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KOL vs BLR Dream11 Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders will face off Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 39th match of Indian Premier League 2020 in Abu Dhabi tonight. Kolkata have five wins from nine matches and will look to consolidate their position further in the points table with a good performance. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore who have six wins from nine matches will be eyeing their seventh victory of the tournament and a win will take them closer to play-offs. Let’s take a look at KKR vs RCB Dream11 Prediction now.
Match Details :
Match : KOL vs BLR, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Dream11 IPL, Match 39
Date : 21 October 2020
Time : 7.30 PM IST
Venue : Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Form Guide (Last 3 Matches & Overall Record in IPL 2020) :
Kolkata Knight Riders – W, L, L and 5 wins and 4 losses in 9 matches
Royal Challengers Bangalore – W, L, W and 6 wins and 3 losses in 9 matches
Average Score : Average Score at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi in T20 format –
Last Match at this venue – 152
Rajasthan Royals (126/3) beat Chennai Super Kings (125/5) by 7 wickets.
KOL vs BLR Today Match Prediction Team News :
Kolkata Knight Riders’ strength is the batting line up of Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell who all are match winners in this format and have played some good knocks in the tournament so far. In the bowling the addition of Lockie Ferguson has strengthened them and they also have depth in it and the likes of Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi have been good and Pat Cummis is also bowling well from last two-three matches.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s strength is their batting line up of Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers who have been wonderful so far and have produced some good knocks. In the bowling Chris Morris, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar and Isuru Udana have been good in a unit and once again their performance will decide the fate of KKR vs RCB Today IPL match.
KOL Team News :
1. Kolkata Knight Riders is sitting on 4th position with 10 points from 9 matches in the points table.
2. Andre Russell is doubtful for this match due to hamstring injury and if he misses this match then either Sunil Narine or Chris Green can come in the playing 11.
BLR Team News :
1. Royal Challengers Bangalore is sitting at 3rd position with 12 points from 9 matches in the points table.
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore will most likely go with the same playing 11 who played against Rajasthan Royals in the last match.
KOL vs BLR Dream 11 Prediction Playing 11 :
KOL Playing 11 (Probable) :
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell / Chris Green, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi
BLR Playing 11 (Probable) :
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmad, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
KKR vs RCB Dream11 Team :
Wicket Keepers : D Karthik
Batsmen : D Padikkal, V Kohli, S Gill, E Morgan
All rounders : C Morris
Bowlers : N Saini, Y Chahal, V Chakravarthy, L Ferguson, P Cummins
Captain and Vice Captain :
Following players can be picked as captain or vice captain of KOL vs BLR Dream11 teams.
Virat Kohli : He has scored more than 300 runs in his last 6 innings and in the last two matches he couldn’t convert his 30/40s into big scores so this time he will look to post a big total on the board.
Eoin Morgan : Captain of Knight Riders Eoin Morgan is contributing in each match and a big innings from his bat around the corner and we could see that in this match.
Chris Morris : He has been amazing since his come back and has taken 9 wickets in 4 matches so far and down the order he can smash some big shots so he is worth a pick.
AB de Villiers : He has been awesome so far. Has scored 285 runs at 57 in 9 matches so far with 4 fifties and in the first meeting against Kolkata played a good knock of 73* runs off 33 balls.
X Factors or Valuable Picks :
Following players can be good picks for KOL vs BLR Dream 11 Prediction teams who can help in winning in grand leagues.
Shubamn Gill : He has had an average tournament with bat so far. He has gotten starts almost in every match but couldn’t convert them into big knocks and this time he will look to go one step ahead and might get a good score.
Yuzvendra Chahal : He is having a good tournament as he has picked up wickets whenever his team felt the pressure and on a surface like Abu Dhabi he might pick up 2-3 wickets so he is a must pick.
KOL vs BLR Dream11 Teams Today IPL Match Prediction KOL vs BLR Who will win :
We have discussed about Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore and considering all factors our KKR vs RCB today match prediction is that on papers Royal Challengers Bangalore is favourite to win it but in T20s any team can beat anyone on a particular day and given the trend of the tournament both teams would prefer to bat first and whoever bats first and score over 170 runs will be in good position and here are the odds for this match.
Bet365 : Kolkata Knight Riders – 2.10, Royal Challengers Bangalore – 1.72
Betway : Kolkata Knight Riders – 2.05, Royal Challengers Bangalore – 1.72