Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 36th match
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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 36th match - April 26th
The 36th match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders on the 26th of April, 2023 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
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Kolkata Knight Riders Form Guide:
Kolkata Knight Riders are currently placed at the 8th position on points table.
The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders is Venkatesh Iyer with 254 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders is Varun Chakravarthy with 10 scalps under his belt.
Kolkata Knight Riders have lost their previous match against Chennai Super Kings by a big margin of 49 runs.
Chennai Super Kings batted first and they posted a huge total of 235 for 4 in 20 overs. Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway made 35 and 56 runs respectively to give their team a fabulous start. Ajinkya Rahane followed it up with a swashbuckling 71 not out in 29 balls. Shivam Dube also played a great innings of 50 in 21 balls to help Chennai Super Kings cross the 230 run mark and reach 235 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Kolkata Knight Riders promoted Sunil Narine up the order. However, he failed to deliver and got out for a duck. Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana struggled to get going causing the required run rate to pump up to the unachievable. Jason Roy smashed 61 off 26 balls but once he got out, there wasn't much fight and KKR were restricted to 186 for 8 as Chennai Super Kings won the match by 49 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Form Guide:
Royal Challengers Bangalore are placed at the 5th position on points table.
The top run scorer for Royal Challengers Bangalore is Faf du Plessis with 405 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Royal Challengers Bangalore is Mohammed Siraj with 13 scalps under his belt.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have won their previous match against Rajasthan Royals by 7 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and they posted a total of 189 for 9 in 20 overs. The start wasn't ideal and they lost Virat Kohli and Shahbaz Ahmed early on. Faf du Plessis carried on his form and smashed 62 off 39 balls. Glenn Maxwell also played superbly well. He scored 77 off 44 balls to ignite the hope for a big total. However, the middle lower order of Royal Challengers Bangalore couldn't capitalise on the start and hence RCB were restricted to 189 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Rajasthan Royals lost their key batter Jos Buttler early on. Post his dismissal, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal took the responsibility of taking their team over the line. They scored 47 and 52 runs respectively. After their dismissals, Rajasthan Royals found it hard to pick the gaps and their stalwarts Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer got out cheaply. Dhruv Jurel tried his best with a knock of 34 in 16 balls but it was too much of a task and Rajasthan Royals fell short by just 7 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis (C), Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer - Injured (C), Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana - stand in (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Kolkata Knight Riders
Who will win?- Kolkata Knight Riders
Top Batter (Runs Score) – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders), Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Most Sixes – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Player of the Match - Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Team Scores Batting first – Kolkata Knight Riders 180+, Royal Challengers Bangalore 170+
Match Handicap: Kolkata Knight Riders
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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