KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match 36 of IPL 2024
It will be a double-header on Sunday, April 21, and the Eden Gardens will witness an electrifying battle in the afternoon.
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Match 36 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. KKR won the away match by seven wickets earlier and will now aim to continue their dominance at home against a hapless side. It will be a double-header on Sunday, April 21, and the Eden Gardens will witness an electrifying battle in the afternoon.
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The home team is currently second in the points table after winning four out of six games. They are coming off a narrow two-wicket defeat against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in a last-ball thriller. On the other hand, the bottom-placed RCB have lost five matches in a row, the last of which came against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
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RCB is already in dire straits, and one more loss will almost close the doors to their playoff qualification. They cannot afford that, and KKR must return to the winning track. Kolkata is in great form, and the head-to-head encounters show they have the upper hand over RCB. The two teams have met 33 times; KKR has won 19 times, while RCB has won only 14 times.
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Match Information
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match 36
Indian Premier League, 21 Apr 2024, Sun, 3:30 PM IST, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Broadcast
Star Sports Network
Live Stream
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Weather Report
Mist
19.0°C
82% (Humidity)
Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders
S Iyer (C), Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, RK Singh, VR Iyer, AD Russell, SP Narine, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, H Rana, PD Salt (wk)
Bench : Rahmanullah Gurbaz, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, N Rana, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, AS Roy, Vaibhav Arora, C Sakariya, D Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma, Allah Mohammad
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Dinesh Karthik (wk), F du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, RM Patidar, S Chauhan, MK Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, WG Jacks, RJW Topley, Yash Dayal, LH Ferguson
Bench : Anuj Rawat, SS Prabhudessai, GJ Maxwell, C Green, M Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, TK Curran, MJ Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Alzarri Joseph, Himanshu Sharma, KV Sharma, Akash Deep
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
65%
Pace Bowling
35%
Spin Bowling
70%
Batting Pitch
183
Average Score
30%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Sunil Narine KKR | ALL
Sunil Narine has scored 276 runs and has taken seven wickets so far in the tournament. Moreover, the KKR opener slammed a blazing century in the last match against RR.
Virat Kohli RCB | BAT
Virat Kohli is the backbone of the RCB batting unit and the opener is currently the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 361 runs. It is noteworthy that Kohli scored 83 runs in the previous match against KKR.
Dinesh Karthik RCB | WK
Dinesh Karthik is in red-hot form and can easily be described as RCB's second-best batter this season. The veteran keeper-batter has scored 226 runs from seven matches at a strike rate of 205.45, including two half-centuries.
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Saurav Chauhan
RCB | WK
Saurav Chauhan has had a few chances but the youngster is yet to make an impact. He seems to be really struggling to find form, having failed to make 10 runs in the last three matches.
Mitchell Starc
KKR | BOWL
Mitchell Starc hasn't had a great comeback in the cash-rich league. He conceded 47 runs for no wicket against RCB in their previous match. Moreover, in the last match against RR, the left-arm pacer conceded 50 runs without taking a wicket.
Last Updated On - Apr 21 2024 1:23 PM
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