The 36th match of the Indian Premier League will take place in the Chinnswamy Stadium in Bangalore. In the opposite fixture, it was Kolkata Knight Riders who managed to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore in Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Here is all you need to know before the RCB vs KKR match.
The hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore come into the game with two wins in their previous two games. At Chinnaswamy Stadium RCB has blown hot and cold in their 5 matches at the venue. They have won 3 matches and have ended on the losing side twice. The one thing RCB would want to be more careful about is their slow over-rate while bowling. Their captain, Virat Kohli has been fined 24 lakhs in their previous encounter against the Rajasthan Royals. Another slow over-rate penalty would mean a match ban for their captain. In a ground like Chinnaswamy, it will be extremely difficult to make sure that the overs are bowled at a good pace.
Kolkata Knight Riders come into this clash with the worst possible streak imaginable. KKR have lost their last 4 games. In their 4 games away from home they have fared very poorly as they have won only one game. The solitary win away from home also came after a humungous effort from Rinku Singh.
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 PM
The pitching surface at Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium is a typical batter-friendly pitching surface. Given the characteristics of the field, a score-intensive match is anticipated. Therefore, the captain who wins the toss will likely choose to bowl first, and chasing the total may be the best course of action. In order to put the opposition under pressure, the team batting first will want to post a huge total on the scoreboard.
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak
N Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
In the IPL 2023, Faf du Plessis has been playing brilliantly for Bangalore. The team would expect du Plessis to come through for them once again and accumulate some significant runs for them in the top order given his 405 runs through seven IPL games so far and his superb performance of 62 runs in 39 deliveries in his previous game.
In Bangalore’s upcoming match against Kolkata, one of the best bowlers in cricket right now, Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj, is expected to deliver yet another performance. Siraj has taken 13 wickets this season so far and will be expected to be amongst the wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders as well.
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