The 36th Match of IPL 2024 is all set to take place at Eden Gardens Kolkata, as the city warmly welcomes Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli has always been the front face of RCB as his 17th season so far with the same franchise. When the city awaits another pinch-hitting show of Sunil Narine, the RCB batting lineup also possesses the same firepower to steal the show. Come up with us for the KKR vs RCB Dream 11 teams, pitch update, and probable playing 11 news.
KKR vs RCB Preview:
This is going to be a match between one of the table toppers and the last benchers of the IPL 2024 points table. KKR is in 3rd place this season, with 4 wins out of the 6 matches so far. RCB on the other hand is at the bottom of the table with just a solitary win out of their 7 matches so far. While KKR will try to win this match and move a step forward in the playoffs competition, RCB will try to win to stop their losing streak in IPL 24.
Sunil Narine, who’s opening this season for KKR, scored a magnificent ton in the last game against Rajasthan. However, his knock hasn’t been the last laugh for Knight’s dugout as RR chased down the target of 223 with another spectacular ton from Jos Butler. For RCB, the batting lineup is heavily dependent on the top order, especially FaF and Kohli duo. Their middle order hasn’t been in the top of the form and reshuffling the batting orders also hasn’t been productive for them at all.
Dinesh Karthik is top of his form so far this season and scoring important runs for his team, coming at the lower order of the batting lineup. Though Virat Kohli is still on the top of Orange Cap’s tally, still it doesn’t help his team to win the match. RCB’s bowling is also too inconsistent both in the spin and pace departments. They tried all like Will Jacks, Topley & Lockie Ferguson but none of them have been successful yet.
Pace bowling has also been a worry of the KKR lineup as spearhead Mitchell Starc still has to find his rhythm in the tournament. Though Vaibhav Arora & Harshit Rana tried their best to contain the runs that hasn’t been satisfactory enough in their last game. KKR’s spin attack is their strength with Narine as their spin maestro, but the form of Varun Chakravarthy has been a worry for them.
Match Details
- Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Date: 21/04/2024
- Time: 3:30 PM, IST
- Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
How to watch the KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 Match?
The KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 match will be available on Star Sports Network on television. All the Indian Premier League matches will be streamed free on the Jio Cinema app and website.
KKR vs RCB, IPL 2024: Pitch report
In recent years, the Eden Gardens pitch has been particularly conducive to batting. Four of the seven matches played at the venue last season exceeded the 200-point mark. So far this season, three matches have been played here, with two resulting in 200-plus scores in both innings. The KKR vs RCB match is also expected to be high-scoring because the pitch favors the batters this time. The dew will not be an issue because this is an afternoon game.
KKR vs RCB, IPL 2024: Weather forecast
The temperature will be within 36 degrees in the evening. There is no chance of rain, and the humidity is expected to be around 59 percent.
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KKR vs RCB: Head-to-Head Record
The KKR vs RCB is one of the
Total matches played: 33
Matches won by KKR: 19
Matches won by RCB: 14
KKR vs RCB: Predicted playing XI
KKR Probable Playing XI:
Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer/Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
RCB Probable Playing XI:
Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Alzarri Joseph, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Match Top Picks
Keeper: Dinesh Karthik, Phil Salt
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi
All-rounders: Will Jacks(vc), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine(c)
Bowlers: Varun Chakaravarthy, Reece Topley, Vaibhav Arora.
Squads:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Tom Curran, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Cameron Green, Manoj Bhandage, Himanshu Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera