Sunday, 21 Apr KKR vs RCB Match Prediction, Betting Odds and Tips

Key match factors – KKR vs RCB

• Kolkata has been a high-scoring venue until now. Teams need to score around 200 to give themselves a chance of winning.
• Sunil Narine has been in brilliant form and has been an asset for the Knights, both with bat and ball. RCB need to find ways of countering him.
• RCB’s bowlers have been in disastrous form and here lies the chance for the KKR batters to make hay.
• Virat Kohli is the Orange Cap holder and needs to stay in form for RCB to have any chance of beating the Knights.

Match Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will face each other in the 36th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Sunday, April 21 at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The Knight Riders, led by Shreyas Iyer, had a great chance of reclaiming the top spot in the points table when they faced the Rajasthan Royals (RR). Sunil Narine racked up a 49-ball hundred and helped the Knights rack up a huge score of 223 on the board. However, RR chased down the target off the last ball.

The Knights currently have 8 points and a net run rate of +1.399 thanks to wins in 4 out of 6 matches. Jos Buttler’s 55-ball century turned out to be too hot to handle for the home team on an excellent batting surface.

RCB, on the other hand, have struggled to find their feet in the tournament. The team, led by Faf du Plessis, is currently languishing at the bottom of the table with 2 points and a net run rate of -1.185 courtesy of losses in 4 out of 6 matches.

They will go into the match after losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 25 runs. Dinesh Karthik scored 83 runs off 35 balls with 5 fours and 7 sixes, but his efforts were not enough for RCB to avoid defeat.

Head-to-Head Record Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru

KKR and RCB have locked horns 34 times since their first meeting back in 2008. Out of them, the Knights have won 20 games while RCB finished on the winning side 14 times. In their previous game earlier this season on March 29, KKR beat their opponents by 7 wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

After being asked to bat first, RCB scored 182 for 6 on the back of Virat Kohli’s 59-ball 83, laced with 4 fours and as many sixes. Thereafter, Sunil Narine, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, and Shreyas Iyer helped the visiting team chase down the target with 19 balls left in their innings.