Match Preview
It will be Kolkata Knight Riders up against the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 9th game of the IPL.
Additionally, Eden Gardens will be hosting this game between these two sides today.
Looking at their previous games then, Kolkata Knight Riders lost theirs to Punjab Kings by 7 runs via the DLS method.
Therefore, they will be on the hunt for their two points today against RCB and they have home advantage on their side.
Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first game rather convincingly against the Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets.
They will now look to keep the winning momentum going by beating the Knight Riders today at the latter’s home.
Therefore, this will be an interesting game between these two sides at Kolkata today. We can expect a high-scoring clash as well.
Match Details
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 9
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: 6th April 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
When it comes to Eden Gardens, then the wicket here is ideal for batting in T20 cricket. Moreover, the average first innings score at this venue is 174 which makes this contest a high-octane affair.
Full Squads for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 9
Kolkata Knight Riders
Jason Roy, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Litton Das (wk), Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, David Willey, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandge, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, R Sonu Yadav, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Finn Allen (wk), Akash Deep, Avinash Singh, Harshal Patel, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley, Siddarth Kaul
Probable Playing XI for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 9
Kolkata Knight Riders
Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, David Willey, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma
Probable Winner
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that RCB will win this contest against KKR.
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