It will be one of the biggest rivalries to watch out for in the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. This rivalry is one of the best in business to make the audience sit on the edge of their seats. Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to register their first win of the season. Whereas, Kolkata started their campaign on a good note with a win in their first game against Chennai Super Kings. Here is the match preview of the opening encounter of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by the margin of six wickets. Kolkata bulldozed the new CSK and Umesh Yadav performed well with the new ball. On the other side, Royal Challengers Bangalore is facing a big hole in their bowling department as they could not restrict Punjab from chasing the score of 205 runs. However, RCB’s batting showed its old spark but the bowling performed miserably.
Match Details:
Match – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders– 6th Match
Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
When: Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 7:30 PM IST
Where to watch live – Star Sports TV Network, Hotstar
Pitch report: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
After the run-fest match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, the pitch showed that it is perfect for batting and boundaries are comparatively big but still managed to have a 410 run match. So, DY Patil stadium’s pitch will be a batter-friendly deck and will also assist fast bowlers.
Team News: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Glenn Maxwell, Jason Behrendoff and Josh Hazlewood will not be available for this match and is expected to join the team in the next 2 days.
Kolkata Knight Riders :
Kolkata Knight Riders will be missing Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins for this match as well and might be available for the next game.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI‘s: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Kolkata Knight Riders :
Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
| Matches Played | 30 |
| RCB Won | 13 |
| KKR Won | 17 |
| Tie | 0 |
| No Result | 0 |
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