KKR vs RCB T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, IPL 2023
Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore meet in Match 9 of the 2023 Indian Premier League on Thursday evening in Kolkata. Royal Challengers Bangalore thrashed Mumbai Indians by eight wickets in their opening match with Kolkata Knight Riders narrowly losing to Punjab Kings. Read on as we preview this game. The match begins at Eden Gardens at 19:30 local time.
Kolkata Knight Riders were close to beating Punjab Kings in their opening game but face a much tougher assignment against Royal Challengers Bangalore in this fixture.
Royal Challengers Bangalore never looked like losing to Mumbai Indians and should be far too strong for Kolkata Knight Riders. They have their best players in strong form at the start of this tournament.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore T20 Live Streaming
TV channels: Live action will be available on the Star Sports Network (India), Fox Sports (Australia), Sky Sports (UK), Willow TV (US)
IPL 2023 Live Streaming: Live action of KKR vs RCB can be watched on Jio Cinema in India.
KKR vs RCB Match Toss Prediction
Both teams won the toss ahead of their opening matches and chose to field first. We predict that they will both want to bat second and will do so if they win the toss in this game.
KKR vs RCB, Eden Gardens Pitch Report
This is a good batting track and we can expect a high-scoring game. In the playoff game in the last season, we saw Rajat Patidar smashing a century at a strike rate of 207 at this ground.
The average 1st innings score is around 175. If we go by the IPL stats, then a total of 78 IPL matches have taken place at Eden Gardens out of which 47 matches were won by team batting second.
Kolkata Weather Report
There may be some clouds in the early parts of the match before clear skies take over in the evening. The temperature is forecast to drop from 31 degrees to 29 degrees during the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Indian Premier League 2023
KKR Team News & Playing 11
KKR Team News
It was already known that captain Shreyas Iyer would miss many games of this campaign with a back injury but it has now been confirmed that he will miss the entire IPL 2023. Shakib Al Hasan has also decided that he will not join up with the side across this competition. KKR has roped in England top-order batter Jason Roy
KKR Key Players
- Venkatesh Iyer - The 28 year old right-handed batter averages 34.75 in T20 cricket and has the ability to play across the innings in this format.
- Andre Russell - The former West Indian all-rounder hit a powerful 35 runs from 19 balls against Punjab Kings and could move up the batting order in this game.
- Tim Southee - The New Zealand Test skipper dismissed keeper-batter Jitesh Sharma in the opening match. He has a strike-rate of 18.4 across his T20 career.
- Nitish Rana - We are expecting a captain’s knock from Rana in this match. This batting surface can be a good opportunity for Rana to score some big runs. He has scored 2205 runs in 92 matches.
KKR Possible Impact Player Substitutes
David Wiese, Mandeep Singh, N.Jagadeesan, Harshit Rana
David Wiese is a very talented T20 player and could well be used as an impact player early in the game irrespective of who bowls first. Rana is a quick bowler who will add pace and accuracy if called upon during the match.
KKR Team Form
Kolkata Knight Riders lost their final game of the 2022 IPL and another defeat in this match will make it three defeats in the bounce.
Recommended: Place bets on Cricket with Dafabet Mobile App
KKR Predicted Playing 11
Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav
RCB Team News & Playing 11
RCB Team News
There will be at least one change for Royal Challengers Bangalore with Reece Topley set to miss this match after dislocating his shoulder in the win over Mumbai Indians. We expect the rest of the team to be selected for the second successive game.
RCB Key Players
- Virat Kohli - It was another brilliant batting performance from the former Indian skipper in the big win over Mumbai Indians on Sunday. He hit 11 boundaries in his unbeaten innings.
- Faf du Plessis - The South African opener hit his 26th IPL half-century in Sunday’s game. He is in excellent form and struck six sixes in Match 5.
- Mohammed Siraj - The Indian international dismissed Ishan Kishan at the top of Mumbai Indians’ batting order. He has been in top form across all formats in 2023.
- Glenn Maxwell - Maxwell played 3 deliveries in the last match and smashed 2 sixes at a strike rate of 400. He has shown that he is fit to smash those long sixes once again and might also get an opportunity to bowl more overs. He has scored 2331 runs in 111 IPL matches and picked 28 wickets so far.
RCB Possible Impact Player Substitutes
Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, Siddarth Kaul, Manoj Bhandag
Finn Allen is an explosive batter and could come into the game as an impact player if quick runs are required at any stage of the innings. Siddarth Kaul bowls with good pace and has plenty of IPL experience.
Recommended: Checkout the Probable Playing 11 for KKR vs RCB Match
RCB Team Form
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their final match of the 2022 IPL but are looking for their fourth victory from their last five IPL games in this fixture.
RCB Predicted Playing 11
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep,Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma
KKR vs RCB Head to Head
After losing successive matches against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the last head to head between the sides by three wickets at the end of March last year.
KKR vs RCB Head to Head Stats in T20's
| |
Matches Played |
KKR Won |
RCB Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
31 |
17 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| Last 5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Recommended: Detailed Head to Head Stats of KKR vs RCB
KKR vs RCB Betting Odds
The bookmakers have Royal Challengers Bangalore as the clear favourites to travel to Kolkata and come away with the win.
Recommended: Best Cricket betting odds to place your bets with top online betting sites
Who will win Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore T20 Match?
Kolkata Knight Riders have a good bowling attack but do not have much to rival Royal Challengers Bangalore’s batting line-up. We have the away side as the top team ahead of this game.
Apr 06, 2023
19:30 IST / 14:00 GMT
Eden Gardens - Kolkata, India
Leave Your Comment
We do our best to give you most accurate & useful match predictions and would love to hear from you. Let us know if we need to improve. Share your own predictions for the matches. Let's talk: