Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, IPL 2024: Here’s a look at the Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, venue records, pitch and weather updates of the KKR vs RCB clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The Faf du Plessis-led side have their back against the wall as they desperately need to win every encounter to keep their playoffs hopes alive. They are reeling at the last spot on the points table with one win from seven matches having two points to their name. However, they’ve had a good season so far and are on the second spot on the points table with four wins from six matches having eight points to their name. On the other hand, RCB are coming into the game on the back of five consecutive losses.
RCB vs KKR Pitch Report
The wicket at the Eden Gardens is a paradise for batters and the captain winning the toss will look to bat first and post a huge score on the board to bring the opposition under pressure. of the three matches played at the venue in the tournament so far, two have been won by teams chasing. The average first innings score has been 197 while the highest target chased has been 224 by Rajasthan Royals.
Eden Gardens weather report
There will be clouds in the sky on April 21 in Kolkata. The temperatures will be in high 30s. 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 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 Probable Playing XI
RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson.
KKR: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.
RCB vs KKR DREAM11 Team PREDICTION
WICKETKEEPERS
Phil Salt, Dinesh Karthik
BATTERS
Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (c), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer
ALL ROUNDERS
Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (vc)
BOWLERS
Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana
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