KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction IPL 2024 Match 36: Playing 11, Pitch Report, Fantasy Cricket Tips for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Dream11 Team

KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against the arch-rivals Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 36th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Sunday. The Eden Garden in Kolkata will host the game at 3:30 PM IST.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Match 36 of Indian Premier League 2024
21 April, 3:30 PM IST
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

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KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction

Kolkata Knight Riders have been in fine form this season as they have registered 4 wins and 2 defeats in 6 matches. They lost their previous match to Rajasthan Royals by 2 wickets in a nail-biting thriller and will be looking to avoid back-to-back defeats.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are going through a crisis at the moment as they won only 1 game and lost 6 out of their 7 matches. They also are on a 5-match losing streak currently. The KKR defeated RCB by 7 wickets in the earlier meeting this season. While the hosts will look to repeat the result, the RCB will be eyeing to avenge the defeat.

Form Guide

Kolkata Knight Riders – L W L W W
Royal Challengers Bengaluru – L L L L L

Eden Gardens Pitch Report

The surface at the Eden Gardens has been a belter this season. It is flat and hard, hence, the batters could play their shots through the line while trusting the bounce. There is not much help available for the bowlers and they will have to be super accurate with their lines and lengths.
In 3 matches in IPL 2024 here, the average score batting first is 197.
Meanwhile, one match has been won by the team batting first and 2 matches have been won by the team chasing.

Last result at the venue

Kolkata Knight Riders (223/6 in 20 overs) lost to Rajasthan Royals (224/8 in 20 overs) by 2 wickets – 16 April 2024

KKR Playing 11

Philip Salt (WK)
Sunil Narine
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Shreyas Iyer (C)
Venkatesh Iyer
Rinku Singh
Andre Russell
Ramandeep Singh
Mitchell Starc
Varun Chakaravarthy
Harshit Rana
Vaibhav Arora/Suyash Sharma (Impact Sub)

Kolkata Knight Riders Team News

The KKR don’t have any injury concerns at the moment.
They could ponder about bringing Suyash Sharma or Chetan Sakariya as the impact sub in this game in place of Vaibhav Arora.

KKR Key Players

Sunil Narine’s Stats in T20s

Last 5 Performances in the IPL	Record against RCB	IPL Career Strike Rate	Performance in IPL 2024	Captain or Vice-captain choice
109, 6, 27, 85, 47 & 2/30, 1/17, 1/30, 1/29, 1/40	279 runs and 24 wickets in 20 matches	164.84 (Bat) & 22.88 (Bowl)	276 runs and 7 wickets in 6 matches	✅

Andre Russell’s Stats in T20s

Last 5 Performances in the IPL	Record against RCB	IPL Career Strike Rate	Performance in IPL 2024	Captain or Vice-captain choice
13, 10, 41, 64, 27 & 0/17, 1/16, 0/8, 1/14, 2/29	396 runs and 14 wickets in 16 matches	175.72 (Bat) & 15.52 (Bowl)	128 runs and 6 wickets in 6 matches	❌

RCB Playing 11

Virat Kohli
Faf du Plessis (C)
Will Jacks
Rajat Patidar
Glenn Maxwell
Dinesh Karthik (WK)
Mahipal Lomror
Vijaykumar Vyshak
Lockie Ferguson
Yash Dayal
Mohammed Siraj
Vijaykumar Vyshak (Impact Sub)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Team News

The RCB also don’t have any injury concerns.
They could bring in Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj back into the playing 11.

RCB Key Players

Virat Kohli’s Stats in T20s

Last 5 Performances in the IPL	Record against KKR	IPL Career Strike Rate	Performance in IPL 2024	Captain or Vice-captain choice
42, 3, 113, 22, 83	944 runs in 33 matches	130.75	361 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 147.35	✅

Faf du Plessis’s Stats in T20s

Last 5 Performances in the IPL	Record against KKR	IPL Career Strike Rate	Performance in IPL 2024	Captain or Vice-captain choice
62, 61, 44, 18, 8	480 runs in 19 matches	135.10	232 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 154.67	❌

Who will win today match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Match 36 of IPL 2024)?

Kolkata Knight Riders have won 3 of their last 5 matches and lost 2.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have lost all 5 of their last 5 fixtures.
In the last 5 meetings between the two sides, Kolkata Knight Riders have won 4 matches and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won only 1 game.

As per our prediction, Kolkata Knight Riders are expected to win this match.

KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team

Wicket-keepers: D Karthik, P Salt

Batsmen: V Kohli, F du Plessis, S Iyer

All-rounder: S Narine, A Russell, W Jacks

Bowlers: M Starc, V Chakravarthy, L Ferguson

Who are Best Captain Options for KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team

For Small League, Head to Head contest: Virat Kohli and Sunil Narine

For Grand League, Mega Contest: Andre Russell and Faf du Plessis

What are KKR vs RCB Fantasy Tips?

It is a batting-friendly surface. Hence, pick more top-order batters from both sides and select your captains and vice-captains from those batters only in your SL teams.
In a couple of your GL teams, you could experiment by selecting the bowlers as the captain and vice-captain. However, picking more bowlers from KKR could benefit you more as the RCB’s bowlers are terribly out of form at the moment.