IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB: Who will win today’s IPL match?
RCB have won their opening encounter vs MI while Kolkata lost their first game against PBKS.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will seek to continue their winning ways against Kolkata Knight Riders in their second match of the tournament, following an impressive opening victory over Mumbai Indians. (KKR). The match will take place on Thursday, April 6 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Kolkata's Indian Premier League 2023 campaign got off to a poor start with a 7-run loss to Punjab Kings in their inaugural match. (via DLS Method). KKR were 146/7 after 16 overs chasing a target of 192 when rain interrupted play. As a result, they were discovered to be seven runs below the DLS par score.
The team led by Nitish Rana will seek to rebound from their loss and earn their first victory. Kolkata have historically had an advantage over RCB in IPL head-to-head statistics, and they will enter the game with confidence knowing that they have previously bowled out Bangalore for the lowest score in IPL history (49).
On the other hand, this will be RCB's first away game of the season, and they will attempt to repeat their dominant performance from the season opener. All of their bowlers performed admirably against MI, as they restricted them to 171/7 in the first innings and then chased the target with 22 deliveries to spare, thanks to Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis's brilliant knocks.
IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB: Pitch Report
Historically, the ground at Eden Gardens has been an excellent batting surface, with spinners coming into play later in the innings. There have been a total of 12 T20Is played at Eden Gardens, seven of which were won by teams batting second.
IPL 2023 KKR vs RCB: Probable XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB)
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy