KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 Match Preview, Head-to-head, Possible XIs and Dream11 Team Prediction

Shreyas Iyer's Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to face Faf du Plessis' Royal Challengers Bangalore in match No. 36 of IPL 2024 on Sunday, 21st April, at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. KKR have won 4 and lost two games so far this season while RCB are at the bottom of the table, losing 6 out of their seven games this season. Both teams would like to claim the important two points so it is going to be an exciting contest in Kolkata. From possible playing XIs to Dream11 predictions, here is everything you need to know about the KKR vs RCB match in IPL 2024.

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Match Details

• Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - IPL 2024

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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 20, 2024

How to watch the KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 Match?

The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2024 match will be televised on Star Sports Network. All the Indian Premier League matches will be streamed free on the Jio Cinema app and website.

Pitch & Weather Report

Eden Gardens has been very batting-friendly in the last few years. In the last season, four out of seven matches played at the venue crossed the 200 mark. Three matches have been played here so far this season, two of which have seen 200-plus scores in both innings.

The KKR vs RCB is also expected to be a high-scoring match as the pitch will favour the batters completely this time. The dew will not play a part as this is going to be an afternoon game.

The temperatures will be around 36 degrees in the evening. There is no chance of rain and the humidity is expected to be close to 59 percent.

Will and Phil: Facing off tomorrow, catching up today. 🔥🤝#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2024 #KKRvRCB pic.twitter.com/HUIyodoGBX

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 20, 2024

KKR vs RCB: Head-to-Head Record

Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore have faced each other in 33 matches. KKR have a slight lead, winning 19 games while RCB have won 14.

• Total matches played: 33
• Kolkata Knight Riders won: 19
• Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 14
• No result: 0

Jhappi laga liya. Masala khatam 😋

Things we love to see on a cricket field 💜❤️ pic.twitter.com/XDvpGyLcQ2

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 20, 2024

KKR vs RCB head-to-head at the Eden Gardens Stadium

• Total matches played: 11
• Kolkata Knight Riders won: 7
• Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 4
• No result: 0
• Abandoned: 0

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Team News

Kolkata Knight Riders

The Knight Riders have lost two out of the last three games. This is going to be a very important game for KKR and they will be desperate to claim the three points. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine are having a sensational season. Both the openers have contributed so much to the team and there is no doubt, they have been the most important players for the Knight Riders this season.

Raghuvanshi has scored runs consistently while Shreyas Iyer is having a below-average season. He hasn't been good with the bat and the same problem lies with Venkatesh Iyer too. Andre Russell and Rinku Singh have played their role as finishers but they will be challenged when the top order fails. 

We can watch his batting on loop, every single day! 😍 pic.twitter.com/0xFnzskoMv

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 18, 2024

KKR's bowling is another issue. Mitchell Starc hasn't justified his price tag yet. Harshit Rana still has to learn a lot and the 22-year-old still has a lot of time to improve. Varun Chakaravarthy is having a poor season and he will be hoping to make a comeback. Sunil Narine has bowled well and Andre Russell has bowled some critical overs too. But, the KKR bowling unit has to improve more if they want to return to their winning path.

𝑰𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒂, 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑼𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒂 🕺🏻 pic.twitter.com/2iZqF43Npv

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 18, 2024

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB have been struggling from the start of the tournament this season. Except for Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik, none has shown form consistently. Captain Faf du Plessis has not got himself going other than two matches. Glenn Maxwell is far away from his best and he is also injured.

Rajat Patidar is inconsistent and needs to step up and score runs continuously before RCB doesn't have too many opportunities and matches left. Despite scoring a lot of runs and holding the orange cap, pundits have criticized Virat's strike rate at the end. 

Balance ✅
Head position ✅
👀 on the ball ✅#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2024 @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/7bbwUvEtUN

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 19, 2024

However, the bowling has been the most problematic thing for RCB. Mohammed Siraj has not looked at his best and has not given the start with the new ball they have been looking for. RCB have tried Yash Dayal, Reece Topley, Akash Deep, and Vyshak Vijaykumar as their pace variations, but except for Vyshak Vijaykumar, none has been that good so far.

Another reason for RCB's struggle is that they have no top-class spin bowler in their squad to handle the middle overs. In a nutshell, there are a lot of problems in RCB's setup and they need to do something to come out of this situation.

RCB have lost six out of their seven games already and another defeat will confirm their elimination. 

Miyan never backs down from challenges, always takes them head-on. 🙌

And our captain is making sure he is involved in the right conversations. 🤝#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/MLhGGWK03g

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 19, 2024

Possible XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (C), Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Phil Salt (wk)

Impact Player Subs: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, N Rana, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, AS Roy, Vaibhav Arora, C Sakariya, D Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma, Allah Mohammad

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Sourav Chauhan, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Yash Dayal, Lockie Ferguson

Impact Player Subs: Anuj Rawat, SS Prabhudessai, GJ Maxwell, C Green, M Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, TK Curran, MJ Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Alzarri Joseph, Himanshu Sharma, KV Sharma, Akash Deep

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