The 36th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Garden in Kolkata on Sunday, 21st April at 3:30 PM.
MATCH PREVIEW FOR KKR VS RCB
Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders has won four out of six matches and is currently in the second position in the points table. On the other hand, led by Faf du Plessis, Royal Challengers Bengaluru has won only one match from 7 matches and is sitting at the bottom of the points table.
The batters from both teams are in very good form, but both teams faced defeat in their last match. Opening for KKR, Sunil Narine scored 109 runs in just 56 balls while playing explosive pace against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Whereas, from RCB, Dinesh Karthik came in the end, played an amazing innings, and scored 83 runs in 35 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
MATCH DETAILS
| Series | Indian Premier League (IPL) |
| Season | 2024 |
| Match Day | 29 March 2024 – Night (20- over match) |
| Umpires | Anil Chaudhary Rohan Pandit |
| TV Umpires | Bruce Oxenford |
| Reserve Umpire | Mohit Krishnadas |
| Match Referee | Manu Nayar |
PROBABLE PLAYING 11 IN KKR VS RCB MATCH
Kolkata Knight Riders
Playing 11: S Narine, P Salt (wk), V Iyer, S Iyer (C), N Rana, Ramandeep Singh, R Singh, A Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Mitchell Starc, H Rana
Bench: KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, AS Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, C Sakariya, D Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Playing 11: F du Plessis, Virat Kohli (C), R Patidar, G Maxwell, C Green, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, M Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
Bench: SS Prabhudessai, S Chauhan, MK Lomror, M Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, TK Curran, WG Jacks, Vijaykumar Vyshak, RJW Topley, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma, LH Ferguson, KV Sharma, Akash Deep
SQUADS
Kolkata Kings Riders
Philip Salt
Wk-Batter
Shreyas Iyer (C)
Batter
Venkatesh Iyer
Allrounder
Nitish Rana
Batter
Rinku Singh
Batter
Ramandeep Singh
Batter
Andre Russell
Allrounder
Sunil Narine
Allrounder
Mitchel Starc
Bowler
Harshit Rana
Bowler
Varun Chakaravarthy
Bowler
Suyash Sharma
Bowler
Manish Pandey
Batter
Vaibhav Arora
Bowler
AngKrish Raghuvashi
Batter
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Wk-Batter
Chetan Sakariya
Bowler
sherfane Rutherford
Allrounder
sakib Hussain
Batter
Anukul Roy
Allrounder
Srikar bharat
Wk-Batter
Dushmantha Chameera
Bowler
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Faf du Plessis (C)
Batter
Anuj Rawat
Wk-Batter
Virat Kohli
Batter
Rajat Patidar
Batter
Glenn Maxwell
Allrounder
cameron Green
Allrounder
Dinesh Karthik
Wk-Batter
Karn Sharma
Bowler
Alzarri Joseph
Bowler
Mayank Dagar
Bowler
Mohammed Siraj
Bowler
Yash Dayal
Bowler
Akash deep
Bowler
Suyash Parbhudessai
Batter
Vijaykumar Vyshak
Bowler
Lockie Ferguson
Bowler
Mahipal Lomror
Allrounder
Will Jacks
Allrounder
Manoj Bhandage
Allrounder
Saurav Chauhan
Allrounder
Rajan Kumar
Bowler
Himanshu Sharma
Bowler
Tom Curran
Allrounder
Reece Topley
Bowler
Swapnil Singh
Bowler
FANTASY PREDICTION FOR KKR VS RCB MATCH
In the last five matches, when both teams faced each other, KKR defeated RCB four times, and RCB won only one match.
Head to Head (Last 5 Matches)
KKR won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
29- Mar-2024
KKR won by 21 runs
26- Apr-2023
KKR won by 81 runs
06- Apr-2023
RCB won by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
30- Mar-2022
KKR won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
11- Oct-2021
Recent Performance
KKR
RCB
Players to Watch
Batters
Sunil Narine, KKR
10 M – 283 Runs – 35 Avg. – 183 SR
Rinku Singh, KKR
10 M – 241 Runs – 48 Avg. – 155 SR
Virat Kohli, RCB
10 M – 580 Runs – 82 Avg. – 149 SR
Faf du Plessis, RCB
10 M – 386 Runs – 38 Avg. – 148 SR
Bowlers
Varun Chakravarthy, KKR
10 M – 13 Wkts – 8.86 Econ – 17.07 SR
Sunil Narine, KKR
10 M – 11 Wkts – 6.58 Econ – 20.72 SR
Mohammed Siraj, RCB
9 M – 8 Wkts – 9 Econ – 24 SR
Yash Dayal, RCB
7 M – 6 Wkts – 9.19 Econ – 27 SR
PLAYER PICKS
- Captain
- Top
- Budget
Sunil Narine ALL | KKR
Virat Kohli BAT | RCB
Dinesh Karthik BAT-WK | RCB
Philip Salt BAT-WK | KKR
Venkatesh Iyer ALL | KKR
Andre Russell ALL | KKR
Varun Chakravarthy BOWL | KKR
Faf du Plessis BAT | RCB
AngKrish Raghuvashi BAT | KKR
Dream 11 Team for KKR VS RCB
