RCB vs KKR Dream11 Prediction, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match 36 of IPL 2023

Kolkata Knight Riders won the first game of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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Updated - 26 Apr 2023, 19:13 IST

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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 36th game of the IPL 2023 on Wednesday (April 26) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Royal Challengers have won four out of seven games so far this season and are placed in fifth place in the points table. They are coming into this game after winning their previous match against Rajasthan Royals by seven runs after posting a total of 189 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Both Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell scored half-centuries for the team. Harshal Patel played a crucial role for RCB with the ball as he picked three wickets for 42 runs in three overs.

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Knight Riders have won two out of seven games and are in 8th position in the points table. They lost the previous game against Chennai Super Kings after failing to chase the target of 236 runs. Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, and Shivam Dube scored half-centuries for CSK and helped post this huge total. KKR lost some early wickets and were never there in the game. Jason Roy and Rinku Singh scored half-centuries for KKR, but that was not enough for the team.

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Match Information

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 36

Indian Premier League, 26 Apr 2023, Wed, 7:30 PM IST ,M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Weather Report

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Clouds

23.3°C

72% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

W
W
L
W
L

Kolkata Knight Riders

L
L
L
L
W

Players Stats in current Series

1

730 Runs

14 Matches

2

Virat Kohli

RCB - bat

639 Runs

14 Matches

3

Rinku Singh

KKR - bat

474 Runs

14 Matches

4

Nitish Rana

KKR - all

413 Runs

14 Matches

5

404 Runs

14 Matches

6

Glenn Maxwell

RCB - all

400 Runs

14 Matches

1

Akash Deep

RCB - bowl

212.50

2 Matches

2

David Wiese

KKR - all

190.91

3 Matches

3

Glenn Maxwell

RCB - all

183.49

14 Matches

4

Shardul Thakur

KKR - bowl

161.43

11 Matches

5

153.68

14 Matches

6

Jason Roy

KKR - bat

151.60

8 Matches

20 Wkts

14 Matches

2

Mohammed Siraj

RCB - bowl

19 Wkts

14 Matches

3

Harshal Patel

RCB - bowl

14 Wkts

14 Matches

4

Sunil Narine

KKR - all

11 Wkts

14 Matches

5

Suyash Sharma

KKR - bowl

10 Wkts

11 Matches

6

Karn Sharma

RCB - bowl

10 Wkts

7 Matches

1

David Willey

RCB - all

7.00

4 Matches

2

Reece Topley

RCB - bowl

7.00

1 Match

3

Mohammed Siraj

RCB - bowl

7.50

14 Matches

4

Sunil Narine

KKR - all

7.98

14 Matches

5

Anukul Roy

KKR - all

8.13

4 Matches

8.15

14 Matches

Probable Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Virat Kohli (C), MK Lomror, GJ Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), DJ Willey, HV Patel, Mohammed Siraj, SS Prabhudessai, W Hasaranga, Vijaykumar Vyshak

Bench : F du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, WD Parnell, KV Sharma, Akash Deep, Michael Bracewell, R Sonu Yadav, RM Patidar, Finn Allen, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, M Bhandage, Josh Hazlewood, S Kaul, RJW Topley, Himanshu Sharma, WG Jacks

Kolkata Knight Riders

N Rana (C), RK Singh, AD Russell, SP Narine, UT Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), D Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, JJ Roy

Bench : Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, AS Roy, VR Iyer, S Iyer, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, LH Ferguson, H Rana, K Khejroliya,

Injury and availability news

(will be added when there is an update)

Pitch Report

It will be the second-last game of the season at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. The pitch will likely provide a lot of support to the batters in this game. The average first innings score in the last T20 games at this venue has been 194 runs.

194

Average Score

Player Picks

9
C

Virat Kohli RCB | BAT

He was dismissed for a duck in the previous game but has been in top form this season. Kohli has made 279 runs in seven games at an average of 46.5 and a strike rate of 141.62 so far.

8.5
C

Mohammed Siraj RCB | BOWL

The 29-year-old pacer is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament. He has taken 13 wickets in seven games at an average of 15.38, an economy of 7.14, and a strike rate of 12.92.

8.5
C

Sunil Narine KKR | ALL

In the first game against RCB this season, Narine picked up two wickets for 16 runs in four overs. He has picked six wickets in seven games at an average of 36.17, an economy of 8.68, and a strike rate of 25 this season.

8

David Wiese KKR | ALL

He made his debut for KKR in the last game but couldn’t do much with either bat or ball. Wiese can play a crucial role in the team in this game.

9

Faf du Plessis RCB | BAT

He is the leading run-scorer in the tournament and has made half-centuries in his last three outings. Du Plessis has scored 405 runs in seven games at an average of 67.5 and a strike rate of 165.31.

9

Glenn Maxwell RCB | ALL

He scored his third half-century of the season in the last game and won the Player of the Match award. He has made 253 runs in seven games at an average of 42.17 and a strike rate of 188.81 this season.

8

Rinku Singh KKR | BAT

He is the second-highest run-scorer for KKR this season and has made 233 runs in seven innings at an average of 58.25 and a strike rate of 157.43.

8.5

Wanindu Hasaranga RCB | ALL

He has played just four games for RCB this season and has taken four wickets at an average of 32.25, an economy of 9.92, and a strike rate of 19.5.

8

Varun Chakravarthy KKR | BOWL

He is the leading wicket-taker for KKR this season. Varun has taken 10 wickets in seven games at an average of 21.2, an economy of 8.26, and a strike rate of 15.4.

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8.5

Narayan Jagadeesan

KKR | WK

He has managed to make a double-digit score only once in four innings this season and was dismissed for one run in the previous game.

8

Mahipal Lomror

RCB | ALL

He has scored 41 runs in five games so far this season and can be avoided for this game.

Last Updated On - Apr 26 2023 7:13 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

RCB

6 : 5

KKR

Credits Left
8/100

Head To Head
Dinesh Karthik

7.5

Rinku Singh

8

Virat Kohli
C

9

Faf du Plessis

9

Sunil Narine

8.5

David Wiese

8

Glenn Maxwell
VC

9

Wanindu Hasaranga

8.5

Umesh Yadav

8

Varun Chakravarthy

8

Mohammed Siraj

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

RCB

5 : 6

KKR

Credits Left
8.5/100

Grand League
Dinesh Karthik

7.5

Rinku Singh

8

Faf du Plessis
VC

9

Sunil Narine

8.5

Andre Russell

8.5

David Wiese

8

Glenn Maxwell

9

Wanindu Hasaranga

8.5

Umesh Yadav

8

Varun Chakravarthy

8

Mohammed Siraj
C

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

RCB

6 : 5

KKR

Credits Left
7.5/100

Mega League
Dinesh Karthik

7.5

Rinku Singh

8

Virat Kohli

9

Faf du Plessis

9

Sunil Narine
C

8.5

Andre Russell

8.5

David Wiese

8

Glenn Maxwell

9

Wanindu Hasaranga
VC

8.5

Umesh Yadav

8

Mohammed Siraj

8.5

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Players
11/11

Team 1

RCB

6 : 5

KKR

Credits Left
7.5/100

CricTracker Special
Dinesh Karthik

7.5

Rinku Singh

8

Virat Kohli

9

Faf du Plessis

9

Sunil Narine
C

8.5

Andre Russell

8.5

David Wiese

8

Glenn Maxwell

9

Wanindu Hasaranga
VC

8.5

Umesh Yadav

8

Mohammed Siraj

8.5

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