Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be playing against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. It is the second match for both teams.
RCB lost their opening match against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in a high-scoring thriller whereas KKR defeated defending champions CSK in their opening encounter. We might see a run-fest in today’s match as in the last match both teams scored more than 200 runs.
Match: RCB vs KKR, 6th Match, IPL2022
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Preview – RCB vs KKR
Team News:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood, and Jason Behrendorff are unavailable for this match. Only 5 overseas players are available for the selection.
Finn Allen will sit on the bench once again because Faf du Plessis is the captain and opener. Shahbaz Ahmed has played 14 matches till now, bowled only 21 overs, and has played as a bowling all-rounder.
Mostly, they will field the same XI. I’ll prefer Lomror in place of Akash Deep because they have more bowling options, and the batting lineup is thin.
Probable XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Kolkata Knight Riders: Pat Cummins and Aaron Finch aren’t available for this match. KKR has Umesh Yadav, who is successful in the power play, and Faf and Anuj struggled against Swing and Seam in the last match.
Virat Kohli has usually struggled against spin in recent years, and KKR has two quality spinners in the form of Narine and Chakravarthy.
Ajinkya Rahane scored good innings against CSK, and he wasn’t a regular in the XI when he was playing for DC. Most probably, they will probably play with the same XI.
Probable XI: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Venue:
DY Patil Stadium is expected to be a high-scoring venue. The Royal Challengers Bangalore are playing their second game at the DY Patil Stadium. They scored 205/2 in the first and failed to defend against the Punjab Kings.
Punjab bowlers produced swing and seam in the first few overs. There will be a dew factor, and teams will love to bowl first rather than a bowl with a wet ball.
Match-Ups:
- Umesh Yadav in powerplay against Faf and Anuj. He is known as a better powerplay player. In the last match, RCB openers struggled to score in the first few overs.
- Virat Kohli vs Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy.
| Versus Player | Innings | Runs | Balls | Outs | Avg | SR | HS | 4s | 6s | Dot % |
| SP Narine | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| CV Varun | 5 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 20.0 | 83.3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Shivam Mavi | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | – | 200.0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 28.6 |
| AD Russell | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 75.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
Virat vs KKR bowlers in the last 2 IPL seasons.
- Andre Russell loves to bat against RCB. He had 215 SR against them.
RCB vs KKR Dream11 Fantasy Picks:
Batters: Faf du Plessis, Nitish Rana, A Rahane, Virat Kohli
Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli scored more runs in the first match. It’s better to pick them in a fantasy team. Ajinkya Rahane scored 40+ runs, and Rana will play a spin basher role in the middle overs.
Wicketkeeper: Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik was good when he came to the crease in the last few overs. He has a wide range of shots to score in death overs.
All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Wanindu Hasaranga
Andre Russell had a good record against RCB, He plays as the 5th bowler, so there will be a chance to gain points in both departments. Hasaranga will be the leading spinner for RCB.
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, U Yadav, M Siraj, Harshal Patel
M Siraj and U Yadav will be good in the powerplay. Harshal will bowl to death, and he will usually take wickets even if he concedes runs.
Captain: Andre Russell
Vice-Captain: Faf Duplessis
