BLR vs KOL Dream11: It’s a Super Sunday in IPL 2021 as fans get a feat of two games. In the first game of the day, two giants collide against each other at Chennai. With two wins in two games, Roya Challengers Bangalore have got off to a perfect start while Kolkata Knight Riders have won one game and have lost one game. The Dre Russ show is yet to begin in this IPL, but ABD has already kickstarted the fireworks. There is also the class of King Kohli and Big Show from Glenn Maxwell. KKR’s Nitish Rana has produced some scintillating strokes while Prasidh Krishna’s ‘hit-the-deck-hard’ bowling has created exciting moments. So Sunday is surely going to be a full of crictaintment. If you are looking to win some cash along with the entertainment, then here we help you pick the ideal BLR vs KOL Dream11 Team with all Dream11 tips for the BLR vs KOL IPL game.
Fixture: Match 10. Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
When: 18 April, 3: 30 IST
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
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RCB vs KOL Playing 11
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing 11 (likely)
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team News:
Pace bowler Daniel Sams has completed quarantine and is available for selection.
Playing Combination: The duo of D Padikal and V Kohli will open the innings while the likes of G Maxwell, AB de Villiers will form the middle order. Y Chahal, H Patel, and D Sams will lead the bowling attack.
BLR Playing 11 (likely)
Virat Kohli
Devdutt Padikkal
Shahbaz Ahmed
Glenn Maxwell
AB de Villiers
Daniel Christian
Washington Sundar
Daniel Sams
Harshal Patel
Mohammed Siraj
Yuzvendra Chahal
G Maxwell scored a match-winning fifty in the last game making 59 runs from 41 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. He had also made 39 runs from 28 balls in the first game with 3 fours and 2 sixes. He looks in great form and can be expected to continue his ‘Big Show’. He has scored 6772 runs in 288 T20 innings with an average of 27.19 and has a strike-rate of 152.21. He has slammed 3 hundreds and 39 ffities.
S Ahmed was the impact player in the last game as he picked 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 2 overs. The Chennai pitch slows down as the game progresses so he can again be the X factor. He had also made 14 runs from 10 balls with 1 six and he can again bat at number 3 which means he will have more run-scoring opportunities.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11 (likely)
Kolkata Knight Riders Team News:
Playing Combination: The duo of S Gill and N Rana will open the innings while the likes of R Tripathi, E Morgan and A Russell will form the middle order. Shakib Al Hasan and P Cummins will lead the bowling attack.
KOL Playing 11:
Shubman Gill
Nitish Rana
Rahul Tripathi
Eoin Morgan
Dinesh Karthik
Andre Russell
Shakib Al Hasan
Pat Cummins
Harbhajan Singh
Prasidh Krishna
Varun Chakravarthy
N Rana is in incredible form and has smashed fifties in both games. He scored 80 runs from 56 balls in the first game with 9 fours and 4 sixes and in the second game he made 57 runs from 47 balls off 6 fours and 2 sixes. He is a must-have batter in the team.
A Russell may have failed to hit sixes in this season yet but he has done exceedingly well in his other role i.e is the death over bowler. He picked 1 wicket in first game and then claimed a five-wicket haul in the second match. He is too good a batter to ignore, so have him in the team atleast for his bowling abilities. He has a strike-rate of 179.69 in IPL and has smashed 1531 runs at an average of 28.88.
The slow Chennai pitch would suit KOL more than BLR. The only worry for KOL is their middle-order which hasn’t fired yet. But considering their strength, in the BLR vs KOL Dream11 today match prediction expect KOLto win the game.
Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: AB de Villiers,
Batsmen:: D Padikkal, N Rana, R Tripathi
All-rounders: G Maxwell, S Ahmed, S Al Hasan, A Russell
Bowlers: Y Chahal, P Cummins, V Chakravarthy
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