The two best captains of the world in the white ball will be face to face in the IPL, Eoin Morgan and Virat Kohli. Bangalore team has won both their matches so far in the season and is on top of the table. He will try to maintain this form while the KKR team would like to return to the winning track.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team, captained by Virat Kohli, will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday in the 10th match of the 14th season of the IPL. This match is to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Bangalore team has won both their matches so far in the season and is on top of the table. In the white ball, the two best captains of the world will be face-to-face with Eoin Morgan and Virat Kohli.
World Cup winners England captain Morgan will be keen to bring his IPL team KKR back on track. Kolkata defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs at the same ground in Chennai and started the season with a win but suffered a defeat against Mumbai Indians in the next match. Hyderabad team could not achieve the target of 153 runs from Mumbai.
Bangalore, on the other hand, defeated the record five-seeded champions Mumbai Indians in their first match of the season and then defeated Hyderabad by 6 runs. Now Virat Kohli’s team will face the team headed by Morgan.
Andre Russell remains a concern with the KKR team. He has taken 6 wickets in 2 matches of the season but he has not been able to impress with the bat. He has scored only 14 runs. Vice-captain Dinesh Karthik is also seen under pressure when runs are needed in the middle overs. Young opener Nitish Rana has done well and Shubman Gill is also trying to return to form.
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Meanwhile, Royal Challengers allrounder Daniel Sams, traded from Delhi Capitals after last season, has completed his quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19 before the season. He has joined the camp and is available for selection.
Pitch Report:
Batting becomes difficult in later overs on Chepauk’s slow pitch. In such a situation, KKR will have to work hard in front of a team full of star batsmen like RCB. RCB, on the other hand, consists of captain Virat Kohli, ardent AB de Villiers, and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who have the ability to change the outcome of any match. At the same time, bowling also has options like Kyle Jamieson, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Harshal Patel.
Probable Playing XIs:
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Pat Cummins, Harbhajan Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
Head-to-Head:
Overall
Played – 27 | Royal Challengers Bangalore – 12 | Kolkata Knight Riders– 15
At neutral venues
Played – 6 | Royal Challengers Bangalore – 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders– 2
Battle to watch out:
Virat Kohli vs Pat Cummins
India’s very best vs Australia’s finest. It won’t be an IPL battle anymore, as both players won’t be giving anything on the plate to the other. Expect Cummins to run hard and bowl with precision and variation as he looks to outfox Kohli.
Today’s match prediction:
Royal Challengers Bangalore to win the match
