KKR vs RCB, Toss Update: The 39th IPL 2020 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore is to be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi today. Kolkata Knight Riders Won The Toss, Opted To Bat First Against Royal Challengers Bangalore. For RCB, Siraj comes back in playing XI and Shahbaz misses out. In the KKR playing XI, Banton and Prasidh come in for of Shivam Mavi and Andre Russell. Both teams have won their respective previous matches here, so their eyes will be on continuing their winning momentum.
While KKR had won the match by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in a super over in their previous match, RCB gained two much-needed points by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets. The team that loses in today's match will lose their spot in the top 4 of the IPL 2020 points table.
IPL 2020: Eoin Morgan-led Kolkata Knight Riders Have An Upper Hand Against Sunrisers Hyderabad Ahead Of Tonight's Match?
Kolkata Knight Riders had won their match in the super over last time.The team had to defend 17 runs in the last over against Hyderabad, when captain Eoin Morgan handed the bowling over to Andre Russell. After the match, Morgan had revealed that Russell himself had asked him for letting him bowl the over.
IPL 2020: Can Virat Kohli-Led Royal Challengers Bangalore Continue Their Winning Momentum In The Tournament?
Talking about RCB, AB de Villiers stole the show in RCB's last match against Rajasthan. He literally snatched the victory from Rajasthan while hitting shots all around the field. De Villiers is playing the role of a finisher for RCB.
The arrival of Chris Morris in the team has also strengthened the bowling attack. Navdeep Saini and Isuru Udana are supporting him well. At the same time, in the spin department, the duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar are bowling quite well.
IPL 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Head-To-Head: A total of 25 matches have been played between these two teams so far in which KKR has managed to win 14 games, while RCB has won 11 matches. Talking about the last 6 matches, RCB have been successful in registering two wins, including one win this season. The last time these two teams clashed in the IPL 2020, RCB won by 82 runs over KKR.
KKR vs RCB, Toss Update: Kolkata Knight Riders Won The Toss, Opted To Bat First Against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Mohammed Siraj, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Tom Banton, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy