Angkrish Raghuvanshi; KKR VS RCB IPL LIVE Score Update; Dinesh Karthik Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer | KKR vs RCB, first match in IPL today: Kolkata won 54% of the matches against Bengaluru, know possible playing-11

Double header (2 matches in a day) will be played today in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The first match of the day will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (GT) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata from 3:30 pm. The toss will take place at 3:00 pm.

The second match of the day will be played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at Mullanpur, Mumbai at 7:30 PM IST.

Preview of the first match…

This will be the 7th match of Kolkata and 8th match of Bengaluru.
This will be Kolkata’s 7th match. The team is at second place in the points table with 8 points after 4 wins out of 6 matches. On the other hand, this will be the 8th match of Bengaluru. The team is at the bottom 10th position with 2 points after just 1 win out of 7 matches.

KKR dominates RCB
So far 33 matches have been played in IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kolkata won in 19 and Bengaluru won in 14. That means Kolkata has won 54% of the matches against Bengaluru.

11 matches have been played between the two teams on the home ground of Kolkata. KKR won 7 matches and RCB won 4.

Both the teams will meet for the second time this season. The previous match was played at the home ground of Bengaluru, in which Kolkata defeated the home team by 7 wickets.

Kolkata’s top scorer Narine, Vaibhav Arora took the most wickets.
Kolkata had a very good start this season. The team started with a win and won three consecutive matches. KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 4 runs in its first match, Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in the second match and Delhi Capitals by a huge margin of 106 runs in the third match. The team suffered its first defeat of the season in its fourth match against Chennai Super Kings. Defeated Lucknow Super Giants in the fifth match. Lost to Rajasthan Royals in the last match.

Team captain Shreyas Iyer has not been in form in the four matches so far. The team’s top run scorer is Sunil Narine. Vaibhav Arora is on top in bowling.

Virat top scorer for RCB
RCB’s poor form continues this season too. The team has been able to win only 1 match out of 7. Lost to Chennai Super Kings in the first match. The team defeated Punjab Kings in the second match. Had to face consecutive defeats in the last 5 matches.
​​​​​​In RCB, it is only Virat Kohli who is scoring big runs and playing big innings. He is the top run scorer of the team. The bowling lineup needs to find its rhythm, Yash Dayal is the leading wicket taker for the team with 5 wickets in 6 innings.

pitch report
The pitch of Eden Gardens Stadium is batting friendly. So far 89 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. Here the teams batting first have won 36 matches and the teams batting later have won 53 matches.

The highest team score of this stadium is 235/4, which was made by Chennai Super Kings against Kolkata last year.

weather condition
The weather of Kolkata will be very hot on 21st April. The temperature here on this day is expected to be between 41 to 29 degrees. There is no possibility of rain during the match.

Possible playing-11 of both the teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana.
Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Will Jacques, Sourav Chauhan, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mahipal Lomror, Reece Topley, Vijay Kumar Vaishakh, Yash Dayal and Lockie Ferguson.
Impact Player: Karan Sharma.