Published on: Sep 20, 2021 3:30 pm IST|Updated on: Sep 20, 2021 4:20 pm IST
KKR vs RCB IPL 2021: In the 31st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be facing the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 20 September. Both these teams have witnessed quite contrasting fortunes in this tournament so far. KKR have managed to win just two matches and have suffered five losses of their seven games so far and they are languishing at the seventh position. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore were off to a brilliant campaign in the first half having won five out of their 7 games and thus, they occupy the third slot on the points table. It will be really crucial for both these sides to start this IPL 2021 Phase 2 on a high.
Fixture Name: IPL Match 31, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Competition: VIVO IPL 2021
Date: 20 September
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Ground: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Team Form Guide: KKR (recent last): L W L L L RCB (recent last): L W L W W
The wicket at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium has offered enough assistance to the spinners and the pace bowlers. The conditions are once again expected to be dry and slow with the par score being around 150-160. The toss won’t be that crucial at this venue but it will be difficult for the batters in the middle-overs stage.
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KKR Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Changes
Nitish Rana Shubman Gill Rahul Tripathi Eoin Morgan Andre Russell Dinesh Karthik Sunil Narine Shivam Mavi Lockie Ferguson Varun Chakravarthy Prasidh Krishna
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RCB Team News
Virat Kohli Devdutt Padikkal Rajat Patidar Glenn Maxwell AB de Villiers Shahbaz Ahmed Wanindu Hasaranga Kyle Jamieson Harshal Patel Mohammed Siraj Yuzvendra Chahal
Related: Virat Kohli to Step Down as RCB Captain After IPL 2021
Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain & Differential Pick
Captain Options:
Virat Kohli: Although, Virat Kohli wasn’t in the best of forms for RCB in the first half of IPL 2021 but he looked in a terrific touch in the previous T20I series against England at home. This will be Virat Kohli’s 200th IPL match and will be hoping to play a big knock. Virat Kohli Stats in IPL – 6076 runs in 199 matches at a strike-rate of 130.41.
Nitish Rana: For the Kolkata Knight Riders, Nitish Rana smacked a total of 201 runs in 7 matches of IPL 2021 so far that includes two half-centuries. Nitish Rana Stats in IPL 2021 – 201 runs in 7 games at a strike-rate of 122.56.
Differential Pick:
AB de Villiers: For the Royal Challengers Bangalore, AB de Villiers has already two superb match-winning innings in the IPL 2021 Phase 1 and he also scored a wonderful hundred in the recent practice match. AB de Villiers Stats in IPL 2021 – 207 runs in 6 innings at a strike-rate of 164.29.
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