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RCB vs KKR Match Prediction: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 36th Match of IPL 2023
RCB vs KKR Match Prediction: Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Kolkata Knight Riders at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. It will be a reverse fixture for both teams, and they gonna look for the win.
Royal Challengers will be looking to take revenge from Kolkata Knight Riders, who defeated them in their last encounter at Eden Garden on April 6th, 2023. It was a disastrous match for the RCB side because they lost the match by 81 runs, one of the biggest losses in the IPL regarding one-sided matches. However, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last match against the Rajasthan Royals.
Royal Challengers Bangalore is on their winning runs under the Virat Kohli captaincy after Faf du Plessis got injured. They won their last match, which was hard fought match against the Rajasthan Royals, who were in a great position in the match when Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal scored runs with a good strike rate.
Kolkata Knight Riders are on a 4-match losing run after their previous match against the Chennai Super Kings at their home, Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Chennai Super Kings posted a huge total of 235, and their batters just smashed down the Kolkata Knight Rider’s bowlers.
Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match by 49 runs, and their opening stand once again failed to score any runs. Both openers got out on just 1 run, and after that, it became very tough for them to chase down the huge total of 235 and finished their innings on 186 runs in 20 overs. Jason Roy and Rinku Singh tried to get close to the target but, in the end, failed.
It’s going to be a huge run-feast match at the M. Chinnaswamy, and we can see some centuries also from batters. It is going to be a hard test for both team bowlers.
RCB vs KKR: Head-To-Head Record
Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore played 31 matches against each other in IPL history. Kolkata Knight Riders won 17 matches, and Royal Challengers Bangalore won 14 matches which shows that they both had very competitive contests against each other over the years.
They already played a match against each other in IPL 2023 edition in which Kolkata Knight Riders heavily dominated the match and won it by 81 runs. In that match, Kolkata lost their first 5 wickets on just 89, and Royal Challengers Bangalore was on the top of the match, but then came Rinku Singh and Shardul Thakur, who took their team to 204 at the end of 20 overs, which was amazing by them.
In chasing Royal Challenge, Bangalore was not able to even cross the 125 runs mark and got all out on 123 runs and lost by 81 runs, one of the biggest defeats in IPL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last four matches and lost seven out of their 11 matches at the Eden Garden stadium. Last year they won the Eliminator match against the Lucknow Super Giants at the same venue.
RCB vs KKR: Pitch Report of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Stats from IPL matches played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
| Matches Played | 83 |
| Batting first won | 34 |
| Batting second won | 46 |
| Average 1st innings batting score | 170 |
| Pace Bowlers Took | 455 Wickets |
| Spin Bowlers Took | 284 Wickets |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium has been a paradise for the batsmen as it has pitch-bat-friendly and short boundaries, which makes it very hard for bowlers to defend runs, and there have been high-scoring matches played on this ground.
In all 82 matches on this ground, 1148 sixes and 2201 boundaries have been hitted, which shows that it is a paradise for the batters, and they enjoy playing here. The last match on this ground was a clear indication of why this ground is so batting-friendly and hell for bowlers.
The last match on this ground was an afternoon match which generally has a lower score if you compare it with the night match on the same ground. The biggest reason for that is the drier surface; the ball comes on the bat slower than it does at night. The spinners come more in the game when it’s an afternoon match, but at night spinners do not get much grip, and batsmen enjoy more of the surface.
Team Preview of Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore is on the winning run and is now in the fifth spot in the table with 8 points. They got 4 wins and 3 losses. The last match was one of the best their bowling unit provided, defending a chasable total on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Once again, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s middle-order batsmen failed to capitalize on the great start given by the top order, and now the team looks like they just depend on four players in the team who are doing everything, and others are not performing at all.
Maxwell and the orange cap holder Faf du Plessis stormed through Rajasthan Royals bowlers. Faf scored 62 runs in just 39 balls, and Maxwell scored 77 in just 44 balls. In the last match, Harshal Patel really showed why he was their first-choice bowler. He did not have a great last season and also the start of the season, but in the last match, he took three important wickets.
The team is still struggling with middle-order batsmen, and now 83% of runs are scored by the top three batsmen of Royal Challengers Bangalore. They should now give a chance to Michael Bracewell, who can score a good number of runs, and also give them one more bowling option.
RCB can push Suyash Prabhudessai’s batting order as he seems a more reliable batsman than Dinesh Karthik, who is struggling the most in the last phase of the match. Wanindu Hasaranga seems to be back in his bowling form, and now he is picking wickets in most matches.
Siddarth Kaul can be a good choice for them, as Vijaykumar Vjshak has been expensive in his few previous matches.
Virat Kohli also felt motivated after the match, as he said in the post-match conference.
“It was pretty easy to choose, we’d have batted first. This wicket looks dry and it will get drier and might break up first. I didn’t say that to Sanju, but I’m very happy to bat first. We both get to do what we wanted. Mike Hesson asked me, ‘what are you feeling?’ I said, ‘nothing that I’m used to!’ The only thing I was thinking about the toss! My toss record hasn’t been great,”
Kohli said at the post match conference.
The last match against the Kolkata Knight Riders has been the biggest defeat in the IPL 2023, and this time, they should be more careful when they have a match in their hand because last time, they let it slip after being in a commanding position.
Royal Challengers Bangalore has both an Orange cap holder (Faf du Plessis) and a Purple cap holder (Mohammad Siraj).
Team Preview of Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders are at the 7th place now after losing 4 matches in a row. They have picked only 4 points with 2 wins and 5 losses. Making Nitish Rana captain is one of the biggest mistakes for them because, as a captain, Nitish Rana is not a calm person who can boost his players.
The pace bowling unit of Kolkata Knight Riders is not looking good at all, and even in the last match, Umesh Yadav and David Wiese were expensive with their bowling economy rate. They gave another chance to Kulwant Khejroliya, who took two wickets in the match against the Chennai Super Kings.
The openers have been a big issue with the Kolkata Knight Riders team as they are not giving the team a good start, and then it gets very hard for the middle-order batsmen to cope with the chase.
The good thing about the match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore is they won their last encounter against them by a huge margin and crushed down the team with all departments. Kolkata Knight Riders need to try different captaincy options and openers because both things are a big issue for them.
The spin department is doing the right work, but the whole team needs to come as one, and Andre Russell needs to step up because he is not giving any good performance with the bat, and even with a bowl, he just took a few wickets.
RCB vs KKR Probable Playing XIs:
Probable Lineup of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj
Probable Lineup of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak
The player who can come in the match as an impact player: RCB vs KKR
Royal Challengers Bangalore has been using Faf du Plessis as an impact player for the last two matches, but in the last match, he seems fit, and as they want a better player in the middle order, they might use Michael Bracewell.
Kolkata Knight Riders will stick with Venkatesh Iyer and Suyash Sharma swap as impact players, which will give them more balance.
