khan. Kolkata Knight Riders: (probable) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Brendon McCullum (capt/wk), 3 Brad Hodge, 4 Sourav Ganguly, 5 Aakash Chopra/Wriddhiman Saha, 6 Yashpal Singh, 7 Laxmi Shukla, 8 Ishant Sharma, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Ashok Dinda, 11 Ajantha Mendis. Head-to-head record Rajasthan won both games against Kolkata last year, one home and one away. The first in Rajasthan was a 45-run victory and the second, toward the end of the tournament, was by six wickets. Quotes

“We will try our best as humbly as possible. We will try and entertain everyone. We love you and we are going to try our best. Whichever the part of the country you are in, make sure you are proud of Kolkata Knight Riders.” Kolkata owner Shah Rukh Khan calls it as he sees it.

RP Singh has been included in India’s 15-man squad and Reserve wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and fast bowler Munaf Patel have been axed from the team .

The Indian team announced is as follow

Squad: MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

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Marcus North is in the squad following Shaun Marsh’s quick exit with a hamstring injury, but his late arrival will probably rule him out of game two. Marsh returns home and his gap will require some series reshuffling, with Michael Clarke and Shane Watson contenders to partner Brad Haddin at the top of the order.

Australia (possible) 1 Michael Clarke (capt), 2 Brad Haddin (wk), 3 Shane Watson, 4 David Hussey, 5 Andrew Symonds, 6 Callum Ferguson, 7 James Hopes, 8 Nathan Hauritz, 9 Stuart Clark, 10 Nathan Bracken, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus.

Following their encouraging opening, Pakistan are unlikely to do too much to their side, which needs match practice following their unscheduled break. Expect Afridi and Ajmal to create more problems, especially if they work in tandem.

Pakistan (possible) 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3 Younis Khan, 4 Shoaib Malik, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Nasir Jamshed, 8 Umar Gul, 9 Shoaib Akhtar, 10 Iftikhar Anjum, 11 Saeed Ajmal.

Pitch and conditions
This is the last game in Dubai before the series switches to Abu Dhabi for Monday’s match. Clear and warm conditions are predicted for the day-night encounter.

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"We don’t have exposure in domestic cricket in Australia to that style of bowling. It is difficult when the first time you get it is when you step up to international level … My shoulder will probably get worn out throwing offspinners and doosras."  Australia’s coach Tim Nielsen looks for ways to fix his team’s spin problems

"It was a fantastic team effort. The fast bowlers did well to check the openers and then Afridi and Saeed Ajmal bowled very well. We wobbled a bit when batting but all’s well that ends well."
Younis Khan after the opening success