RCB vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction IPL 2023

Indian Premier League 2023 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Dream11 Match Prediction, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Update

Posted On: Apr 25,2023

Posted By: Joy

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Match 36– IPL 2023
Date	April 26th, 2023
Time	7.30 PM IST, 2:00 PM GMT, 7:30 PM Local Time
Venue	M Chinnaswamy Stadium

RCB vs KKR Match Preview

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be looking to continue their winning run at home. With Kohli back as RCB captain, the team has shown great intent. They have now won four matches in seven games and looking a force to reckon with. Kohli and Faf du Plessis have been great at the top while Mohammed Siraj is spitting venom with the new ball.

Meanwhile, things are going from bad to worse for KKR, who have now lost five of the seven matches. They are lagging too far behind in the tournament and a few more losses with end their campaign in IPL prematurely.

RCB vs KKR Match Pitch Report and Weather Report

Pitch Report

The wicket is a belter and run scoring is quite easy. It is a small ground so defending is not easy. A score of 200 is just about par here.

Weather Report

The weather will be slightly cloudy with temperature hovering around 30 degrees. The cloud cover will help the new ball to move.

RCB vs KKR Playing 11s

Royal Challengers Bangalore

N Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders

Virat Kohli (c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harshal Patel

RCB vs KKR Team News And Injury Updates

Faf du Plessis is playing as an impact player due to injury and Virat Kohli is leading the side. Expect RCB to continue with the same team. Kolkata will also likely play the same team with impact player being picked based on toss result.

RCB vs KKR Head-to-Head Records

KKR has got better of RCB on 18 of the 32 games they have played. The teams met earlier this season and KKR defeated RCB by 81 runs.

	Matches Played	RCB	KKR	NR	Tie
Overall	32	14	18	0	0

Recommended: Detailed Head to Head Stats of RCB vs KKR

RCB vs KKR Dream11 Top Fantasy Picks All Rounders, Batsman, Bowlers, Wicket Keepers

Wicketkeeper	Dinesh Karthik
Batters	Virat Kohli (C), Faf du Plessis (VC), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana
All-rounders	Glenn Maxwell, Sunil Narine, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Weise
Bowlers	Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakravarthy

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has enjoyed a good run with the bat in IPL 2023. Kohli has scored 279 runs with four fifties in seven games. He was out for a duck in the last game but is expected to bounce back strong in the coming game.

Faf du Plessis

Faf du Plessis has been in the top form for RCB. With 405 runs in seven matches, Faf is the leading run-scorer of the tournament. He has also scored five fifties this season in seven innings.

Venkatesh Iyer

Coming in as an Impact player, Iyer has played some gems for KKR this year. He has also scored a century for the team so he is one player to look forward to in the coming game.

Mohammed Siraj

Siraj has been brilliant for RCB this year, picking wickets with the new ball in every game. With 13 wickets in 7 matches, Siraj is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.

Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakravarthy will be the one to watch out for from the KKR team with the ball. The spinner has taken 10 wickets this season and is KKR’s top wicket-taker.