KKR vs RCB IPL 2023 Today Match

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), struggling to build a balanced team with their key players unavailable, will try to take advantage of the home conditions today against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which have many star players. Caribbean players have played an important role in the success of Knight Riders and the team management and the fans of the team would like the two strong Caribbean players in the team, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, to beat the visiting team by showing their known destructive game on the home ground. KKR They started their campaign with a seven-run defeat against Punjab Kings by Duckworth-Lewis method and then suffered two more setbacks. First, Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan pulled out of the tournament due to family reasons and international cricket commitments, while the next day, regular captain and main batsman Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the entire IPL as he has to undergo an operation on his back injury. KKR appointed Nitish Rana as the caretaker captain. They were expecting their regular captain to return in the second leg but now that he has been ruled out of the tournament, the Chandrakant Pandit-coached side are also grappling with a leadership crisis.

Shahrukh Khan will also be present
Rana has the experience of captaining Delhi in white-ball cricket and now faces a big challenge of getting his team back on the home ground. KKR will play their first match at Eden Gardens after 1438 days and it is expected that the franchise owner Shahrukh Khan will also be present during this time. KKR played their last match at their home ground before the COVID-19 pandemic on 28 April 2019, defeating Mumbai Indians by 34 runs.

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis will take the test
The KKR attack will be severely tested in front of Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli. Kohli had scored an unbeaten 82 in the last match against Mumbai Indians in an eight-wicket win. RCB have a useful fast bowling attack in the form of Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel and Akashdeep who can take advantage of the favorable conditions at Eden Gardens. They will, however, miss England pacer Reece Topley who has injured his shoulder. David Willey is likely to replace him in the playing XI.

Kolkata vs Bangalore Head to Head (KKR vs RCB Head To Head)

• Total Matches – 30
• Kolkata won – 16
• Bangalore won – 14

numbers game

• Caribbean player Andre Russell will play 100th match in IPL
• KKR spinner Sunil Narine will play 150th match in IPL

KKR vs RCB Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Anukul Roy, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty
Impact Players: Mandeep Singh, N Jagdishan, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf Duplessis (c), Virat Kohli, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, David Willey, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma
Impact Players: Shahbaz Ahmed, Mahipal Lomror, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudesai
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