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KKR vs RCB IPL Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 9th Match of IPL 2023
KKR vs RCB IPL Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 9th match of IPL 2023 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on April 6th.
The Kolkata team will play their first match on their home ground after many years, and fans are going to welcome them with open arms as they suffered a loss in their first match against Punjab Kings by 7 runs (D/L Method).
The Kolkata Knight Riders team was out of composure as they were not able to capitalize on some favoring moments in the match, and the bowling changes by their newly appointed captain Nitish Rana seemed a bit confused about choosing the field setting. Shreyas Iyer’s absence really got them in the first match against the Punjab Kings, but they have to sit together, and players have to show faith in their new captain.
Royal Challengers Banglore had a fantastic start to the season as they checked all the boxes on the list with bowling, batting, and fielding. Mohammad Siraj was outstanding in his first match as he took only one wicket, but he gave only 21 runs, which built pressure on the Mumbai side and made them play some forced shots, leading to wickets for other Royal Challengers Bangalore bowlers.
The only concern about Royal Challengers Bangalore is now that Reece Topley is out injured while saving a boundary. He traveled with the RCB team to Kolkata to support them. Royal Challengers Banglore won the match easily by 8 wickets as Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis gave them a 148 opening run stand, and the chase master Virat Kohli finished the match in just 16.2 overs scoring 82 runs off 49 balls in which scored 6 four and five sixes.
Both Teams will try to win the match, and Kolkata Will be looking to bounce back at their home ground against one of the favorites to win the title this season Royal Challengers Banglore.
Head To Head
Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore played 30 matches against each other in IPL history. Kolkata Knight Riders won 16 matches, and Royal Challengers Bangalore won 14 matches which shows that they both had very competitive contests against each other over the years. In the recent five head-to-head matches against each other, Royal Challengers Banglore won 3 out of 5 matches. In the Last Match in the IPL 2022 Matches, RCB won by Three Wickets in the low-scoring thriller match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last four matches and lost six matches out of their 10 matches at the Eden Garden stadium. Last year they won the Eliminator match against the Lucknow Super Giants at the same venue.
Pitch Report of Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Stats in the table from the last 10 IPL matches played at Eden Garden, Kolkata
| Match Played | 10 |
| Batting first won | 5 |
| Batting second won | 5 |
| Average 1st innings score | 178 |
| Pace bowlers took | 83 wickets |
| Spiner bowlers took | 37 wickets |
The Pitch of Eden Gardens, Kolkata, has been a neutral surface, and in the last matches, it favored pace bowlers and batsmen more. Spinners will come into the game when a few matches are played on the ground. Kolkata Knight Riders made the highest total on this ground in the 2019 season of IPL against Mumbai Indians. Batsmen will be going to love the pitch, and in the batting second, there will be dew which will make chasing easier and defending harder for bowlers who will find it difficult to grip the ball.
Team Preview of Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders lost their first match against the Punjab Kings. Still, they will look to improve the scenario this time as they will play against the team who dominated their first match against the best team in the Indian Premier League history Mumbai Indians. Kolkata Knight Riders just got huge news that Shreyas Iyer will decide to go under back surgery and now going to miss the whole season of IPL and the World Test Championship Final against Australia.
Nitish Rana has to uplift himself and the team together so they can have the confidence and courage to fight against the Royal Challengers Bangalore side, who seems to be in great touch. Kolkata Knight Rider’s bowling looked weak in the first match, as their main bowlers leaked too many runs.
There was no genuine death bowling option, and also Andre Russell did not bowl in the first match, which used to be their go-to wicket-taker bowler. Every Punjab Kings batter felt it easy to face Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers. Their batting order was also which many Ex-Cricketers did not appreciate. The team looked all over the place and not in control.
Team Preview of Royal Challengers Banglore
Royal Challengers Bangalore looked settled side with their batting as they won the match against Mumbai Indians easily, and King Kohli (Virat Kohli) smashed down the lethal England pace bowler Jofra Archer easily. The opening looked solid as Faf du Plessis and Virat kept the scoreboard going and converted many singles into doubles. They even smashed 11 sixes together against one of the best bowling sides.
There are some concerns for them also as Reece Topley, who bowled two overs and got injured while saving a boundary. His right shoulder got dislocated, which led him to miss a few matches. They are already short on bowling options, and now it is going to have a huge impact on their bowling unit. David Willey can be brought into the side to replace Reece Topley. Willey is not skilled as Topley, but he will also give them more batting depth. Their star batters have to keep performing because they will be needed some extra runs to give their bowlers a back to defend the huge total.
KKR VS RCB Probable Playing XIs:
Probable Lineup of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Vaibhav Arora, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Probable Lineup of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj
Impact Players who can come to the match of KKR VS RCB
N Jagadeesan can come in for Varun Chakarvarthy for Kolkata Knight Riders, and for Royal Challengers Bangalore, Anuj Rawat can come in for Akash Deep.
