Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to continue their winning streak against Kolkata Knight Riders in their second game after getting their tournament off to a great start with an emphatic victory over Mumbai Indians. (KKR). The two sides will square off at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, April 6.
Kolkata didn’t have the greatest start to their IPL 2023 campaign, falling to Punjab Kings by 7 runs in their first match. (via DLS Method). KKR were 146/7 after 16 overs of chasing a 192-run goal when the match was called off due to rain. As a result, they were discovered 7 runs behind the DLS par total.
The Nitish Rana-led side will seek to rebound from their defeat and earn their first victory. Kolkata have traditionally had an advantage over RCB in IPL head-to-head records and will go into the game confident of having bundled out Bangalore for the lowest score (49) in IPL history.
On the other side, it will be RCB’s first away game of the season, and they will be looking to repeat their dominant performance from the first game. All of their bowlers performed admirably against MI, limiting them to 171/7 in the first innings and later chasing down the goal with 22 balls to spare, thanks to scintillating knocks from Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal challegers Bangalore, 9th Match, IPL 2023
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date & Time: Thursday, April 6, 7:30 PM IST
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Feedback On Pitch: Eden Gardens’ pitch has historically been a great batting surface, with spinners entering the game later in the innings. There have been 12 T20Is contested at Eden Gardens, with teams batting second winning seven times. Pakistan’s highest score at the venue is 201/5 against Bangladesh. With the previous record in mind, the skipper who wins the toss will choose to bowl first.
KKR vs RCB Probable Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj
