Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Today in IPL 2024, there will be a clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. The toss of this match will take place at seven in the evening. The match will start at 7.30 pm. KKR has played one match so far this season, in which it registered a spectacular victory. Whereas RCB has played two matches, in which it lost one and won the other.
Kohli vs Starc for the first time
For the first time in the history of IPL, these two giants will be face to face. Actually, before this Mitchell Starc has definitely played in IPL, but he was a part of Virat’s team RCB only. However, this time he is in Kolkata. In such a situation, Kohli vs Starc will be seen for the first time in this league.
Kolkata has not lost in Chinnaswamy since 2015
Royal Challengers Bangalore last defeated Kolkata Knight Riders at Chinnaswamy ground in 2015. Since then, Bengaluru team is looking for its first win against Kolkata on home ground. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether RCB can break its fort today or not. Kolkata has won 7 out of 11 matches against RCB in Bengaluru.
head to head statistics
So far, 32 matches have been played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR has the lead with 18 wins. Whereas RCB has won 14 matches. KKR’s win percentage is 57%, while RCB’s is 43%.
Probable playing eleven of RCB- Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj and Yash Dayal.
Impact Player- Mahipal Lomror
KKR’s probable playing eleven- Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.
Impact Player- Suyash Sharma.