KKR vs RCB Today IPL Match Prediction: Who will win between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore

In the 9th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) season, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be taking on the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 6 April, 2023. It was not the best of starts in the ongoing edition of the IPL for the Kolkata Knight Riders as they conceded a poor 7-run defeat in a rain-curtailed match at the hands of Punjab Kings during their opening encounter. On the other hand, the Royal Challengers Bangalore went on to beat the Mumbai Indians by a margin of 8 wickets in their first game of the ongoing T20 tournament.

KKR vs RCB Today Match Prediction

Match 9, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Indian Premier League 2023

6 April, 2023 @ 7:30 PM IST

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

KKR Playing XI – Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nitish Rana (C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy.

RCB Playing XI – Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Wiley, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.

Injury Update & Player Availability

For the Kolkata Knight Riders, both Shreyas Iyer and Shakib Al Hasan will not be available for the entire IPL 2023.
KKR’s pacer Lockie Ferguson is still not completely fit and thus, he is unavailable for this KKR vs RCB Today IPL Match Prediction.
For the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajat Patidar has been ruled out of the IPL 2023 season due to injury.
RCB’s pace bowler Josh Hazlewood is also unavailable because of injury.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens is known for its batting-friendly surface in T20 cricket, with an average first innings score of 174. Fans can anticipate an exciting, high-scoring clash on Thursday, given the history of high scores on this pitch.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Betting Tips

Match Prediction – Royal Challengers Bangalore are expected to win this match.

Head-to-Head in IPL

Matches Played	KKR Won	RCB Won
30	16	14

Last 5 meetings

RCB won – 3
KKR won – 2

Team Form Guide:

RCB (recent last): W L W W L
KKR (recent last): L L W W L

Toss Prediction – Batting first will be a good decision on this wicket as the dew factor will come into play during the second innings in the KKR vs RCB Prediction.

Total Matches – 12

Batting First wins – 5

Batting Second wins – 7

Best Batsmen

Nitish Rana stats in IPL