Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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Eliminator:
The match between RCB and KKR is the eliminator of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on October 11th 2021.
RCB vs KKR History:
The teams competed against each other 29 times, till date. Out of them, RCB won 13 times and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against KKR are LWWWW.
RCB Home:
The teams competed 11 times at the home ground of RCB. The home team won 4 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against KKR are LLLLW.
KKR Home:
The teams faced each other 10 times at the home ground of KKR. The host won 6 times. On the other hand, the visitors won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RCB are LWWLL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 8 times at the neutral venue. RCB won 5 times, whereas KKR won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against KKR are LWWWL.
Playoff / semi final:
The teams never played in the knockout stage (play-off / semi final) against each other. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) knockout match results of RCB against KKR is – – – – -.
Points and Ranks:
In the play-off stage, the winner will play against the defeating team in the qualifier 1 (Delhi Capitals). The team, who will face defeat, will be eliminated.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are WLWWW.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WWLWL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Sharjah shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the game. The precipitation percentage would be 0% as of now, so there would be no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be 31 to 34 Celsius. The wind would be between 16 to 27 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL Matches):
Teams preferred to field first after winning the toss, which happened 19 times in 26 matches. The selection favors the teams, as the teams won 12 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWWW.
On the other hand, the team chose to bat first just 7 times, and the team won the match thrice and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLLWW.
Overall, the teams, who won the toss, won 15 times and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWWW.
The first batting team won 10 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLWLL.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 125 on the venue. On the other hand, the highest successful chase is 224 on the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 90, and the highest total was 228 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 85 runs, whereas the highest was 226 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.96 and 28.56 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other twice at the venue. RCB won one outing and KKR won the other.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB against KKR at the venue are WL – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RCB got 7 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has a below average record, as the team won thrice and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are WLLLW.
KKR had 6 opportunities to play at the venue, and the team has an average record, as the team won thrice and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WWLLL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team would like to go with the winning combination.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: D. Padikkal, V. Kohli, S. Bharat, G. Maxwell, AB. de Villiers, S. Ahmed, D. Christian, G. Garton, H. Patel, M. Siraj, Y. Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would like to go with A. Russell in place of S. al Hasan, if the former will be fir for the play, otherwise the team will go with the winning XI.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: S. Gill, V. Iyer, N. Rana, R. Tripathi, E. Morgan, D. Karthik, A. Russell, S. Narine, L. Ferguson, S. Mavi, V. Chakravarthy
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
