KKR Playing 11 for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 9 of IPL 2023; Top Picks, Fantasy Cricket Tips for KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction

The 9th match of the ongoing IPL 2023 will see Kolkata Knight Riders locking horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday (April 6). The match will be played at iconic Eden Gardens. The Men in Purple started their campaign with a heavy defeat against Punjab Kings. Chasing 192, the Kolkata Knight Riders were struggling at 146/7 in 16 overs before rain intervened. In the end, PBKS was declared the winner via DLS method.

The Men in Purple are dealing with several injury and unavailability issues which have made their line-up weak. However, the side will have the home advantage and will look to prove their critics wrong in the game against Bangalore.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI Team News

Shreyas Iyer has been officially ruled out of the IPL 2023 as he will undergo back surgery which will keep him away from cricket for at least 3 months.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has also made himself unavailable due to international commitments.
Lockier Ferguson is recovering from a hamstring injury and is doubtful for KKR vs RCB match.
N Jagadeesan can replace Mandeepp Singh in clash against RCB.

KKR Playing 11

1. N Jagadeesan (wk)
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
3. Nitish Rana (c)
4. Rinku Singh
5. Venkatesh Iyer
6. Andre Russell
7. Shardul Thakur
8. Sunil Narine
9. Tim Southee
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Varun Chakravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders squad

Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan

KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction

Varun Chakravarthy Stats in IPL

While all the other bowlers went for plenty in the KKR’s opening game against Punjab Kings, Varun Chakravarthy was the bowler who went under 7 runs per over. The mystery spinner has a good record at Eden Gardens and the side will be hoping for another economical performance from him.

Matches	Wickets	Last 5 performances in IPL	Last 3 performances against RCB	BBM in IPL
43	43	1/26, 0/38, 1/25	1/33, 0/20, 3/13	5/20

Nitish Rana Stats in IPL

Nitish Rana had a start in the match against Punjab Kings but couldn’t make it big. He is leading the side in the absence of Shreyas Iyer which can boost extra motivation for him.