KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match 9 of IPL 2023

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians by eight wickets, while Kolkata Knight Riders lost against Punjab Kings in their respective opening matches in IPL 2023.

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Updated - 16 May 2024, 11:45 IST

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be facing Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ninth match of the IPL 2023 at Eden Gardens on April 6. Kolkata Knight Riders lost against Punjab Kings by seven runs on the DLS method in their opening game. Punjab Kings posted a big total of 191/5, with Tim Southee taking two wickets for the Knight Riders. Then in a rain-interrupted game, Kolkata managed to score just 146/7 in 16 overs with an impact player Venkatesh Iyer scoring 34 off 28 and Andre Russell smashing 35 off 19.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore started their campaign with a dominating eight-wicket win over five-time champions Mumbai Indians. RCB Bowlers were impressive with early wickets, but Mumbai Indians managed to post a challenging total of 171/7. But openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis smashed unbeaten half-centuries to help RCB chase the target with 22 balls to spare.

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Match Information

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 9

Indian Premier League, 6 Apr 2023, Thur, 7:30 PM IST ,Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Weather Report

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Haze

36.0°C

52% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Kolkata Knight Riders

L
L
W
W
L

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

W
L
W
W
L

Players Stats in current Series

1

730 Runs

14 Matches

2

Virat Kohli

RCB - bat

639 Runs

14 Matches

3

Rinku Singh

KKR - bat

474 Runs

14 Matches

4

Nitish Rana

KKR - all

413 Runs

14 Matches

5

404 Runs

14 Matches

6

Glenn Maxwell

RCB - all

400 Runs

14 Matches

1

Akash Deep

RCB - bowl

212.50

2 Matches

2

David Wiese

KKR - all

190.91

3 Matches

3

Glenn Maxwell

RCB - all

183.49

14 Matches

4

Shardul Thakur

KKR - bowl

161.43

11 Matches

5

153.68

14 Matches

6

Jason Roy

KKR - bat

151.60

8 Matches

20 Wkts

14 Matches

2

Mohammed Siraj

RCB - bowl

19 Wkts

14 Matches

3

Harshal Patel

RCB - bowl

14 Wkts

14 Matches

4

Sunil Narine

KKR - all

11 Wkts

14 Matches

5

Suyash Sharma

KKR - bowl

10 Wkts

11 Matches

6

Karn Sharma

RCB - bowl

10 Wkts

7 Matches

1

David Willey

RCB - all

7.00

4 Matches

2

Reece Topley

RCB - bowl

7.00

1 Match

3

Mohammed Siraj

RCB - bowl

7.50

14 Matches

4

Sunil Narine

KKR - all

7.98

14 Matches

5

Anukul Roy

KKR - all

8.13

4 Matches

8.15

14 Matches

Probable Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders

Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Rana (C), RK Singh, AD Russell, Shardul Thakur, SP Narine, Tim Southee, UT Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Bench : AS Roy, VR Iyer, Narayan Jagadeesan, D Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, S Iyer, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, LH Ferguson, H Rana, K Khejroliya, JJ Roy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (wk), F du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, GJ Maxwell, DJ Willey, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, HV Patel, KV Sharma, Michael Bracewell

Bench : RM Patidar, SS Prabhudessai, Finn Allen, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, M Bhandage, MK Lomror, W Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, R Sonu Yadav, Josh Hazlewood, S Kaul, RJW Topley, Himanshu Sharma, WG Jacks

Injury and availability news

David Willey is likely to replace injured Reece Topley for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Kolkata's Eden Gardens offers a batting-friendly surface in T20 cricket. The average first innings score here is 174 so fans can expect a high-scoring clash on Thursday.

174

Average Score

Player Picks

9
C

Virat Kohli RCB | BAT

The star Indian batter started the IPL 2023 campaign by smashing a match-winning knock of 82* off 49 with six fours and five sixes against Mumbai Indians in the last match. Kohli has been in excellent form across formats in international cricket and is looking in good rhythm ahead of the KKR game.

8.5
C

Faf du Plessis RCB | BAT

The veteran South African batter won the Player of the Match award against Mumbai Indians as he smashed 73 off 43 to give RCB a sensational start. He also smashed 369 from just 10 innings for Joburg Super Kings in SA20 2023 with one hundred and two fifties.

8.5
C

Mohammed Siraj RCB | BOWL

The star Indian pacer gave RCB an opening with Ishan Kishan's wicket against MI in the last game and conceded just 21 runs. Siraj enters the IPL 2023 with rich form in international cricket with five wickets in the recent ODIs against Australia.

9

Andre Russell KKR | ALL

The Caribbean batting all-rounder was the leading wicket-taker for KKR last season but didn't bowl against Punjab Kings in the last match. He top-scored with 35 off 19 while batting and should be in the Dream11 Team at any cost.

8

Venkatesh Iyer KKR | ALL

The young all-rounder came as an impact player and added a crucial 34 off 28 against Punjab Kings in the last game. He is likely to get a start in the playing 11 for this game and might even bowl.

9

Glenn Maxwell RCB | ALL

The Australian batting all-rounder didn't get much time against Mumbai Indians in the last game but he smashed two sixes off three balls to give some glimpses of his returning to form.

7.5

Rahmanullah Gurbaz KKR | WK

The star Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batter started well against Punjab Kings by smashing 22 off 16 but was not able to convert it into a big knock. Gurbaz has scored 110 runs from his last five overall T20 innings and costs only 7.5 credits on the Dream11 Team.

7.5

Michael Bracewell RCB | BAT

New Zealand spin all-rounder didn't get a chance to showcase his batting skills against Mumbai Indians in the last game but shone with the ball with Suryakumar Yadav's wicket while conceding just 16 runs from his two-over spell.

6

Karn Sharma RCB | BOWL

The 35-year-old spinner was the best bowler for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Mumbai Indians as he took two crucial wickets for 32.

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8.5

Akash Deep

RCB | BOWL

The 26-year-old took a wicket while conceding runs at an economy rate of 9.7 against Mumbai Indians. He took just five wickets from five matches at an economy rate of 10.55 last year.

8

Anukul Roy

KKR | ALL

The young batting all-rounder scored four runs against Punjab Kings but didn't get a chance to bowl. Anukul Roy has shown a lot of potential across domestic cricket but lacks the experience of making a big impact.

Last Updated On - May 16 2024 11:45 AM

Players
11/11

Team 1

KKR

5 : 6

RCB

Credits Left
11/100

Head To Head
Rahmanullah Gurbaz

7.5

Venkatesh Iyer

8

Faf du Plessis

8.5

Virat Kohli
C

9

Andre Russell

9

Glenn Maxwell

9

Michael Bracewell
VC

7.5

Tim Southee

8.5

Varun Chakravarthy

7.5

Mohammed Siraj

8.5

Karn Sharma

6

Players
11/11

Team 1

KKR

6 : 5

RCB

Credits Left
7/100

Mega League
Rahmanullah Gurbaz

7.5

Nitish Rana
VC

8.5

Faf du Plessis
C

8.5

Virat Kohli

9

Andre Russell

9

Sunil Narine

8.5

Glenn Maxwell

9

Shardul Thakur

8.5

Tim Southee

8.5

David Willey

7.5

Mohammed Siraj

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

KKR

6 : 5

RCB

Credits Left
8/100

Grand League
Rahmanullah Gurbaz

7.5

Venkatesh Iyer

8

Faf du Plessis

8.5

Virat Kohli

9

Andre Russell
C

9

Sunil Narine
VC

8.5

Glenn Maxwell

9

Tim Southee

8.5

Umesh Yadav

8

David Willey

7.5

Harshal Patel

8.5

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Players
11/11

Team 1

KKR

6 : 5

RCB

Credits Left
8/100

CricTracker Special
Rahmanullah Gurbaz

7.5

Venkatesh Iyer

8

Faf du Plessis

8.5

Virat Kohli

9

Andre Russell
C

9

Sunil Narine
VC

8.5

Glenn Maxwell

9

Tim Southee

8.5

Umesh Yadav

8

David Willey

7.5

Harshal Patel

8.5

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