KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction: Royal challengers Bangalore and Kolkata knight riders is the most dangerous and popular franchise in the whole Indian premier league (IPL) tournament. In the IPL 2023 royal challengers Bangalore were playing against Kolkata knight riders in their 2nd match at Eden gardens on 6 April 2023 at 7:00 p.m. royal challengers Bangalore and Kolkata knight riders were the toughest opponent of each other in the IPL tournament. In IPL total 30 times the KKR face RCB in which 16 matches won by Kolkata knight riders and 14 matches won by royal challengers Bangalore but in the last 5 matches RCB look dominating the KKR by winning 3 matches. All information related to KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match 9 of IPL 2023 provide in this article.
In the last match of royal challengers Bangalore this team was looking the most dangerous team in the IPL 2023 after beating the most on paper strongest team Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets at chinnaswamy Stadium. In this blog, we will provide an overview of the 2023 IPL season, past match performance of KKR and RCB, RCB versus KKR playing 11, Eden Gardens pitch report, and Dream11 prediction team.
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team
The IPL 2023 season has started and the two most popular franchise royal challengers Bangalore and Kolkata knight riders are set to have a fierce battle at Eden gardens on 6 April 2023 at 7:30 p.m. RCB looked like the strongest team in the IPL 20-203 because of their opening partnership of prime South Africa captain Faf du Plessis and current world best batsman Virat Kohli. RCB has the most balanced team in IPL 2023 because of the longest batting order and finest bowling lineup because of Josh hazelwood , Mohammed Siraj , Reece topley , Harshal Patel , wanindu hasranga and experienced Indian bowler Karn Sharma. While the middle order of RCB also has stability because of Rajat Patidar , Glenn Maxwell ,suyash Prabhu Desai , Michael bracewell, Dinesh Kartik.
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction
KKR is also looking a balanced team but after the Shreyas Iyer unavailability in IPL 2023 because of the injury KKR middle order looking weak. Now the batting order of KKR is reliant on captain Nitish Rana and Star all rounder of KKR Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. KKR has a decent bowling line up which was commanded by Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine varan Chakravarty. Kolkata knight riders may struggle to win the playoff race and qualify for the eliminator and semifinal matches.
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction
Royal Challengers Bangalore beat on paper strongest team and five time champions Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets in chinnaswamy Stadium. While bowling first RCB pacers destroy the Mumbai Indians top order batsman Ishan Kishan Surya Kumar Yadav Cameron green and Rohit Sharma but at last the Tilak Verma 84 runs help Mumbai Indians to make a respectable target. while chasing the target Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis created a partnership of 148 runs and destroyed the Mumbai bowling line up and won by 8 wickets in which Virat Kohli scored 82 runs in 49 balls with the strike rate of 167.35 and Faf du Plessis scored 73 runs in 43 balls with the strike rate of 169.77.
The Kolkata knight riders lost against Punjab kings by 7 runs by DLS method in his last match. Kolkata knight riders bowling line up looking weak against the Punjab kings at last pbks set a target of 191 runs in which tim southee tooks to wickets and Umesh Yadav , Sunil Narayan ,Varun Chakraborty got 1-1 wicket each. While chasing the target R Gurbaz scored 22 runs in 16 balls , Andre Russell scored 35 runs in 19 balls and impact player Venkatesh Iyer scored 34 runs in 28 balls. But due to rain KKR cannot change the target and lost by 7 runs through the DLS method.
KKR vs RCB Playing 11
The RCB versus KKR match is always a closely contested one, and both teams have some of the best players in the world. Here is the predicted playing 11 for both teams:
| S.no. | RCB Playing 11 | KKR Playing 11 |
| 1 | Faf du Plessis | Nitish Rana (C) |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | Andre Russell |
| 3 | Dinesh Karthik (WK) | Rahmanullah Gurbaj (WK) |
| 4 | Glenn Maxwell | Sunil Narine |
| 5 | Michael Bracewell | Rinku Singh |
| 6 | Shahbaz Ahmed | Anukul Roy |
| 7 | Karn Sharma | Venkatesh Iyer |
| 8 | Harshal Patel | Shardul Thakur |
| 9 | Akash Deep | Tim Southee |
| 10 | Reece Topley | Umesh Yadav |
| 11 | Mohammed Siraj | Varun Chakraborty |
Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch Report
Kolkata knight riders home ground Eden gardens is the most iconic stadium in the world and in the IPL tournament. The Eden Gardens pitch is generally known to be a batting-friendly wicket but it does offer some help to the spinners bowlers as well. The Eden garden Kolkata pitch slows down as the match progresses which makes it difficult to make run for a batsman. In total 77 IPL matches were played in Eden garden in which the first batting team won 31 matches and the second batting team won 45 matches. The average first inning total was 160 and the average second in total was 147 in the Eden garden Stadium Kolkata.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Dream11 Team Prediction
Here are the dream11 prediction team of Kolkata knight riders versus royal Challengers Bengaluru match :
- Wicketkeeper : Rahmanullah Gurbaj
- Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (C) , Venkatesh Iyer
- All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell (VC) , Michael bracewell , Sunil Narine
- Bowlers: Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee.
Rahmanullah Gurbaj is the best wicket keeper choice because he was coming open for KKR and can give a great point for dream 11 team. Virat Kohli is the best choice for the captain because of its consistent form. You can also make Faf du Plessis as a captain and Venkatesh Iyer can also help to give points with batting. In the absence of Rajat Patidar Glenn Maxwell comes at 3rd position RCB batting order and he can take wicket also.
Andre Russell is a best for the vice captain option because of its past performance against royal challenges Bangalore and include Michael bracewell and Sunil Narine also which can give points from batting and bowling both. Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee are the best bowling options for the team.
