Bangalore: Kolkata Knight Riders (KRR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be one-on-one at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in the 46th match of IPL-10. KKR would like to reach the top-2 by winning this match, while the RCB battling the poor form will win the match and try to create problems for the KKR in the playoffs race.
2 out of 3 matches needed to win
Kolkata have lost in their last two matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rising Pune Superjents. To make it a place in the playoff, 2 out of the remaining three matches have a dire need of winning. Kolkata is awaiting the return of his lover Chris Lynn. Lynn has returned to the team’s practice session. At the same time, the injured Robin Uthappa is skeptical of the play.
RCB points down the table
RCB’s batting order has proved to be lousy in this IPL even after big names. It had to be paid as a run out of the playoffs. In his last match, he could not achieve the target of 139 runs against Punjab.
Head to Head: KKR vs RCB
Kolkata has so far played in 10 out of 19 bilateral matches against RSB. RCB has won 9.
Playing XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Virat Kohli (captain), 4 AB de Villiers, Kedar Jadhav (wicketkeeper), Shane Watson / Travis Head, Pawan Negi, S. Arvind, Samuel Badri, Aniket Chaudhary, Yajuwendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa / S. Jameson (wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Colin de Grandhom, Chris Wolks, Nathan Coolter Nile / Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav
