Kolkata Knight Riders will have a chance to consolidate their second spot on the points table when they take on bottom-placed Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 36th game of the 2024 Indian Premier League. Get our latest expert KKR vs RCB match betting tips, predictions and picks below. You can start betting on the IPL 2024 by opening your account with 1xbet here.
Kolkata vs Bangalore Match Information
- Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Date: Sunday, April 21
- Time: 3.30 pm local (10 am GMT, 6 am EDT)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
In terms of what these two teams have done this season, this has been a bit of a mismatch. Kolkata is second on the IPL 2024 points table with eight points and a win here will take them to within three victories in their remaining seven matches to make it to the playoffs.
With Royal Challengers Bangalore on two points from seven matches, they are at a stage where they need to win almost everything from here on (and they still might not make it through!).
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This might be a mismatch on paper but the fact is Kolkata would do well to not ignore their own bowling issues. These are those bowling problems that have been papered over by their batting riches.
Other than Sunil Narine, who has conceded a mere 6.87 RPO in the entire tournament, no other KKR bowler has given less than nine an over.
And while collectively they have picked up a few wickets (four bowlers have seven wickets apiece), Kolkata don’t have a go-to bowler like some of the other teams like even Mumbai Indians (Bumrah), Delhi Capitals (Kuldeep) and Chennai Super Kings (Pathirana) do.
That’s where a struggling Bangalore could make a difference – pile on as many as they can and then hope they can get some rub of the green going their way.
On the other hand, if Bangalore are chasing on a flat Eden Gardens surface with billiards-board boundaries, they could have a better chance of winning this than the odds reckon.
KKR vs RCB Head to Head Stats
- Overall KKR vs RCB Head-to-head: It’s 19-14 in favour of Kolkata Knight Riders.
- At Eden Gardens, KKR lead 7-4.
- When these two teams met earlier this season Virat Kohli’s 59-ball 83 helped RCB score 182 but that was of no match to KKR chasing that down in 16.5 overs.
- Over the past seven matches, it’s 5-2 in favour of Kolkata.
Possible Playing XIs/XIIs
Kolkata Knight Riders
Salt, Narine, Raghuvanshi, Shreyas, Venkatesh, Russell, Rinku, Ramandeep, Starc, Chakravarthy, Rana.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kohli, du Plessis, Patidar, Jacks, Lomror, Chauhan, Karthik, Siraj, Topley, Dayal, Vyshak, Ferguson.
KKR vs RCB Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: RCB to win: 13/10 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: KKR Opening Stand Over 28: 6/5
KKR vs RCB Toss Prediction
RCB to win the toss: 10/11
KKR vs RCB Score Prediction
First Innings – Over 185.5 runs: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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