RCB vs KKR: Possible Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11 for Match 6 of IPL 2022, Players Stats for Today’s Dream11 Team Prediction

KKR playing 11: After a brilliant one-sided win in their opening future against the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders will be up against another team from the south, i.e., Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their opening fixture against Punjab Kings and are desperate for a win. The Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders will be a tough team to get past for Challengers as they defeated the reigning champions CSK quite easily. In this post, we have come up with the possible playing XI combination of KKR which they can use against RCB at the DY Patil Stadium on Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM.

Team news

• Unavailable: Aaron Finch
• Tim Southee is back in the setup and will be playing this fixture.
• KKR opted for three overseas players in the last game and did pretty well. However, with Tim Southee back he could come into the eleven for Shivam Mavi.
• No changes in the batting order are expected with Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane Shreyas Iyer forming the top three.
• Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Sheldon Jackson will form the lower middle order.
• Tim Southee will boost the bowling lineup of KKR with Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy complimenting him.

KKR Playing 11

Venkatesh Iyer
Ajinkya Rahane
Shreyas Iyer
Nitish Rana
Sam Billings
Andre Russell
Sheldon Jackson
Sunil Narine
Umesh Yadav
Tim Southee
Varun Chakravarthy

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Kolkata Knight Riders squad

Shreyas Iyer (c), Pat Cummins, Andre Russell, Aman Khan, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Rinku Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, B Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav

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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Dream11 captain, vice-captain picks from KKR

Shreyas Iyer Stats in IPL

KKR’s skipper gave the finishing touch in the opening game of the season. He will be a vital cog with the bat.

Andre Russell Stats in IPL

Andre Russell is another threat to RCB. Who can forget his knock in the 2019 edition when he bamboozled the RCB bowlers by hitting 50+ in the last three overs. Below are his numbers.

Varun Chakravarthy Stats in IPL

The mystery spinner was among the lynchpin to take KKR to the finals in the last edition. He still remains a vital cog in the bowling unit.

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