Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports
Virat Kohli is the top run-getter for RCB in IPL 2024 with 98 runs in two matches.
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated: March 29, 2024 01:41 PM IST
![Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2024-03/q0rl48g8_virat-kohli-rcb-bcci_625x300_26_March_24.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=806,height=605)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played two matches in the series and they are ranked sixth on the points table, while Kolkata Knight Riders have played one match in the series and are ranked fourth on the points table. Both teams last played against each other in Match 36 of the Indian Premier League, 2023 where Vijaykumar Vyshak scored the highest fantasy points for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 83 match fantasy points while Jason Roy topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Kolkata Knight Riders with 88 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by four wickets. The top fantasy player for Royal Challengers Bengaluru was Virat Kohli who scored 124 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by four runs. The top fantasy player for Kolkata Knight Riders was Andre Russell who scored 143 fantasy points.
The pitch at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 162 runs. The team winning the toss would look to bowl first as the majority of the games played on this ground are won by the chasing side.
The temperature is expected to be around 29 degree C with 29% humidity. 6.05 m/s winds are expected.
Pace or Spin?
The venue is suited for both pacers and spinners alike.
RCB vs KKR, Head-to-Head
In the 33 matches played between these two teams, the bowlers of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
RCB vs KKR Fantasy XI Prediction: Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks
Virat Kohli
Representing Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Virat Kohli has an average of 67 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 10 and is a good-to-have player for your Fantasy Team. Popularly known as 'The Run Machine', Kohli is a top-order, right-handed batter. In the last five matches, Kohli has scored 317 runs.
Andre Russell
Andre Russell from Kolkata Knight Riders is an all-rounder with an average of 75 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 10 and is a very consistent player in terms of fantasy points. He bowls right-arm fast and in the last five IPL matches, Russell has taken four wickets. He is also a handy batter as in the last five matches, he has made 125 runs.
Dinesh Karthik
Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Dinesh Karthik is a right-handed batter who also keeps wickets. In his last five IPL appearances, Karthik has managed 96 runs. His last batting outing was a blitzkrieg of 28 runs in 10 balls which included two sixes and three fours.
Philip Salt
Phil Salt is also a right-handed batter who keeps wickets. Salt has accumulated 121 runs in his last five IPL games. Playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, Salt struck a match-winning knock of 54 runs in his last match.
Harshit Rana
Donning the Kolkata Knight Riders' jersey, Harshit Rana is a right-arm fast bowler. Harshit is a fairly economical bowler who has scalped six wickets in his last five games. In his last outing against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rana returned with a spell of 3/33.
RCB vs KKR Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Tom Curran, Alzarri Joseph, Mahipal Lomror, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Siraj, Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green, Will Jacks, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Manoj Bhandage, Anuj Rawat, Yash Dayal, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar and Himanshu Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Manish Pandey, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dushmantha Chameera, KS Bharat, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Varun Chakravarthy, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harshit Rana, Sakib Hussain and Suyash Sharma.
RCB vs KKR Fantasy XI Team
Wicket-Keeper: Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik
Batters: Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh and Shreyas Iyer
All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Glenn Maxwell and Ramandeep Singh
Bowlers: Harshit Rana and Yash Dayal
Captain: Andre Russell
Vice-Captain: Glenn Maxwell