In the 9th match of TATA IPL 2023 on 6th April at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB won their opening match against the mighty Mumbai Indians thrashing them by 8 wickets as we saw one of the deadliest opening pair, Virat Kohli (82* off 49) & skipper, Faf du Plessis (73 off 43) in their peak form. While, KKR started their IPL 2023 on a losing note against Punjab Kings, this encounter showed their inability to make the best out of powerplay overs.
Pitch Report
The Eden Gardens pitch was spinner friendly but recently pacers are making the best usage of it. Along with that, it also supports batsmen based on matches played here. As a result, expected score can be around 180. Either team will look to bowl first keeping stats in mind.
Total IPL matches at this venue: 77
First team batting won 31 matches.
Chasing team won 45 times showing how importantly dew factor plays role.
Average score: 174
Match Details
Match: 9th, KKR vs RCB
Timing: 6th April, 2023 | 07:30pm onwards
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Kolkata Knight Riders
Probable Playing XI
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
- Mandeep Singh
- Nitish Rana (c)
- Rinku Singh
- Andre Russell
- Shardul Thakur
- Sunil Narine
- Tim Southee
- Anukul Roy
- Umesh Yadav
- Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Players
Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, David Weise, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Probable Playing XI
- Virat Kohli
- Faf du Plessis (c)
- Glenn Maxwell
- Michael Bracewell
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Dinesh Karthik (wk)
- Karn Sharma
- Harshal Patel
- Akash Deep
- David Willey
- Md. Siraj
Impact Players
Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Sonu Yadav, Siddharth Kaul
KKR vs RCB Best team for dream11 today match
Grand League
First Prize: 2,00,00,000 /-
Captain: M Bracewell
Vice-captain: Andre Russell
Wicket-keepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Nitish Rana
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell, M Bracewell
Bowlers: Tim Southee, David Willey, Md. Siraj, Umesh Yadav
Small League
First Prize: 1,00,00,000 /-
Captain: Faf du Plessis
Vice-captain: Tim Southee
Wicket-keepers: Dinesh Karthik
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Nitish Rana, V Iyer
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, David Willey, Md. Siraj
Players’ IPL Stats
Players | Matches | Batting | Bowling |
---|---|---|---|
Faf du Plessis | 117 | 3476 runs | – |
M Bracewell | 1 | – | 1 wicket |
Virat Kohli | 224 | 6706 runs | 4 wickets |
Nitish Rana | 92 | 2205 runs | 7 wickets |
Glenn Maxwell | 111 | 2331 runs | 28 wickets |
Venkatesh Iyer | 23 | 586 runs | 3 wickets |
Andre Russell | 99 | 2070 runs | 89 wickets |
Dinesh Karthik | 230 | 4376 runs | – |
R Gurbaz | 1 | 22 runs | – |
Tim Southee | 49 | 120 runs | 47 wickets |
Umesh Yadav | 134 | 177 runs | 136 wickets |
Md. Siraj | 66 | 96 | 60 wickets |
David Willey | 7 | 18 runs | 3 wickets |
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