KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction IPL 2023

KKR vs RCB Match Preview

KKR didn’t get off to a great start in IPL 2023 as they suffered a seven runs defeat to Punjab Kings.  Chasing a target of 192, the team was reduced to 146-5 before the rain stopped play and Punjab were declared winners. KKR didn’t have a great match but Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell had some good hits out there in the middle and that should raise KKR’s confidence a bit.

Meanwhile, RCB started off their campaign with a magnificent eight-wicket win over Mumbai Indians. The bowlers were on fire and restricted Mumbai Indians to a below-par 171 before Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis scored 50s to take RCB home.

KKR vs RCB Match Pitch Report and Weather Report 

Pitch Report

The match will be played at the iconic Eden Gardens. The pitch at Eden is very good to bat and remains the same throughout the game. However, the ball does move a bit there under the lights.     

Weather Report

It will a humid evening in Kolkata on the match day as the temperatures will rise to 37 degrees. 

KKR vs RCB Playing 11s

Kolkata Knight Riders

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mandeep Singh/Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy    

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj

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KKR vs RCB Team News 

Jason Roy has been named as Shakib Al Hasan’s replacement for KKR. RCB are likely to play the same team. Rajat Patidar has been ruled out of the season.

KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head Records 

The two teams have played many nailbiters and one more will be expected when the two clash at the iconic Eden Gardens.

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Faf du Plessis

What a player Faf has been for the teams in IPL. The RCB skipper got his team off to a winning start with a magnificent knock of  73 in 45 balls against the Mumbai Indians. Faf, with all his experience, will be key for RCB if the team has to go on and win the IPL trophy for the first time.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has peaked at the right time for RCB. After scoring hundreds in all formats of the game in the last few months, Kohli started his IPL 2023 campaign with a blistering 82 off 49. Kohli, given the kind of form he is in, can have a season like 2016 where he almost scored 1000 runs and took RCB to the final.         

Mohammed Siraj

Mohammed Siraj has been ruthless with the new ball for India and RCB. Siraj rattled the Mumbai top order with a sensational display of fast bowling and took the wicket of Ishan Kishan while giving just 21 runs in his four overs.

Nitish Rana

The skipper will have to come good if KKR has to get past RCB. Rana didn’t do much with the bat against PBKS but would be eyeing a decent show against RCB.

Sunil Narine

Before arriving in IPL, Sunil Narine bowled a spell of 7 overs, 7 maiden and 7 wickets, proving that he still is one of the toughest bowlers to face. He was taken apart in the game against PBKS and will be eyeing a better show against RCB.

KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction