Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday in the 35th match of the IPL 2024. While KKR has managed four wins in six matches, RCB has won a solitary game in their seven games.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: L L L L L
RCB have failed to come up with a collective show and it has led to their downfall. RCB’s bowling has lacked teeth and they haven’t been able to hit the right areas. Dinesh Karthik played a majestic knock of 83 runs in the last game and he will aim to keep up the good show.
Kolkata Knight Riders: L W L W W
Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers could not execute their plans in the last six overs against Rajasthan Royals as they were taken for 96 runs in the previous game. Sunil Narine has been magnificent for KKR at the top of the order and he is going to hold the key for two-time champions.
Head to Head: Matches: 34, Won by KKR: 20, Won by RCB: 14.
Players to watch out for: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine will hold the key for KKR.
Mohammed Siraj, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, and Glenn Maxwell will hold the key for RCB.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
KKR Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, K.S. Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell (WI), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (WI), Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc (AUS), Dushmantha Chameera (SL), Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG).
