In the 17th Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will play each other on Friday. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This match's coin flip will begin at 7:00 p.m.
For the past eight years, Bengaluru has lost to Kolkata at home. 2015 was the last time they met. After then, five games were played, with Kolkata emerging victorious each time.
This will be Kolkata's second match and Bengaluru's third. Bengaluru needed to take one, give one. However, Kolkata got off to a winning start.
In a head-to-head, Kolkata has the upper hand. Bengaluru appears to be under pressure from Kolkata in this encounter. In the history of the IPL, 32 games have been played between RCB and KKR. In this, Kolkata has won 18 games while RCB has won 14. The two sides have played 11 games at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, their home field. Kolkata won seven games, and Bengaluru won six.
Most runs scored in Kohli's honor:
The leading run scorer for Bengaluru is their ace batsman Virat Kohli, who has amassed 98 runs in the last two games. In addition, he has amassed a half-century throughout this time. In bowling, Glenn Maxwell is the best. In the first two games, he has claimed two wickets.
Russell leads Kolkata in runs scored.
For Kolkata, Andre Russell has amassed the most runs scored. In one game, he has scored 64 runs. With the most wickets to his credit is Harshit Rana. In one game, he has claimed three wickets.
Report on Pitch
Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium has a batting-friendly surface. The batsmen make a ton of runs here. On this pitch, the spinners get some assistance.
This stadium has hosted 89 IPL matches thus far. 37 games were won by the team batting first and 48 by the team pursuing. The team that wins the toss in this scenario will opt to chase. Four matches' results, however, could not be announced.
