It’s Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal challengers Bangalore today! The IPL 2021 31st match will be held at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The first leg of the IPL 2021 saw KKR struggle where they won 2 out of 7 games, they showed confidence in the youthful players for the top order and bowling.
Being fantastic in the first leg of IPL 2021, Royal Challengers have a huge chance of winning this year’s IPL. They have an advantage in UAE with international players along with Sri Lankan player Wanindu Hasaranga being in a great form who is expected to earn his debut in this IPL match. They are in the 3rd position in the standings with 10 points.
Mahadevbook Weather Report
It’s 34 degrees Celsius, making it a hot day in Abu Dhabi. No interruptions are expected during the game.
Mahadevbook Pitch Report
The Sheikh Zayed stadium’s pitch always favours teams that bowl first. All teams batting first have found it to be straightforward. It should also be an excellent wicket to bat on allowing a par score of 170.
Mahadevbook Online Probable Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi,Prasidh Krishna
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Mohammad Siraj, Kyle Jamieson,Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yuzvendra Chahal
Match 31, Dream 11:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
AB de Villiers (c&wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana, Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Harshal Patel, Kyle Jamieson, Varun Chakravarthy
Mahadevbook Online Prediction
The Match winner
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
Winning the toss
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
The Top Batsman
- Kolkata Knight Riders – Nitish Rana
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – Devdutt Padikkal
The Top Bowler
- Kolkata Knight Riders – Varun Chakravarthy
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – Harshal Patel
The Most Sixes
- Kolkata Knight Riders – Dinesh Karthik
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – AB de Villiers
The Player of the Match
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – AB de Villiers
Team Scores Batting First
- Kolkata Knight Riders – 170
- Royal Challengers Bangalore – 185+
We expect the Knight riders to have a difficult start in the 2nd leg of this IPL against the Challengers. The star studded team ‘Royal Challengers Bangalore’ may have had few hiccups in the first IPL season 2021 but will look confident returning to play.
Mahadevbook predicts this match to go in the favour of RCB, enjoy IPL with our 100% genuine tips!
