Royal Challengers Bangalore will play host to Kolkata Knight Riders in the 10th match of the 2024 Indian Premier League. Get our latest expert RCB vs KKR match betting tips, predictions and picks below. You can start betting on the IPL 2024 by opening your account with 1xbet here.
Bangalore vs Kolkata Match Information
- Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
- Date: Friday, March 29
- Time: 7.30 pm local (2 pm GMT, 10 am EDT)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore will become the first team to play their third game this season with both them and their opponents, Kolkata looking for their second victory.
While Bangalore had gone down to Chennai Super Kings in their opener like they usually do, Virat Kohli’s sterling batting showing had helped them trump Shikhar Dhawan’s Punjab Kings in their second outing.
What stood out in that Bangalore victory was the manner in which they held Punjab down to 176/6 on a flat Bengaluru pitch and then strolled to their win.
Kohli aside, Dinesh Karthik had a good game too, making it two such performances in a row for them.
The Knight Riders held their nerve in their opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad as Harshit Rana delivered an over of a lifetime to earn them a win.
In a high-scoring game, Hyderabad looked to be on their way to a win when they scored 81 runs between the 15th and the 19th over, leaving them to score a mere 13 from the final six balls.
Harshit Rana conceded six to Heinrich Klaasen off the first ball but then conceded just two runs off the final five balls to grab the win.
What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
Bangalore has one win from two games while Kolkata won their opener and will be playing their second game (check latest IPL 2024 points table here).
Early days so far in the tournament but Kohli is second on the run-scoring chart with a strike-rate of 142. Karthik has had a couple of unbeaten knocks and is striking them at over 180 runs per 100 balls.
Andre Russell’s unbeaten 64 had earned him the man-of-the-match award last game but more vitally he had hit that in a mere 25 balls. He will enjoy the placid Bengaluru surface.
Rana aside, Russell had also picked up a couple of wickets in the two overs he bowled.
For RCB, Yash Dayal has looked good with his left-arm seamers and that two-bouncer rule could go a long way in helping him strike at different points in the game.
Interesting RCB vs KKR Stats
- RCB vs KKR Head-to-head: Kolkata leads Bangalore 18-14 on head to head in the IPL while at Bengaluru’s home ground, this record reads 7-4 in favour of KKR.
- Over the years, Kohli’s joint record against Starc, Rana, Russell and Narine in the IPL hasn’t been the best, having scored a combined 189 runs at an average of 31.5 and a strike-rate of 115.2
- Mohammad Siraj has been difficult to score for Russell, who has got just 22 runs off his 19 balls and gotten dismissed twice in the process.
Possible Playing XIs/XIIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kohli, du Plessis, Patidar, Green, Mahipal, Maxwell, Karthik, Rawat, Dagar, Siraj, Dayal, Joseph.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Salt, Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku, Russell, Ramandeep, Starc, Harshit Rana, Chakravarthy.
RCB vs KKR Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: Royal Challengers Bangalore to win: 17/20 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: Highest Opening Partnership – KKR: 8/5
- Prediction 3: RCB Total Sixes Over 8.5: 1/1
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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