Royal Challengers Bangalore will begin the 2nd round tomorrow with a reverse fixture against Kolkata Knight Riders to be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 26 April 2023 in the IPL 2023.
RCB would be high on confidence as they registered a morale-boosting win over Rajasthan Royals in a closely fought contest while Kolkata Knight Riders is struggling with their performances.
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, RCB defended 190 against RR. RCB is currently at number 5th spot and would be looking to climb high with another impressive performance. On the other hand, KKR struggling with only 2 wins in the tournament and number 8th in the points table.
Match Details
Details– IPL 2023 Match 36, RCB vs KKR
Venue– M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date and Time– 26 April, 7.30 PM
Head-to-Head Record
These two teams met once during this year’s IPL. Thanks to brilliant performances by Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh, Kolkata Knight Riders registered 204 for 7 and then bowled out RCB for 123.
It promises to be an exciting encounter as Kohli, Faf, and Maxwell would be looking for another batting performance this season. A total of 31 matches were played between RCB and KKR with KKR winning 17 matches while Royal Challengers Bangalore won 14.
Top Run Scorer
Virat Kohli is the leading run-getter in IPL between RCB and KKR. He scored 807 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders and hopes to provide another brilliant knock in front of the capacity crowd in M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Top Wicket Taker
Sunil Narine occupies the top spot in terms of leading wicket-taker between these two sides. He picked up two wickets during the first encounter against RCB at Kolkata. It will be interesting to see if Narine can do the damage in Bengaluru.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
RCB
Virat Kohli (C), Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Hasranaga, David Willey, Vijaykumar Vyashak, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel.
KKR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venetaksh Iyer, Narayana Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (C), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Fantasy Team Selection- RCB vs KKR
Team 1– Virat Kohli (C), Glenn Maxwell (VC), Venetaksh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik, Shardul Thakur, David Willey, Harshal Patel
Team 2– Faf du Plessis (C), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Glenn Maxwell, Rinku Singh, Hasranaga (VC), Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyashak, Varun Chakravarthy.
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