The 31st match of the tournament will be played between KKR vs RCB at Abu Dhabi on 20th September. It will be the rivalry match as both franchises are well known for heat up moments.
Kolkata Knight Riders are at seventh spot with just 2wins from 7 matches and carrying 4 points with devastating net run rate of -0.49. From now they have to win each and every manner to make themselves survive for the playoffs spot. Not only winning the match for KKR they have to keep their net run rate in a pretty good manner as it will play a key role for them.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore are at third spot just behind Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings with 5 wins from 7 matches having 10 points with net run rate of -0.17. The start of the tournament was one of the best for RCB but later on the loss against CSK made them affect their net run rate.
In the previous clash of IPL-2021, RCB won the match by 38 runs and Ab De Villiers was awarded as the Man of the Match.
Head to Head
Both teams have played 27 matches yet and KKR won 14 while RCB with 13 wins…TOO close…
Let’s see who will win the match. Will RCB clean sweep them this season or will KKR be going to bounce back against RCB!!
KKR’s Probable XI: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi/Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
RCB’s Probable XI: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed/Mohammed Azharuddeen, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal