Over the 14 years of the tournament’s history, the thrilling matches of RCB vs KKR have surfaced as one of the top rivalries in the IPL. Both teams have a huge fan base and receive immense crowd support no matter which ground or city they play.
During IPL, RCB and KKR met each other head-on for 30 matches. KKR has emerged as the winner by winning 16 matches, while RCB could manage to win only 14. Regardless of the number of wins and losses, the knockouts and matches have been nail-biters.
As the Indian Premier League (IPL) has commenced its brand new edition, the first game between the arch-rivals is about to take place on 6th April 2023 in Kolkata’s home ground, Eden Gardens.
Here are The Probable Best Playing XI for today’s contest.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers Bangalore has one of the strongest and most balanced team squads amongst all teams in the IPL. Unfortunately, RCB will miss their star bowlers in today’s IPL match, Josh Hazlewood and Wanindu Hasaranga, due to their injuries. Despite their absence, RCB has a strong playing XI squad.
Here are the Probable Playing XI of RCB for the 9th Match of TATA IPL 2023 – Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
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Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders have had an unfortunate kick start to the 15th edition of the IPL after the loss against Punjab Kings. For KKR’s squad, Shakib Al Hasan has opted out of IPL this season, and Jason Roy has been named as his replacement. Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of IPL 2023 due to his back injury.
Lokie Ferguson seemed unfit in KKR’s previous game. If he is declared fit for the Match, he will be a part of the squad, replacing Tim Southee as he gave away 50 runs in the previously held Match against PBKS.
Here are the Probable Playing XI of KKR for the 9th Match of TATA IPL 2023 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Naraine, Varun Chakravarthy, Lokie Ferguson/Tim Southee, Anukul Roy