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RCB vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction of IPL 2019: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders match. We are covering RCB vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the T20 match. The match is to be played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Royal Challengers Bangalore are having a dreadful run in IPL’19 and have failed to register a single victory yet in four encounters. In last match, They lost to Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. Batting first, Parthiv Patel played an impressive knock of 67 runs after another failure of Kohli-Ab De Villiers-Hetmyer. Marcus Stoinis and Moeen Ali played handy cameos at end to take team to a respectable total of 158. Defending the target, Yuzi Chahal continued his good form taking two scalps while Mohammed Siraj was the only positive among pacers bowling an economical spell and took one wicket but could not save team from their fourth consecutive loss in this season. RCB will have to bounce back and get into winning ways as soon as possible before it gets too late for them. They will be determined to put a good show tomorrow and defeat KKR at their home ground in Bengaluru.

Kolkata Knight Riders have got a good start to the season winning two of their three encounters. Unfortunately, they lost their last encounter to Delhi Capitals in a super over. Batting first, KKR lost early wickets but a crucial fifty from Dinesh Karthik and an explosive 62 run knock from 28 balls by Andre Russell led them to a total of 185. With the ball, Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly to defend six runs in last over also taking two crucial scalps. In Super Over, Prasidh Krishna bowled well to restrict Delhi at 10 runs but the brilliance of Kagiso Rabada ensured first loss of the season for KKR. After rest of few days, Kolkata Knight Riders will be roaring to add another loss to the tally of RCB.

A good match can be expected between both teams.

When and Where:

RCB VS KKR, 17th T20, Indian Premier League, 2019.
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
5th April, 08:00 PM

Venue Stats:

Average 1st innings score: 158
Average 2nd innings score: 147

Pitch is expected to be highly batting friendly and will be a batting paradise for power hitters from both side.

Matches won batting first: 2
Matches won bowling first: 4

Head to Head:

Matches played: 22
Kolkata Knight Riders: 13
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 09

Squads:

RCB:
Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Akshdeep Nath, Shimron Hetmyer, Colin de Grandhomme, Shivam Dube, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Prayas Ray Barman, Heinrich Klaasen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Nathan Coulter-Nile.

KKR:
Dinesh Karthik (C), Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Prithvi Raj, Sandeep Warrier, Shrikant Mundhe, Harry Gurney, KC Cariappa, Joe Denly, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik.

Team News (at toss):

RCB Team News- Tim Southee comes in for Shimron Hetmyer, and Pawan Negi for Umesh Yadav

KKR Team News – Nikhil Naik is out and Sunil Narine is back

Probable Playing XI:

RCB:
Parthiv Patel, M Stoinis, Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath (wk), Pawan Negi, Tim Southee, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj.

KKR:
Sunil Narine, C Lynn, R Uthappa, Nitish Rana, D Karthik (C&WK), Shubman Gill, A Russell, Piyush Chawla, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.