Match: The 9th (ninth) match of Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023 will be between Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB).
Venue: Eden Gardens,Kolkata,West Bengal
Date and time: Thursday 6th April. 2023. At 7 : 30pm IST
Match prediction is given at the last
Pitch Report :
Eden Gardens Cricket ground in Kolkata has hosted 12 T20 matches has been played in the venue. So according to T20 matches the average 1st innings score is near 155 runs. So we can expect high scores in the match. Both the teams has face injuries of their players and hard time to recover. This match will be very important for both the teams because by this match they can check the performance of their new players. Both the teams have amazing players so we can expect scores above 160 runs.
From the pervious matches we can say that this pitch is more favourable towards Spiners.
Their is very high chance of the team who wins the toss to choose bowling first and chase the target.
Weather Report:
The weather will be moderate, humid and windy with the average temperature of 29°Celsius between 7:30pm to 12:00 pm.
Stadium Capacity:
Eden Gardens was established in 1864 and currently ownd and manged by Eastern Command of Indian Army.
This is the third-largest cricket stadium in the world with a seating capacity of over 66,000.
Previous match analysis :
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) team has lost their match against Punjab Kings (PBKS). This shows that they are not in good condition.
On the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has won their match against Mumbai Indians(MI). The performance of Virat Kohli and Faf Du Plessis was up to the mark. They are truly on fire and going in a nice pace.
Dream playing 11 of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
1.) MANDEEP SINGH
2.) R. GURBAZ (Wicket Keeper)
3.) ANUKUL ROY
4.) NITISH RANA (Captain)
5.) RINKU SINGH
6.) ANDRE RUSSELL
7.) SHARDUL THAKUR
8.) SUNIL NARINE
9.) UMESH YADAV
10.)TIM SOUTHEE
11.)VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY
Dream playing 11 of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
1.)VIRAT KOHLI
2.)FAF DU PLESSIS (Captain)
3.)GLENN MAXWEL
4.)LMICHAEL BRACEWELL
5.)DINESH KARTHIK (Wicket Keeper)
6.)SHAHBAZ AHAMAD
7.)HARSHAL PATEL
8.)AKASH DEEP
9.)KARN SHARMA
10.)DAVID WILLEY
11.)MOHAMMED SIRAJ
Best players of match RCBVSKKR IPL 2023
Probable Best/Opening batsman from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
MANDEEP SINGH
Mandeep Shingh is Indian cricket of age 31 years. He is an amazing batsman and played over 109 IPL matches and scored 1694 runs. His highest score in Indian Premier League(IPL) is 77 runs.
He has slammed 6 half centuries in his IPL career. His experience and expertise will help the team to be against Royal ChallengersBangalore(RCB) in today's match.
Nitish Rana
Nitish Rana is an Indian Professional cricketer of age 29 years.
At auction Rajasthan Royals has take him in 3.4cr. He played 92 IPL matches and scored 2205 runs in up to the date. His Highest Score in Indian Premier League (IPL) is 87 runs. He has slammed 15 half centuries. He will be the great choice of KolkataKnightRiders(KKR) against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Probable Best/Opening batsman from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli an Indian Professional cricketer of age 34 years. The former Caption of Indian national cricket team is known for his astonishing performance and an aggressive batting style. By his excellent performance a nickname given by his fan (King kohli) is very famous.
He started his journey of Indian Premier League(IPL) in 2008. Virat Kohli has played 224 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 6624 runs, with an strike rate of 129.5. Also he had made 5 centuries and 45 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 113 runs. Virat Kohli has hit 578 fours and 218 sixes in his Indian Premier League (IPL) career.
His performance against Mumbai Indians was astonishing he scored 82 runs in 49 ball. This shows that he is on fire and will be effective against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) today's match.
Faf Du Plessis
Faf Du Plessis an South African Professional cricketer of age 38 years. And also known as one of the best fielder and all-rounder Batsman. He is the current captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He has played 113 IPL matches and scored 3302 runs in 107 Innings. His highest score in Indian Premier League (IPL) is 96 and has 0 IPL centuries, 24 IPL half centuries. F Plessis has a strike rate of 130.4 in Indian Premier League (IPL).
His batting real supported the team on the previous match against Mumbai Indians (MI) where he successfully managed to score 73 runs in 43 balls.
With his vast experience and leadership skills he will be the great choice of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as an opening batsman and he will focus to lead his team to win against Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) in today's match.
Prediction :
As both of the team has lost their players due to some injuries from IPL (Indian Premier League) they both have the same situation. But RCB (Royal Challengers Bangalore) is on fire they are all set they have their best players with them and can also performing well.
On the other hand team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is somehow facing some drawbacks. However Eden Gardens Stadium is their home stadium so that becomes an advantage.
Though Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have the advantage of home ground but they not have a support of experience players and on the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has that both.
So Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has higher chances of winning the match against Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR).