RCB vs KKR Dream11 IPL Today Match Prediction 18 April [STATS for GRAND LEAGUE – Batting, Bowling, Team, Pitch]

RCB vs KKR IPL 2021: After a fantastic start to their IPL 2021 campaign, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are all set to lock horns with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their third game of the season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 18. RCB have won both their games so far in this tournament against Mumbai and Sunrisers Hyderabad and are placed at the top position on the points table. Kolkata have won one match and then conceded a heartening loss against Mumbai in their previous match. This will be the first afternoon game in IPL 2021.

In the 27 matches played between these two teams, Kolkata Knight Riders have won 15 games while RCB have emerged victorious on 12 occasions. However, both KKR and RCB will want to pick up those two crucial points from this game in this vital opening phase of IPL 2021.

RCB vs KKR Today Match Prediction Details

Fixture Name: VIVO IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Competition: VIVO IPL

Date: 18 April

Time: 3:30 PM IST

Ground: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Team Form Guide:
RCB (recent last): W W L L L
KKR (recent last): L W W L L

Brief score of the last result at the venue: Mumbai Indians 150/5 beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 137/10 by 13 runs in the 9th match of IPL 2021.

Pitch Report: The wicket at the Chepauk stadium has offered enough assistance to the slow bowlers especially the leg-spinners have got some really big turn. The conditions are once again expected to be dry and slow with the par score being around 150-160. The toss won’t be that crucial at this venue but it will be difficult for the batters in the middle-overs stage.

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BLR vs KOL Playing 11

BLR Team News

Injury Update, Unavailability

• There are no injury issues in the Royal Challengers Bangalore camp.

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Expected Team Changes

• They are expected to go in with the winning combination.
• Virat Kohli will captain the team.
• AB de Villiers will take the gloves.
• Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell and Shahbaz Ahmed will be their main batsmen.
• Washington Sundar, Kyle Jamieson, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel will be their key bowlers.

BLR Playing 11 (likely)
Virat Kohli
Devdutt Padikkal
Shahbaz Ahmed
AB de Villiers
Glenn Maxwell
Washington Sundar
Kyle Jamieson
Daniel Christian
Harshal Patel
Mohammed Siraj
Yuzvendra Chahal

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KOL Team News

Injury Update, Unavailability

• There are no injury issues in the Kolkata Knight Riders camp.

Expected Team Changes

• They are not going to make a lot of changes.
• Eoin Morgan will captain the side.
• Dinesh Karthik will be the wicket-keeper.
• Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana will be the openers.
• Rahul Tripathi, Shakib Al Hasan, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell will form part of the middle-order.
• Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna and Andre Russell will be their crucial bowlers.

KOL Playing 11 (likely)
Shubman Gill
Nitish Rana
Rahul Tripathi
Shakib Al Hasan
Eoin Morgan
Andre Russell
Dinesh Karthik
Pat Cummins
Harbhajan Singh
Varun Chakravarthy
Prasidh Krishna

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Who will win today match

Royal Challengers Bangalore will depend a lot upon the likes of Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers to do the majority run-scoring in the batting department. Harshal, Chahal, Sundar and Jamieson will be their key bowlers. On the other hand, the Kolkata Knight Riders will want that Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik come good with the bat while Russell, Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna and Pat Cummins will be their crucial bowlers. Royal Challengers Bangalore will definitely start as the favourites due to their fabulous performance in the last 2 games. In our Dream 11 Today Match Prediction we back Royal Challengers Bangalore to win this match.

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RCB vs KKR Dream11 Prediction

Grand League Team 1

We are picking Virat Kohli as the Captain of this team due to his fantastic record against KKR scoring 725 runs at an average of 40.3.

WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers
BATSMEN: Virat Kohli (C), Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Devdutt Padikkal
ALL-ROUNDERS: Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell (VC), Andre Russell
BOWLERS: Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel

Grand League Team 2

We are making Nitish Rana as the Captain in this team because of his brilliant performance in the last 2 games having scored two amazing fifties.

WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers, Dinesh Karthik
BATSMEN: Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana (C), Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan, Devdutt Padikkal (VC)
ALL-ROUNDERS: Glenn Maxwell
BOWLERS: Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

Grand League Team 3

We are picking AB de Villiers as the Captain of this team due to his terrific innings of 48 runs off 27 balls against Mumbai on the same venue.

WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers (C)
BATSMEN: Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Devdutt Padikkal, Rahul Tripathi
ALL-ROUNDERS: Andre Russell, Washington Sundar
BOWLERS: Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel (VC), Prasidh Krishna, Kyle Jamieson

Grand League Team 4

We are picking Andre Russell as the Captain in this team as he took an outstanding five-wicket haul in the last game and can also contribute with the bat.

WICKET-KEEPERS: AB de Villiers
BATSMEN: Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi (VC)
ALL-ROUNDERS: Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell (C), Shahbaz Ahmed
BOWLERS: Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Varun Chakravarthy