Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 10th match of the Indian Premier League 2024. The match will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, where KKR have not lost to RCB since 2015 Considering the record of the visiting team, this promises to be a great cricket match. Both teams are very confident after winning their last league match. KKR will be very confident about their chances.
They beat SRH despite being reduced to 51/4 at one point in the match. The key for KKR would be to face RCB, who will be very confident. The local team has excellent players in its squad. In the opening order, RCB had experienced batsmen like Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli. The cricketing greats have formed the best opening pair of a team since IPL 2023. Furthermore, RCB has talented and promising players ready to make a name for themselves.
Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Yash Dayal and Mayank Dagar are some of these players. Also, RCB has some of the established stars who have played extensively at the top level in the last two-three years. These include Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammad Siraj, etc. KKR would be up to the challenge as they have a better record than RCB. In IPL 2023, KKR beat RCB in both the matches.
Here is the probable XI of KKR to play against RCB in IPL 2024, match 10:
Sunil Narine was again tested as an opener for KKR. The ace started the 2017-19 season with KKR, where he was very aggressive and hit effective shots over the top. Since the second opening match did not work in IPL 2023, the management decided to use it as the first match against SRH. Despite his exclusion early in the round, the Indian has a good chance of getting one.longest career in this position. He has an excellent record against RCB.
Phil Salt would accompany him to the top. The English got off to a great start from KKR against SRH. Due to the collapse of the other end, he resorted to anchoring from his end. However, he recorded a fifty on KKR's debut. Salt will be aggressive from above and allow others to attack at will. Also, KKR has two more opening options in KS Bharat and Rahmanullah Gurbaz who can be fiery at the top and keep wickets.
Middle order: Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana and Ramandeep Singh
Venkatesh Iyer is likely to continue as the number three KKR. KKR fired him and changed positions in the last three seasons. He may not have improved your confidence. But KKR could help him deliver the goods at third position. He would be followed by KKR captain Shreyas Iyer, who registered a 2-ball duck in his IPL return against SRH. The star batsman hopes to perform well with the bat in the match against RCB.
he would be followed by Nitish Rana, who has failed to score many runs in the last few seasons. The left-hander can be aggressive in the middle order with his numbers against spinners. When he flows, it is not easy to stop the middle order batsman. KKR is expected to continue with Ramandeep Singh at number 6. The talented player showed glimpses of his abilities as a batsman in the match against SRH. His appearance helped KKR get back into the game.
Tutorial: Rinku Singh and Andre Russell
Rinku Singh likely to bat 7 for KKR . The lefty had a reputation for finishing innings last year. The star batsman has the ability to win matches on his own. His biggest success came in IPL 2023, where he hit five sixes in the last five balls of the match to seal the victory.Great win against Gujarat Titans. Since then, Rinku has scored runs for India against all major opponents. He can anchor the innings in a crunch and end it after a good start.
He would be followed by power hitter Andre Russell. The Caribbean giant beat defenders for fun in KKR's first match against SRH and is back in great form. With the ball, he took 2/25 in his two overs. At his best, Russell can win games as both a hitter and a pitcher. He is currently one of the best all-round players in the world. Apart from this, KKR has players like Rinku Singh, Rana and Venkatesh who also know how to bowl.
Bitchers: Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma (impact substitute)
KKR has a good selection in their bowling line-up. With the new ball, KKR has a left-arm pacer, Mitchell Starc, who can take the ball away from left-handers. The pace star can be lethal with his New Yorkers and bouncers, although it comes at a cost against SRH. Alongside him would be Harshit Rana, who had a memorable performance against SRH. At the start of the innings, he took the wicket of Mayank Agarwal. Later he bowled the last over.
When 12 runs were needed in the last over, Rana took the big wickets of Heinrich Klaasen and Shahbaz Ahmed and he won. the game for the locals. In the middle stages, KKR have three rotation options - Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Suyash Sharma. While Narine was brilliant with his spell of 4/19 (4), Chakravarthy was bowled out by the SRH batsmen. Suyash bowled well and conceded 18 runs in his two overs. KKR also has Russell who can bowl a few overs alongside him.
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