Kohli-Gambhir will face each other in RCB-KKR match

IPL 2024, RCB vs KKR: There is a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. This match is also special because RCB Virat Kohli playing and Gautam Gambhir Will be in KKR’s dugout as a mentor. This means that Gambhir and Kohli will be face to face after about a year. In the last IPL, Gambhir was a part of the Lucknow franchise and in a match there was a heated argument between him and Kohli. Bharti fine was also imposed on both of them. Once again, when both will be face to face, all eyes will be on them.

IPL 2024: Record of highest score in the name of Sunrisers

RCB has played two matches so far and has won one. He is at sixth position in the points table. Whereas KKR has played one match so far and after winning it, it is at fourth position in the table. M Chinnaswamy Stadium is known for big scores, so both the teams will have an eye on the big batsmen. Virat Kohli has a great record in this stadium. Sunrisers Hyderabad has made the record of highest runs scored in IPL by scoring 277 runs in an innings in their match. KKR and RCB will have a chance to break it.

IPL 2024: RCB has more than one batsman

Virat Kohli is looking fantastic with the bat. He has scored 98 runs in the last two matches. His strike rate has been 142.03. A big innings will be expected from Virat on Friday also. RCB’s batting lineup is strong. Apart from Virat, captain Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat and even Dinesh Karthik also have the ability to single-handedly turn the match. It will be difficult for KKR bowlers to stop them.

IPL 2024: Head to Head

If we look head to head, both the teams have clashed 30 times so far in the tournament. RCB has won 14 matches, while KKR has registered 18 wins. Chinnaswamy’s ground is small and scoring runs becomes easy here. The pitch here helps the batsmen and the outfield is very fast. Last year the average score of an innings in this stadium was 196 runs. The toss will matter as dew can impact the game.

IPL 2024: Probable playing XI of both the teams

RCB XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammad Siraj, Yash Dayal.
KKR XI: Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Suyyash Sharma/Chetan Sakariya.