The 36th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 will be played on Wednesday (April 26) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Royal Challengers have won four of their first seven games this season, putting them in fifth place in the points table. They come into this game having won their previous encounter against the Rajasthan Royals by seven runs, scoring 189 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell both struck half-centuries to help the squad. With the ball, Harshal Patel was instrumental for RCB, taking three wickets for 42 runs in three overs.
Knight Riders have won two of their last seven games and are currently ranked eighth in the points standings. They lost their previous game against the Chennai Super Kings after failing to chase down a 236-run target. Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, and Shivam Dube all struck half-centuries for CSK, contributing to the massive total. KKR was out of the game after losing key early wickets. KKR got half-centuries from Jason Roy and Rinku Singh, but it wasn’t enough.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli(C), F du Plessis, SS Prabhudessai, MK Lomror, GJ Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, DJ Willey, W Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik(wk), HV Patel, Mohammed Siraj
BENCH: 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, Vijaykumar Vyshak, WG Jacks
Kolkata Knight Riders
RK Singh, JJ Roy, N Rana(C), AD Russell, SP Narine, D Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan(wk), UT Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma, K Khejroliya
BENCH: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, AS Roy, VR Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, S Iyer, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, LH Ferguson, H Rana.
PITCH REPORT
Eden Gardens is famed for its batting-friendly pitch, which has consistently resulted in high-scoring games. Because the stadium is small, the hitters can take chances.
Although it is primarily advantageous to hitters early in the game, it also favours bowlers, particularly spinners, later in the game. Eden Gardens is a medium-sized stadium with a square boundary of 65 to 67 metres and a straight side from the crease of 69 to 71 metres.
WEATHER FORECAST | Prediction for Light Rain |
WIN PREDICTION | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
PITCH CONDITION | Batting |
AVERAGE 1ST INNING SCORE IN BATTING | 193 |
RCB VS KKR Head-to-Head Record:
Kolkata Knight Riders | 17 wins |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 wins |
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