The great match of the Indian Premier League 2024 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 21 at Eden Garden, Kolkata. The performance of Kolkata Knight Riders has been very good in the season so far. Out of 6 matches, they have won four while the team has faced defeat in two.

With eight points, Kolkata is at the second position in the points table of IPL 2024. Royal Challengers Bangalore have performed very disappointingly so far this season. Out of 7 matches, they have won one while the team has lost in 6. Both the teams would definitely like to win the upcoming match. The best thing for the Kolkata team is that all their players are in great form at the moment.

Both opening batsmen Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have performed well so far. Sunil Narayan had scored an important century against Rajasthan in the last match. Harshit Rana has performed very well in bowling. Apart from Virat Kohli, no other batsman from RCB has been able to leave his mark this season. Dinesh Karthik batted very well against Sunrisers Hyderabad and played a brilliant inning of 83 runs.

However, the team’s bowling is completely out of form at the moment. No bowler has been able to leave his mark this season. This is an important aspect due to which RCB has failed to make a comeback in the match.

Pitch report of Eden Garden, Kolkata

Batsmen get a lot of help in Eden Garden, Kolkata. Three matches have been played here so far in IPL 2024 and the average score of the first innings has been 197 runs. Two out of three matches have been won by the team chasing the target. This match will be played during the day so dew will not have any importance. The pitch will be a little slow in the beginning but as the match progresses, batting will become easier for the team.

Probable Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders

Due to injury, Nitish Rana could not participate in the last five matches and against RCB, he can be included in the team in place of Ramandeep Singh. Young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi has played some good innings this season. Apart from Nitish Rana, there can be no change in any other player in the Kolkata team.

Probable Playing XI

Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Suyyash Sharma

Impact Player: Rinku Singh

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

In their last match, RCB had dropped Siraj and Glenn Maxwell from the playing XI. Both these players will remain out against Kolkata also. Siraj can be given a chance against Kolkata because his performance has been very good against this team.

Probable Playing XI:

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Will Jacques, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Yash Dayal, Lockie Ferguson

Impact Player: Vijaykumar Vyshak

Head to Head Record:

So far, 33 matches have been played between the two teams in which Kolkata Knight Riders have won 19 matches while RCB has won 14 matches.