Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the 9th match of IPL 2023 to be played at iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata tomorrow.
RCB would look to continue their momentum as Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis produced a brilliant 148 runs-opening partnership helping them chase down 172 easily. The bowlers also did a superb job to pick early wickets putting MI under pressure. Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Siraj struggled with death bowling. Reece Topley would not feature in tomorrow’s match.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling looked ordinary giving away 191 runs and picking only 5 wickets. They lost the match by just 7 due to the arrival of rain. Royal Challengers Bangalore won 5 out of their last 7 games.
Match Details
Details– IPL Match 9, Royal Challengers Bangalore versus Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue– Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date and Time– 6 April, 7.30 PM
Head-to-Head Record
Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore faced 31 times in IPL history with KKR winning 17 times while RCB won 14 times. Both teams met each other during last year’s edition as Royal Challengers Bangalore won the encounter by 3 wickets.
Top Run Getter
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He made 786 runs from 30 matches with 1 century and 4 half-centuries to his name including the best score of 100 at an average of 35.72.
Top Wicket Taker
Sunil Narine has picked the most wickets between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He grabbed a total of 21 wickets making life tough for RCB batters in IPL history. Narine will have a chance to add to his tally against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Pitch Report
A total of 77 IPL matches have been played with teams batting first winning 31 times while team batting second registered wins on 47 occasions. The average first innings total on this ground is 161.
It promises to be an exciting encounter the teams winning the toss would likely to bowl first and then chase down the target.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (RCB)- Predicted XI
RCB
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel
KKR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur.
Fantasy Team Selection- KKR vs RCB
Team 1– Virat Kohli (VC), Faf du Plessis (c) Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Harshal Patel.
Team 2– Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell (VC), Glenn Maxwell (C), Rinku Singh, David Willey, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Mohammed Siraj
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