RCB 12/0 in 1 Over
Kohli starts off in style, smacks Harshit Rana’s first delivery through forward square leg for a FOUR!!!!! A single and a dot ball follows. A single next as du Plessis gets on strike. Another single follows. A short one next that goes for a dot. SIX!!!! Kohli pulls it over backward square for a maximum.
RCB needs 223 runs to win
A tough task at hand for RCB. Kolkata always had the run rate but the wickets dented the momentum a little. Shreyas Iyer along with Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh took the side to an above par total. Faf du Plessis at Toss said this is a chasing ground. His batting unit will certainly be tested for that now. The run chase coming up shortly.
KKR 222/6 in 20 overs
Yash Dayal to bowl the final over. FOUR! A wide delivery and Russell manages to slice it over backward point. FOUR again! Russell pulls it through mid wicket. A perfect yorker from Dayal, one run to fine leg. Ramandeep does not quite get hold of this slower bouncer, one run to deep mid wicket. An over-the-head wide. Another perfect yorker from Dayal. Ramandeep ramps the final delivery over third man for FOUR! 16 runs from the over.
KKR 206/6 in 19 overs
Siraj to Ramandeep, SIX! A juicy half volley there to for the taking and Ramandeep sends it over mid wicket. SIX! Another maximum over long off. FOUR! An edge flies between the keeper and fine third man. This was a wide yorker still gets nothing for RCB. Now a wide from Siraj. 20 runs from the over.
KKR 186/6 in 18 overs
Green for his last over. OUT! Shreyas hits down the ground but Faf comes running in from long off grab it with a dive.
Shreyas Iyer c du Plessis b Green 50(36)
Ramandeep Singh at No. 8. FOUR to end the over. Russell reads the short delivery and pummels it through square leg.
KKR 177/5 in 17 overs
Yash Dayal back into the attack. FOUR! Dayal starts with a full toss to Russell who swats it away through covers. 5WIDES from Dayal and its a No Ball too. Another wide to follow, Free Hit continues. A slower bouncer and Russell miscues his shot through the off side; just one. A second wide in the over. SIX! Shreyas swipes a length ball over long off. FOUR! Driven down the ground for another boundary. Fifty for Shreyas Iyer in 35 balls.
KKR 155/5 in 16 overs
Lockie for his last over. Shreyas runs the first delivery down to third man; one run. Russell gets a top edge off a pull shot but it does not carry to fine leg; another single. Six singles in the over. Lockie ends with 1-47.
KKR 149/5 in 15 overs
Karn Sharma back into the attack. Shreyas drives the first delivery to covers, but a misfield by Faf du Plessis allows a single. Russell tries a slog sweep but does not connect; one run only. FOUR! Shreyas goes for a switch hit and manages to lift it over point. One run to long on on the last delivery.
KKR 142/5 in 14 overs
OUT! Rinku is GONE! Lockie Ferguson bowls a loosener down leg, and looking to lofts it over fine leg, Rinku hands a catch.
Rinku Singh c Yash Dayal b Ferguson 24(16)
Andre Russell has been given caught behind on the first delivery. But there’s a check for an over-the-waist no ball. It is a no ball, says the third umpire and Russell survives. A FREE HIT coming up! Just a single off it. Five runs and a wicket from the over.
KKR 137/4 in 13 overs
Green to continue. DROPPED! Shreyas taps one right back at Green but his one-handed attempt is not enough to grab it. FOUR! Rinku over long on, one bounce and over the fence. FOUR! Shreyas gets a bouncer and he ramps it over the keeper. Another 11 for KKR from the over.
KKR 126/4 in 12 overs
Karn Sharma for his third over. SIX! Rinku steps out to get to the pitch outside off and tonks it down the ground. Twelve runs from the over.
KKR 114/4 in 11 overs
Green again. Rinku on strike. Starts with a wide. A single to deep square on the first legal delivery. Shreyas misses a pull shot on a bouncer and RCB ponders a review for a moment but decides against it. FOUR! On his pads and Shreyas casually lifts it over mid wicket. A risky single to mid off to finish.
KKR 107/4 in 10 Overs
Karn Sharma back with the ball. Three singles to open the over. A dot ball next as Iyer defends. Another dot and a double to end over.
KKR 102/4 in 9 Overs - Venkatesh gone!
Green to Venkatesh. Flicks it through the on-side for a boundary. OUT!!! Venkatesh pulls it but is caught at the deep sqaure leg.
Venkatesh c Lomror b Green 16 (8)
Rinku Singh joins Shreyas Iyer at the crease. Two dots next. Rinku pulls it behind on-side for a FOUR!!! A bouncer next as he pulls behind, just a single.
KKR 93/3 in 8 Overs
Karn Sharma launches the spin attack. Two singles to start with. FOUR!!! Iyer flicks it on the leg-side behind for a cheeky boundary. A dot-ball next. FOUR!!! Iyer drags it through square leg for another boundary. A dot to begin with as Karn spins it away from the stumps.
KKR 83/3 in 7 Overs
Shreyas Iyer has come in to bat. Ferguson continues his bowling spell. A single to begin with as Iyer comes on strike, who switches it again. A bit short next as Venkatesh flicks in the mid-wicket for a single. FOUR!!!! Iyer drives it straight through mid-on for his boundary. A dot ball next. Cut it behind for a single to end the over.
KKR 75/3 in 6 Overs
Raghubvanshi lofts it over mid-off, runs three. OUT!!!! Slow and wide as Narine fails to hit it true, is caught in the cover!
Narine c Kohli b Dayal 10 (15)
New batter, Venkatesh steps out and lofts it over mid-off for a FOUR!!! FOUR MORE as he drives it through mid-wicket for another boundary. A single next. OUT!!! Raghuvanshi tries to loft but is caught in the cover!!!
Raghuvanshi c Green b Dayal 3 (4)
KKR 63/1 in 5 Overs - Salt gone!
Siraj to Narine, starts with a single. OUT!!!! Salt dismissed as he flicks it on-side and is caught at deep square.
Salt c Patidar b Siraj 48 (14)
Raghuvanshi joins the crease, starts with a leg-by single. Narine lofts the yorker over mid-off for a FOUR!!!! Full next as Narine slices it through point for a single. Siraj finds Raghuvanshi’s pads, the ball goes behind for a leg-by single.
KKR 55/0 in 4 Overs
Ferguson joins the attack. A bit short next as Salt pulls it over deep square leg for a SIX!!! Ferguson finds Salt’s inside edge, but the ball runs behind for a FOUR!!! FOUR MORE!!! Salt slices it through the covers for a boundary. SIX!!! A yorker next that is a bit short, lofts it over long off for a maximum. FOUR!!! Slashes it through the covers for a boundary. Lofts it straight over the umpire for another FOUR!!! 28 runs off of the over.
6 4 4 6 4 4
KKR 27/0 in 3 Overs
Siraj to Narine. Pitches it full and wide next as it goes for a dot-ball. A similar ball next as Narine swings and misses it. Full-toss next as Narine punishes it with a strike through the covers that goes for a FOUR!!!! A bit short next that Narine misses. Another dot next as he pitches it wide outside Narine’s reach. A bouncer next that goes for another dot. Just four runs come off of it.
KKR 23/0 in 2 Overs
Yash Dayal to Narine. A yorker next that strikes the toe, batter in a little discomfort. A ful-toss next that goes for a dot. A leg-by single next as the ball hits the pads outside the leg-stump. FOUR!!! Salt steps aside and opens his bat to slice it in the covers for a boundary. FOUR MORE!!! Drives it through mid-off for another boundary. A double next to end the over.
KKR 12/0 in 1 Over
Salt and Narine open for KKR. Siraj bowing the first over on his return. A dot to begin with. SIX!!!! Salt lofts it over the keeper behind for a maximum off of his leading edge. FOUR NEXT!!!! Salt strikes it over the forward square leg for a boundary. A leg-by single and a dot follows. Another leg-by single to end the over.
RCB with a special jersey
Royal Challengers Bengaluru is sporting a green jersey in it’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.
Lineups
KKR: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana.
RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.
TOSS - RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Faf du Plessis: We will chase. This is probably a chasing ground, always has been. We have three changes - Green and Siraj come back, so does Mayank Dagar. We know if we do a few things back, the momentum can be back and we do have the firepower.
Shreyas Iyer: We know how the wicket plays, we would have loved to bowl as well. We’ve tried to keep things simple, it’s not about how you start, it’s about how you end, just stick to the basics. We are playing the same team.
Pitch Report
Graeme Swann: Most of the pitch looks flat but there’s one big chunk where it’s dry. The grass has been removed. It’s around the spinner’s length and they could exploit the patches. Otherwise, this pitch has plenty of runs on offer. With this heat, the captain winning the toss should opt to bat first.
A record fest in Delhi - DC vs SRH
From highest PowerPlay score in T20 cricket to fastest IPL 2024 fifty - here is the list of all records broken during the Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 match.
KKR vs RCB HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL AT EDEN GARDENS
Matches played: 11
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 7
Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins: 4
Last result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 81 runs (Kolkata; 2023)
RCB vs KKR: Dream 11 Prediction
WICKETKEEPERS
Phil Salt, Dinesh Karthik
BATTERS
Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (c), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer
ALL ROUNDERS
Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (vc)
BOWLERS
Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana
Team Compostition: KKR 7-4 RCB | Credits left: 9.5
Virat Kohli is leading the Orange Cap race!
IPL 2024: Here are the orange cap standings after Match 35 between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi.
KKR overall IPL record at Eden Gardens
Matches: 84
KKR won: 49
KKR lost: 35
Last Result: KKR lost against RR by 2 wickets
KKR highest score: 232/2 (20 overs) vs MI (2019)
KKR lowest score: 108/10 (18.1 overs) vs MI (2018)
DK for T20 World Cup?
Karthik, who will turn 39 by the time the World Cup kickstarts on June 1, was also part of the last edition of the T20I World Cup in Australia in 2022, which was also his last appearance for India.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru predicted XI:
Bat 1st: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson.
Bowl 1st: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Saurav Chauhan, Mahipal Lomror, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj.
Impact Player options: Anuj Rawat/Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Alzarri Joseph
Kolkata Knight Riders predicted XI:
Bat 1st: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.
Bowl 1st: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact Player options: Vaibhav Arora/Rinku Singh, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, KS Bharat
KKR vs RCB - Head-to-head stats
Matches played: 34
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 20
Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins: 14
Last result: KKR won by 7 wickets (March 2024)
IPL 2024 Points Table
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi Capitals by 67 runs at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi in its IPL 2024 clash on Sunday.
KKR vs RCB Match Preview
Kolkata Knight Riders will be desperate to return to winning ways after losing its previous match on the last ball, locking horns against a side that has lost five games on the trot.
SQUADS
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
LIVE STREAMING INFO
Which TV channel will broadcast Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match on April 21?
The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.
How to watch the live streaming of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match?
The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.
