Match number 9 of IPL 2023 will see the two crowd favourite teams take on each other. Two time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens tonight.
This will be KKR's first home game of the season.
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Ahead of this blockbuster clash, TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at all the big details that you should know for this match on Thursday, April 6:
What: IPL 2023 Match 9
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
When: April 6, Thursday - 7:30 PM IST start. Toss at 7 PM IST
Where: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Head to head of these two teams from IPL 2022: The two teams played each other once last season and RCB beat KKR by 3 wickets
Overall Head to Head:
Played: 30
Won by KKR: 16
Won by RCB: 14
Where the two teams finished last season: Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th, while RCB finished 4th
Win-Loss record of the two teams in IPL 2022 (league stage):
Kolkata Knight Riders - Played - 14, Won - 6, Lost - 8, Points - 12 (Finished 7th)
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Played - 14, Won - 8, Lost - 6, Points - 16 (Finished 4th)
Captains:
KKR - Nitish Rana
RCB - Faf du Plessis
Likely Playing XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Nitish Rana (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee/Lockie Ferguson, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma
Full squads:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (c), Vaibhav Arora, Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, David Wiese, Umesh Yadav, Jason Roy
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (C), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Reece Topkey, Dinesh Karthik, Fin Allen, Mohammed Siraj, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Akas Deep, Harshal Patel, Sonu Yadav, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandge, Shahbaz Ahmed, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Siddharth Kaul, Himanshu Sharma
Weather Forecast for Kolkata on April 6:
Maximum Temperature: 37 degrees celsius
Minimum Temperature: 24 degrees celsius
Mainly Clear
Wind: 11 kmph
Cloud Cover: 14 %
Chances of rain: 0%
Stadium Capacity: 68,000
Pitch: Batting friendly, though pacers should have something to look forward to, especially if there is some grass on the track. Average first innings score is about 160
Where to Watch:
Digital: You can catch ball by ball commentary, match analysis, latest scores, records and more on - https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
TV: Star Sports Network
Live Streaming: Jio Cinema
New Rules:
Impact Player: Both captains will have a list of upto 5 substitutes. 1 of them can be called in as the Impact Player to bat and bowl.
Name Playing XI after the toss: Both captains will be allowed to pick a playing XI they have pre-decided depending on the outcome of the toss. Teams could be prepared with two slightly different XIs, if they choose to do so. The team sheets will be exchanged after the toss.
