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KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction IPL 2018 3rd Match : Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Kolkata vs Bangalore Dream11 Team Prediction IPL 3rd Match : Preview

KKR Vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction IPL 3rd Match : Preview

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 3rd match of IPL 2018. We are covering KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI. The second match is to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Who doesn’t love RCB and why they shouldn’t. There is Virat, AB, QDK and Bazz at the top. There was Gayle Storm and crowd will really miss him but those are now old days. Rcb has again made a batting heavy team with some good all rounders. Likes of Moeen, De Grandhomme, Woakes and Sundar, they can be handy with bat and bowl. They have one of the best death bowlers of recent time and Southee he is. So basically they are looking good like old days in batting and fast bowling. They do not have big Indian names in fast bowling but in spin department they have Chahal and Sundar. So it looks a good chasing side but we can’t say what they will perform on batting front.

KKR-one of most successful teams in the history of Indian Premier League. This season they will not have the services of there most successful captain – Gautam Gambhir. He is back to his home town. Time will say whether they will miss him or not. But they have retained some big name and they are Lynn, Russell, Nirine, Uthappa and New captain Karthik. In batting department they have captain plus Robin, Lynn and Young Guns like Gill, Rana and Jaggi. In fast bowling they have services of Vinay, Johnson, Curran along with u19 stars Nagarkoti and Mavi. spin department they have Kuldeep and Nirine. On paper they looks a bowling heavy side with good all rounders.

When and Where:

KKR V RCB, 2nd IPL Match
Eden Gardens, Kolkata .
08:00 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Avg 1st innings score: 154
Avg 2nd innings score:143

Pitch Conditions:

There was a time when Eden Gardens pitch was more of a spinner friendly but now a days it provides better assist to the fasters. We can expect scores between 150-170.

Squads:

Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Woakes, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Brendon McCullum, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Quinton De Kock, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Colin De Grandhomme, M. Ashwin, Parthiv Patel, Moeen Ali, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aniket Choudhary, Pavan Deshpande, Anirudha Ashok Joshi

Kolkata Knight Riders :
Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Tom Curran, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi

Team News:

Kolkata Knight Riders :
Mitchell Starc has been ruled out from IPL 2018, Knight Riders added Tom Curran for his replacement.
In KKR playing XI Lynn, Narine, Russell and Tom Curran/Johnson are expected to play.

Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Corey Anderson added in RCB squad for replacement of Nathan Coulter-Nile.

KKR vs RCB Probable Playing XI :

Kolkata Knight Riders :
Shubham Gill, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c&wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Tom Curran/Mitchell Johnson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti/Vinay Kumar

Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Parthiv Patel (wk), Brendon Mccullum/De Kock, Virat Kohli (c), Ab de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Chris Woakes, Grandhomme/Corey Anderson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj