CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments Another grand match of IPL 2016 knocking up the door which is KKR vs RCB. The big match will be played on the home ground of Knight Riders Eden Gardens and the live action of the battle between both the team will start at 8:00 pm. Indian Premier League 2016 is almost in the last round and this will be 48th match of the tournament. Total 56 matches to be played in the league stage and the four team which will on the top of the IPL points table will get tickets to the play-offs. In this article you will find the KKR vs RCB match prediction, about the toss how it can affect the result and all the side of the upcoming match Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore. So read full article for the full insight of the match.
Earlier Performance of KKR and RCB in the IPL 2016
About Royal Challengers Bangalore :-
If we look on the all 8 teams, RCB is the team who has one of the strongest batting line up and we have seen how brutally their batsman hits the ball and destroy the bowling spell of the opponent bowlers. The four batsman on which their full batting performance depends. First is Mr. consistent, the run machine, the captain of Bangalore team Virat Kohli who is current orange cap holder of IPL 2016 with 677 runs in 11 innings with 3 centuries which is a record in IPL history. The sixer king Chris Gayle who’s bat is quiet from a while but when he will back in the form, there will be raining sixes for sure. One of the finest cricketer of all format, specially in T20 format he is brilliant with his bat and also in the filed, he is South African batsman AB de Villiers who has scored 129* runs recently against Gujarat Lions and with total 538 runs in 11 innings is on 3rd position in the leading runs scorer list. The fourth one is the Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, he is doing extremely good with the bat as well as with the ball. In the slog overs his ability of hitting big shots make RCB to put big total on the board. There are few more batsman who is also showing their talent like Lokesh Rahul who is very consistent too, scored 332 runs in just 8 innings. Also batsman like Sachin baby and Sarfraz Khan added much more strength to the team batting line up. They have the strongest batting order among the other for sure and in the last match they have shown to the world that yes they believe in their batting and scored second highest total of Indian Premier League of 248 runs in 20 overs. Two batsman Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers scored their hundred in the match against GL.
One thing in which they struggled in every match of IPL 2016 is their bowling. Yes if they have good batting side, they have weak bowling side too. From last few matches bowling performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore improved in comparison to earlier matches. Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal both are very effective from the last few games. Chris Jorden also took 4 wickets against Gujarat Lions in which RCB made GL all out on just 104 runs. The new man included into the playing XI from last couple of games Sreenath Aravind impressed every one with his bowling. He can swing the ball in both the direction and was very economical so far . After the last match, RCB will be very confident with his batting as well as bowling.
If we look at the points table, so far only Sunrisers Hyderabad have qualified to the play-offs. RCB has played 11 matches, won 5 out of them and with 10 points on the 6th place in the points table. If Bangalore want to qualify to the next stage then they have to win all their 3 remaining matches which included this KKR vs RCB match too.
About Kolkata Knight Riders :-
If we look onto the contenders who can win the IPL 2016 title, KKR is one of them. They are one of the most balanced squad among the 8 teams of IPL 9. The batting as well as bowling unit quite good in terms of the performance. They have played 11 matches in the tournament so far and on 7 occasions defeated the opponent. With 14 points they are on the 2nd spot in the points table. They have to win only 1 match out of three they have remaining to get qualified into the play offs. But KKR will seek to top position since there will be an advantage to the top 2 teams. The top two teams will play first qualifier and the team loses in that match will get another chance to become IPL finalist.
If we look onto the batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders team, the opening pair of Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa are in great touch, both the batsman scoring runs for the team. But from last few matches they are loosing early wickets. The team is much dependent on both of them and if they got out early whole team comes into pressure. The good thing for them is that the Yusuf Pathan is back in the form and played many match winning innings in IPL 2016. In the last match against Rising Pune Supergiants, he was on fire and in just 5 overs chased down the 66 runs of target. Despite of 2 wickets down in the very first over, he played without any pressure scored 37 runs on just 18 balls and made his team win the match by 8 wickets. Gautam Gambhir is the leading run scorer from his team with 398 runs in 11 innings. Surya Kumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan are there in the middle order who can bat and snatch win from the opponent single-handedly.
In the bowling department, Andre Russell is having most wicket in his bag from their squad, 15 wickets in 11 innings and few days back grab the purple cap which is now given to Mumbai Indians bowlers Mitchell McClenaghan (17 wickets in 13 innings). Umesh Yadav and Morne Morkel holding the pace attack along with Russell. If we look at the spin attack they have best spinners under their shed, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Brad Hogg are there who can easily turn up the match in a single over. So the bowling line up is all ready to bring another victory into the KKR bag. It will be tough competition in the Kolkata vs Bangalore match for both the teams and it will be tough to predict winner of the match but the team which will play good cricket with the bat and ball will win the match for sure.
Earlier Encounter: Head To head Comparison :-
If we look onto the previous season, total 16 matches have been played between both the team out of which each have won 8-8 matches which means both teams are equal in the head to head comparison. But if we look onto the previous match played in IPL 2016 between KKR and RCB, Kolkata won the match by 5 wickets. So it means the score is 9-8 now and it will be good chance for the Virat Kohli to level the score today by winning the KKR vs RCB match.
Toss : Surely an Advantage
The team which will win the toss today will be in advantage for sure. Each of the captain will look forward to bowl first as the trend going on in IPL 2016. We have seen 80% of matches won by the team who batted second and In this match we will see the same trend to be followed.
Toss Prediction: From our prediction, Virat Kohli (RCB) will win the toss and go for the field first.
Key Players of Both the teams for Kolkata vs Bangalore Match :-
Here are the key players both the teams on which the result of upcoming match will depend most.
KKR Key Players :-
- Gautam Gambhir
- Yusuf Pathan
- Andre Russell
- Sunil Narine
- Piyush Chawla
RCB Key Players :-
- Virat Kohli
- AB de Villiers
- Shane Watson
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Lokesh Rahul
KKR vs RCB Match Prediction :-
If we look onto the players of both the team and their previous performance in the league, it is very difficult to predict the result of upcoming Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore match. It is always very difficult to predict the winner of T20 match and when the two strong teams are in action then it gets more difficult. But we have to tell you, so from team of cricket99.com the KKR vs RCB prediction says that today RCB will win the match.
So our prediction says that the toss as well as match will be win by Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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