Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (KKR vs RCB) has been scheduled for the 36th game of the IPL 2024 on Sunday (21 April) afternoon at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It will be their second meeting this season, while KKR won their last battle by seven wickets at Bengaluru.
In their six IPL 2024 matches, Kolkata Knight Riders won four games and lost twice.
Meanwhile, the last-placed Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won only once and lost six other fixtures in the IPL 2024.
KKR vs RCB Match Overview
Competition: Indian Premier League (IPL)
Season: 2024 (IPL 2024)
Stage: League
Tournament Match no: 36
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (KKR vs RCB)
Format: T20
Date and Time: Sunday, 21 April 2024, 15:30 IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Live Broadcasting/Streaming (only in India): Star Sports Network, Jio Cinema (Website and App)
KKR vs RCB Weather Forecast
Accuweather suggests no rain threat for this match, while the game-time temperatures can be between 40°C and 33°C.
KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head (Overall)
Matches: 34
Kolkata Knight Riders won: 20
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 14
KKR vs RCB Pitch Report
Eden Gardens (Kolkata) is ready to host its fourth match of the season. After its first IPL 2024 game experienced a close defending result with 208 runs, the next two fixtures experienced successful defending results, including once in a day/night game.
KKR vs RCB Toss Prediction
Win the toss and bowl first.
KKR vs RCB Complete Available Squad
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Phil Salt, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, KS Bharat, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya, Dushmantha Chameera, Sunil Narine, Allah Ghazanfar, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Faf du Plessis (C), Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Suyash S Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Mayank Dagar, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Reece Topley, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar Kumar, Himanshu Sharma
KKR vs RCB Predicted XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted XI: Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (C), Manish Pandey/Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted XI: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Saurav Chauhan/Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik/Yash Dayal (Impact players), Reece Topley/Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma/Vijaykumar Vyshak
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction
Kolkata Knight Riders are the favorites for today’s match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Our top fantasy picks for the KKR vs RCB Dream11 team are Dinesh Karthik (354 points), Virat Kohli (546 points), Sunil Narine (647 points), Andre Russell (369 points) and Varun Chakravarthy (221 points).
Stats for our top picks:
Dinesh Karthik - 226 runs in 6 innings with the strike rate of 205.45
Virat Kohli - 341 runs in 7 innings with the strike rate of 147.34
Sunil Narine - 276 runs in 6 innings with the strike rate of 187 and 7 wickets
Andre Russell - 128 runs in 4 innings with a strike of 200 and 6 wickets
Varun Chakravarthy - 7 wickets in 6 matches
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Suggestion 1: Virat Kohli (Captain); Sunil Narine (vice-captain)
Suggestion 2: Andre Russell (Captain); Dinesh Karthik (vice-captain)
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Suggestion No 1
Wicketkeeper(s): D Karthik, P Salt
Batter(s): V Kohli (C), F du Plessis, S Iyer, A Raghuvanshi
All-rounder(s): S Narine (vc), A Russell
Bowler(s): M Starc, V Chakravarthy, H Rana
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Suggestion No 2
Wicketkeeper(s): D Karthik (vc), P Salt
Batter(s): V Kohli, F du Plessis, S Iyer, R Patidar, R Singh
All-rounder(s): S Narine, A Russell (C)
Bowler(s): M Starc, V Chakravarthy
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups
M Siraj, C Green, L Ferguson, R Topley
