RCB vs KKR, IPL 2023: Stats Report At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Kolkata Knight Riders will travel to Bengaluru as they meet Royal Challengers Bangalore for the second time in the match number 36 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 26^th April 2023.

Kolkata Knight Riders will be coming into the contest after successive losses against Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, one home and one away. With two wins out of seven games they sit at eighth position in the points table. KKR hammered RCB by 81 runs when both the teams met last.

Both their reliable overseas sensations, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell are yet to make a mark in this ongoing edition of IPL. As far as batting is concerned, Venkatesh Iyer has been brilliant, scoring 254 runs at an average of 36.29 in as many as seven games, Rinku Singh has got a couple of half-centuries as well.

Jason Roy too ha come good in both the games he played, in just his second game he smashed the second-joint fastest fifty of just 19 balls against CSK while chasing a massive 236. Varun Chakaravarthy has accounted for 10 wickets in as many as seven games for KKR. They would seek improved performances as a unit and would require their two reliable to step-up to progress better in upcoming matches.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, on the other hand, will be coming into the contest after a two consecutive wins against PBKS and RR at both away and home. RCB is all about the four names in Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj. They lost against KKR in the last game they played against them by massive 81 runs margin, that was the only bad game for RCB in this entire tournament and other two losses against CSK and LSG have come in very close margin.

With four wins in seven games, they sit at fifth position of points table due to poor net-run-rate compared to other teams. Faf du Plessis has aggregated 405 runs in just 7 innings with a stupendous average of 67.50, he also holds the Orange Cap currently. There was a total of six century stands recorded by RCB and Faf du Plessis is involved in all those six, three with Kohli and three with Maxwell.

In the bowling department, Mohammed Siraj has been impressive with 13 wickets and he currently holds the Purple Cap. Josh Hazlewood is set to return to the team in upcoming games to give the extra balance to the bowling department. RCB would look to carry the winning momentum going.

IPL 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Head-to-Head:

Both teams have met in 30 matches in which KKR edge over RCB by 17 wins to 14 wins. In the last six games played, both have won three each

Matches Played	31
Royal Challengers Bangalore	14
Kolkata Knight Riders	17

RCB vs KKR: Stats and Records at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Spinners have thoroughly enjoyed bowling here with bowling average of 29.3 compared to pacers who averages 30.0, but in IPL 2023 Pacers have averaged 28.6 and struck at 19.1 compared to spinners who average 37.6 at a strike rate of 23.9. Teams winning batting second have upper hand over teams batting first with 46 wins over 36 wins in as many as 86 games, four matches have not yielded results.

Chasing is preferred by teams winning toss. In IPL 2023, teams batting first have won three games and batting second have won two games Average first innings total in IPL 2023 is 194.4, which means a high scoring contest can be expected between KKR and RCB.

M. Chinnaswamy	Stats
Matches Played	86
Number of wins batting first	36
Number of wins batting second	46
Average First Innings score in IPL 2023	194.4
Average powerplay Score	45.8
Average death overs score	53.7

RCB vs KKR Strategy and Match-Ups:
Virat Kohli has scored 102 runs against Sunil Narine has got dismissed four times in the course of 102 balls.  Glenn Maxwell has scored 88 runs of 82 balls against Sunil Narine and has dismissed four times too. Faf du Plessis too has struggled against Sunil Narine, scoring just 46 runs in 63 balls and has been dismissed twice.

Sunil Narine will be the potential trump card to tackle RCB, hence Nitish Rana will bring in Sunil Narine early on to counter the RCB’s reliable three. Interestingly the only game where there were no half-centuries scored by top three RCB batters in the IPL 2023 was against KKR.

Varun Chakaravarthy too has picked Maxwell twice in the course of 20 balls, giving away only 31 runs.  It will be interesting to see how the three RCB’s reliable counter KKR’s spin trio.  Wanindu Hasaranga has picked Andre Russell once in 22 balls, while giving away just 25 runs. Harshal Patel too have picked Russell twice in 25 balls and has leaked 35 runs. Faf du Plessis will be using both Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga in later part of innings to counter Andre Russell.