The KKR vs RCB reverse match of IPL 2024 will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, April 21. The Knight Riders are in their home round where they will play five consecutive games that started with the match against LSG. .
KKR vs RCB Date and Venue
The KKR vs RCB match will be played at Eden Gardens next Sunday starting at 3:30 pm IST. This is KKR’s third home game in a row and they play five before moving out of the city.
KKR vs RCB Match Preview – IPL 2024, Match 36
Riders of the Knights of Calcutta
KKR won three in a row to start their IPL 2024 campaign. This was by far their best start to the IPL season. However, starting with the loss to CSk, they have now lost two games out of the next three they have played. Heading into this match they still occupy second place in the points table.
However, some concerns are emerging. Mitchell Starc’s form with the ball is the best of all. He has so far got five wickets at the cost of 232 runs in the season. In the last match against RR, he went for 50 without a wicket.
The batting line-up looks balanced with the openers firing. The middle order has also scored runs. The team is awaiting the return of Nitish Rana, who is out with a finger injury. He is expected to return in the match against RCB.
KKR Squad
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc , Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.
Royal challengers from Bangalore
Bengaluru are last on the points table heading into this game. Against SRH, their players scored 287 runs, which was the new record for most runs scored in the first innings of the IPL. RCB responded strongly with 262 in the chase and SRH won the match by 25 runs.
The concerns in the RCB camp are much more serious than those of KKR. At the moment, they are in last place in the points table heading into this game.
tTheir captain Faf du Plessis is left speechless after every defeat and finds it difficult to explain why the team makes so many runs. Now they have nine more games left and need to reach 16 points to make the playoffs, which seems difficult at the moment.
RCB Team
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.
Key battles between KKR and RCB
Virat Kohli vs Mitchell Starc
Once again, Kohli will go head to head with Mitchell Starc in the IPL. The former RCB captain scored an unbeaten 83 in the previous match against KKR and scored a few goals against Starc. The Australian pacer will look to settle the score this time.
Dinesh Karthik vs. Sunil Narine
The way DK has been batting in the last few overs of this season, KKR might want to use their spinners against him, Narine and Chakravarthy. The duo can join hands to dismiss RCB’s key batsman in the lower order.
Faf du Plessis vs. Vaibhav Arora
Vaibhav Arora with early movement and swing could be KKR’s option to use against Faf du Plessis, who is nervous to start. His prodigious swings could be useful in taking him down.
Key players of KKR against RCB
For kkr, Sunil Phil Salt, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell will be the key with the bat. With the ball, all eyes will be on Mitchell Starc, twins Narine and Chakravarthy, and young Indian pacers Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana.
For RCB, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik will be the key batsmen. With the ball, Mohd Siraj, Yash Dayal and Reece Topley’s left-arm pace will be key.
KKR vs RCB Tone and Weather Report
Weather conditions for Sunday’s KKR vs RCB are expected to be hot and humid. It is an afternoon game and therefore temperatures will be around 38 and 40 degrees. Conditions will also be wet.
Talking about the pitch, the last time KKR played their day game against LSG, they set up a dry wicket which helped the spinners. LSG reached 161 and KKR chased it down successfully. The wicket should be prepared in the same way.
Conclusion
KKR would love to win again at home after a stumble against RR in their next match against RCB. For the visitors, who already lost to KKR earlier in the season, the upcoming season looks tough.
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