Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL Match Today: Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in match no 36 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
With four wins and two losses after six games, KKR are placed at three in the points table. Meanwhile, RCB are lying at the bottom with just one win in their seven games.
Playing XI predictions for the KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 match
KKR predicted XI: Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Subs: Ramandeep Singh and Anukul Roy
KKR player to look out for: The biggest threat for RCB will be Sunil Narine, not just with the ball but also with the bat at the top of the order. Narine, who scored his maiden T20 century in their last match against RR, is KKR’s leading run-getter this season with 276 runs at an incredible strike rate of over 187.
RCB predicted XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Mayank Dagar, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Impact Subs: Yash Dayal Saurav Chauhan
RCB player to watch out for: Virat Kohli is once again leading the run chart with 361 runs at 72.20, though his middle over strike rate of 135 has been a cause of concern. The star Indian batter more often than not was seen to have slowed down against the spinners in the crucial 7-15th over phase after getting a start in the power play.
KKR vs RCB head-to-head stats
Matches played: 34, Kolkata Knight Riders won: 20, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 14
KKR vs RCB head-to-head at Eden Gardens
Matches played: 11, Kolkata Knight Riders won: 7, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 4
KKR vs RCB squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain and Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh and Saurav Chauhan.
KKR vs RCB pitch report
In the three games at Eden Gardens, the pitches have behaved in differently. In the day game, scoring was not flawless while both the night matches it has been a run fest.
KKR vs RCB weather report
There will be clouds in the sky on April 21 in Kolkata. However, there is no forecast of rain even as the cloud cover will increase from 12 per cent at 3 PM to 32 per cent at 7 PM IST. The temperatures will be in high 30s. The humidity will increase from 23 per cent at 3 pm to 57 per cent at 7 pm IST, according to accuweather.com.
KKR vs RCB livestreaming details
The KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on April 21, Sunday from 3:30 PM IST.
