IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction, Match-36, Playing XI, Pitch Report, Team News & Fantasy Tips | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

IPL 2024, KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction, Match-36, Playing XI, Pitch Report, Team News & Fantasy Tips | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Indian Premier League 2024 Match Prediction 

Match:   KKR vs RCB Fantasy Team Prediction  
Time:   21 Apr, 03:30 PM (IST)  

Series::  Indian Premier League 2024  
Venue:   Eden Gardens – Kolkata, India 

Head-to-Head Stats 
Matches Played: 08
KKR Won: 05
RCB Won: 02
No Result/Tie: 01

Recent Form: 
KKR 
L,  W,  L, W, W
❌✅❌✅✅

RCB 
L,   L,  L,  L,  L
❌❌❌❌❌

Info: 

• Sunil Narine hit 109 from 56 balls at the top of the order against Rajasthan Royals and the experienced left-hander is our tip for KKR’s highest run scorer against RCB. Varun Chakravarthy has taken three wickets from his last two appearances at Eden Gardens and he is a strong choice for KKR’s top wicket taker in this game.
• Virat Kohli is the leading run scorer in the tournament and is averaging 72.20 from seven innings. He is well worth backing as RCB’s highest run scorer against KKR. Lockie Ferguson came into the team for the last fixture and took two wickets. He is our pick for RCB’s top wicket taker in this match.
• No batter has been as consistent as Virat Kohli so far in the 2024 IPL so we recommend backing him to hit the most fours in this clash.

Live Streaming: 

TV channels: In India, KKR vs RCB match will be available on Star Network. The match will also be available on Sky Sports (UK), Fox Sports (Australia), Sky Sport NZ (New Zealand), SuperSport (South Africa) and Willow TV (USA).

IPL 2024 Live Streaming: KKR vs RCB fixture will be live-streamed on Jio Cimema in India. In Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, the matches can be watched live on Yupp TV.  Other channels where the match will be streamed live are Willow, Foxtel Go and Kayo.

Toss Predictions: 

Almost 60% of the IPL matches at Eden Gardens have been won by the team chasing so we are predicting that both sides will want to field first in this clash.

Weather & Pitch Report: 

Weather: ⛅

This is going to be played under very hot conditions on Sunday afternoon with the temperature likely to be in the high thirties throughout. There will be a light breeze and no rain is forecast.

Pitch Report:

This certainly looks like being another good batting wicket in this year’s IPL and the surface at Eden Gardens delivered 447 runs in the last game! The pace bowlers are likely to be expensive unless they can produce some high level variations. Batters will find the bounce to be true and whoever bats first will be looking to post a total of at least 215 to be competitive.

Eden Gardens – Kolkata, India   

Total matches: 12

Matches won batting first: 05

Matches won bowling first: 07

Average 1st Inns scores: 155

Average 2nd Inns scores: 137

Highest total recorded:

201/5 (20 Ov) by PAK vs BAN

Lowest total recorded:

70/10 (15.4 Ov) by BAN vs NZ

Highest score chased:

162/4 (18.5 Ov) by IND vs WI

Lowest score defended:

186/5 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI

Team NEWS: 

KKR Team News: 

Rinku Singh has been carrying a minor injury throughout the tournament so far but the news is that he is back to full fitness ahead of this game. Shreyas Iyer announced an unchanged XI before the match with Rajasthan Royals and we expect him to do the same again in this fixture. 

RCB Team News: 

Glenn Maxwell asked to be left out ahead of RCB’s last game with Mohammed Siraj also missing out and Lockie Ferguson coming in. It is not out of the question that RCB will make other changes to their bowling attack in this game as they continue to search for a winning formula.

Predicted Playing11: 

Kolkata 

1 Phil Salt (wk)

2 Sunil Narine

3 A Raghuvanshi

4 Shreyas Iyer (c)

5 Venkatesh Iyer

6 Rinku Singh

7 Andre Russell

8 Ramandeep Singh

9 Mitchell Starc

10 V Chakravarthy

11 Harshit Rana

Bangalore 

1 Faf du Plessis (c)

2 Virat Kohli

3 Will Jacks

4 Rajat Patidar

5 Saurav Chauhan

6 Dinesh Karthik (wk)

7 Mahipal Lomror

8 Reece Topley

9 V Vyshak

10 Lockie Ferguson

11 Yash Dayal

Players Matchups: 

P Salt against R Topley
08 balls 07 runs 02 Dismissal

P Salt against G Maxwell
19 balls 14 runs 02 Dismissal

P Salt against A Joseph
27 balls 46 runs 01 Dismissal

P Shaw against P Cummins
20 balls 32 runs 01 Dismissal

A Russell against A Joseph
23 balls 48 runs 02 Dismissal

S Narine against A Joseph
30 balls 35 runs 02 Dismissal

S Narine against M Siraj
07 balls 10 runs 01 Dismissal

V Iyer against Y Dayal
13 balls 30 runs 01 Dismissal

V Iyer against A Joseph
17 balls 33 runs 01 Dismissal

N Rana against M Siraj
08 balls 08 runs 01 Dismissal

N Rana against K Sharma
13 ball 26 runs 01 Dismissal

S Iyer against R Topley
04 balls 02 runs 01 Dismissal

S Iyer against L Ferguson
20 balls 26 runs 01 Dismissal

R Singh against Y Dayal
11 balls 37 runs 01 Dismissal

C Green against S Narine
56 ball 57 runs 02 Dismissal

C Green against V Chakaravarthy
39 balls 40 runs 01 Dismissal

D Karthik against V Chakaravarthy
05 balls 03 runs 01 Dismissal

V Kohli against S Narine
56 ball 57 runs 02 Dismissal

V Kohli against V Chakaravarthy
39 balls 40 runs 01 Dismissal

G Maxwell against V Chakaravarthy
30 balls 46 runs 03 Dismissal

G Maxwell against S Narine
25 balls 20 runs 02 Dismissal

F du Plessis against A Russell
13 balls 23 runs 01 Dismissal

F du Plessis against V Chakaravarthy
30 balls 41 runs 01 Dismissal

F du Plessis against S Narine
44 balls 38 runs 01 Dismissal

Team Combo: 

KKR Team Info – 

• Philip Salt and Sunil Narine will probably open the inning.
• Sunil Narine is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi will bat at the one-down position. He is the backbone of the batting team.
• Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer will handle the middle-order batting.
• Shreyas Iyer will lead the KKR as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
• Philip Salt will do the Wicket Keeping for KKR.
• Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
• Sunil Narine is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
• Harshit Rana and Mitchell Starc will lead the pace attack of his team.

RCB Team Info – 

• Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli will probably open the inning.
• Virat Kohli is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
• Will Jacks will bat at the one-down position. He is the backbone of the batting team.
• Rajat Patidar and Saurav Chauhan will handle the middle-order batting.
• Faf du Plessis will lead the RCB as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
• Dinesh Karthik will do the Wicket-Keeping for RCB. He was the highest fantasy points gainer in the previous match.
• Yash Dayal and Reece Topley will lead the pace attack of his team.

Winning Chances: 

Plenty of questions have been asked of RCB’s recruitment due to the lack of depth in their bowlers but they do still have some quality in that department. The question is though if they will be able to keep the runs down against an in-form and full of confidence batting line-up for KKR. Our prediction is that KKR will come out on top of a high scoring match.

Kolkata Knight Riders to beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Kolkata Knight Riders a 50% chance to win this match 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru a 50% chance to win this match 

Key Players: 

Kolkata Knight Riders 

Sunil Narine 

the 35 year old all-rounder not only hit a century but also took 2/30 with the ball. He is having an exceptional IPL 2024 season.

Rinku Singh 

the ‘finisher’ of the side showed off his skills with 20 not out from only nine balls against Rajasthan Royals and at full fitness he could even come in earlier than number six in this match.

Varun Chakravarthy 

the spinner struck with successive balls against Rajasthan taking the wickets of Ravichandran Ashwin and Shimron Hetmyer.

Harshit Rana 

the 22 year old right-arm fast bowler took 2/45 in the last game at this venue but also has taken 3/33 against Sunrisers here earlier in this tournament.

KKR Possible Impact Player Substitutes 

Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora 

Rinku Singh has been playing purely as a batter in recent games but he is expected to stay in the side for the fielding innings for this match. Leg-spinner Suyash Sharma could be an option if spin seems to be taking hold.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 

Virat Kohli 

the right-handed opener looked on track for another big score before he was bowled by a slow spinning delivery when on 42 from 20 balls in the last match.

Faf du Plessis 

the South African skipper will come into this game full of confidence after hitting 62 runs from only 28 balls against Sunrisers.

Lockie Ferguson 

the New Zealand quick bowler is an excellent competitor and he dismissed two of the in-form batters in the tournament, Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen, in the last match.

Reece Topley 

the tall English left-arm pace bowler was very expensive against Sunrisers Hyderabad but still got the first wicket of the evening when he dismissed Abhishek Sharma.

RCB Possible Impact Player Substitutes 

Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma 

Anuj Rawat came in during the batting innings and replaced Yash Dayal in the last game. Mohammed Siraj will be desperate to get another opportunity for the team.

Team Forms: 

KKR Team Form: 

Kolkata Knight Riders are competing at the top of the table but have lost two of their last three games.

RCB Team Form: 

RCB have won only one game so far in this campaign and are looking to avoid their sixth successive defeat in this match.

SQUAD: 

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad: 

Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Squad: 

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Tom Curran, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Cameron Green, Manoj Bhandage, Himanshu Sharma.

Pre-Toss Grand League Team: