RCB Playing 11 for Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 36 of IPL 2023; Top Picks, Fantasy Cricket Tips for RCB vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction

The 36th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday, April 26.

RCB has been on a roll in the last few matches, winning three out of four games that they have played, and are now within touching distance of the top-four. One of the major reasons for their success is the excellent performance of their top-order batsmen. Skipper Faf du Plessis is in phenomenal form, scoring five half-centuries in seven innings and leading the race for the Orange Cap.

Virat Kohli, the ever-consistent performer, has also given RCB some good starts along with Du Plessis. Glenn Maxwell, who had a slow start to the season, has gradually gathered pace and played a couple of brilliant knocks in recent matches.

However, the middle-order has been a concern for RCB. Due to the top-order’s dominance, batsmen lower down the order haven’t had much of a chance to play. And whatever chances they did get, they struggled. Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, and Shahbaz Ahmed have all failed to play a big inning so far.

The side will be hoping to address this issue if they want to go all the way in this tournament.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI Team News

RCB captain Faf du Plessis played the last two games as an Impact Player, but he is very much likely to return into the starting RCB Playing 11 for the RCB vs KKR match.
Josh Hazlewood is “almost 100% fit” according to RCB’s social media handle but will not be playing this game.
The likes of Mohammed Siraj, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Harshal Patel will lead the bowling attack.
Vijaykumar Vyshak/ Suyash Prabhudessai are likely candidates for the Impact Player role.

RCB Playing 11

1. Faf du Plessis (C)
2. Virat Kohli
3. Glenn Maxwell
4. Mahipal Lomror
5. Dinesh Karthik (wk)
6. Shahbaz Ahmed
7. David Willey
8. Wanindu Hasaranga
9. Harshal Patel
10. Mohammed Siraj
11. Vijaykumar Vyshak

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Bracewell, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Wayne Parnell, Vyshak Vijay Kumar.

RCB vs KKR Dream11 Prediction

Faf du Plessis stats in IPL

For the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Faf du Plessis has been in top-notch form. The RCB skipper has amassed 405 runs in 7 matches at an average of over 67 and has played an aggressive cricket at the top despite an injury. Du Plessis will be a great fantasy pick for this RCB vs KKR Dream11 Prediction.

Matches	Runs	Last 3 performances in IPL 2023	Performances against KKR	Highest Score in IPL
229	6903	62, 59, 6	5, 86, 43	96

Mohammed Siraj stats in IPL

The pacer has been the best bowler for RCB this season. He is the current purple holder in IPL and has picked 13 wickets at an average of 15.38. He will once again lead the pace attack for the hosts.

Matches	Wickets	Last 3 performances in IPL	Last 3 performances against KKR	BBM in IPL
72	72	1/39, 4/21, 0/31	1/25, 2/19, 0/12	4/21