IPL 2021: KKR vs RCB
Section 1: Venue
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Average score batting first in IPL 2020: 163
Average winning score batting first in IPL 2020: 180
Average score batting second: 152
Best bowling type at the venue last season: RAP & RALB
Worst bowling type at the venue last season: RAO
Section 2: Predicted Playing XI’s:
RCB:
Kohli (C) (RHB)
Devdutt Padikkal (LHB)
Rajat Patidar (RHB)
Maxwell* (RHB, RAO)
ABD (WK)* (RHB)
Shahbaz Ahmed (LHB, LAO)
Wanindu Hasaranga (RALB, RHB)
Kyle Jamieson* (RAM, RHB)
Harshal Patel (RAM, RHB)
Chahal (RALB)
Siraj (RAM)
KKR:
Rana (LHB, RAO)
Gill (RHB)
Tripathi (RHB)
Morgan* (LHB, C)
Narine (LHB, RAO)
Russell* (RHB, RAF)
DK (RHB, WK)
Prasidh Krishna (RAF)
Lockie* (RAF)
Shivam Mavi/Nagarkoti (RAF)
Varun (RALB)
Practice game performances of KKR:
Gill 100+
Tripathi 98
Nair 43
Rana 48
Harbhajan 2W
Varun 2W
Nagarkoti 3W
Cutting 3W
Practice game performances of RCB:
ABD: 104
KS Bharat: 95
Azhar: 66
Paddikal: 36
Section 4: Player Battles:
AB vs KKR bowlers:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Russell | 53 | 134 | 0 |
| Lockie | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Narine | 65 | 97 | 3 |
| Krishna | 15 | 29 | 0 |
| Nagarkoti | 8 | 20 | 0 |
| Varun | 10 | 13 | 0 |
Maxwell vs Narine, Russell, Varun:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Narine | 66 | 80 | 2 |
| Russell | 19 | 24 | 0 |
| Varun | 10 | 22 | 0 |
Kohli vs KKR bowlers:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Narine | 133 | 134 | 2 |
| Russell | 69 | 111 | 2 |
| Prasidh | 25 | 52 | 0 |
| Lockie | 19 | 36 | 0 |
| Varun | 18 | 15 | 1 |
Russell vs RCB bowlers: Only dismissed once against Chahal, Harshal & Siraj.
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Chahal | 37 | 80 | 1 |
| Harshal | 21 | 35 | 1 |
| Siraj | 14 | 18 | 1 |
| Hasaranga | 15 | 20 | 0 |
Morgan vs Harshal, Maxwell, Siraj & Chahal:
| Bowler | Balls | Runs | Outs |
| Harshal | 15 | 10 | 1 |
| Maxwell | 46 | 87 | 3 |
| Chahal | 65 | 58 | 1 |
| Siraj | 7 | 1 | 0 |
DK vs Chahal:
| Balls | 33 |
| Runs | 30 |
| Outs | 3 (including last innings) |
Russell vs RCB (his most runs, best SR & most sixes against any team)
| Innings | 11 |
| Runs | 370 |
| Average | 46.25 |
| SR | 215 |
| 50 | 1 |
| HS | 65 |
Recent against RCB: 31, 16, 65, 48
Tripathi vs RCB: (his most runs, highest average against any team)
| Innings | 8 |
| Runs | 238 |
| Average | 47.6 |
| SR | 129 |
| HS | 80* |
(Knock of 80* came while opening the innings)
Section 5: History between the two teams:
2021: RCB won by 38 runs
Kohli 5(6) (Varun)
Devdutt 25(28) (Prasidh)
Patidar 1(2) (Varun)
Maxwell 78*(49) (Cummins)
ABD 76*(34)
Varun 4-39-2
Cummins 4-34-1
Russell 2-38-0 31(20) (Harshal)
Rana 18(11) (Chahal)
Gill 21(9) (Jamieson)
Tripathi 25(20) (Sundar)
Morgan 29(23) (Harshal)
Jamieson 3-41-3
Harshal 4-17-2
Chahal 4-34-2
2020: RCB won by 82 runs
Devdutt 32(23)
Kohli 33*(28)
ABD 73*(33)
Russell 4-51-1 16(10)
Cummins 4-38-0
Varun 4-25-0
Gill 34(25) (RO)
Rana 9(14) (Sundar)
Morgan 8(12) (Sundar)
DK 1(2) (Chahal)
Sundar 4-20-2
2020: RCB won by 8W
Gill 1(6) (Saini)
Tripathi 1(5) (Siraj)
Rana 0(1) (Siraj)
DK 4(14) (Chahal)
Morgan 30(34) (Sundar)
Siraj 4-2-8-3
Chahal 4-15-2
Sundar 4-1-14-1
Devdutt 25(17)
Kohli 18*(17)
Lockie 4-17-1
Section 6: Better numbers in first or second innings:
RCB batsmen vs KKR:
AB bat first ✅
Maxwell in both, better chasing ✅
Kohli in both, better while batting first ✅
RCB bowlers vs KKR:
Chahal slightly better in first ✅
Siraj in both ✅
Harshal in both, better in second ✅
Maxwell bowling second ✅
KKR batsmen vs RCB:
Russell in both ✅
Rana chasing ✅
Low sample, but Tripathi in both ✅
Narine in both ✅
KKR bowlers vs RCB:
Russell bowling first ✅
Fergusan bowling second ✅
Narine decent in both ✅
Section 7: Player performance at the venue:
RCB & KKR batsmen at Abu Dhabi:
Kohli chasing ✅
Devdutt in both ✅
AB batting first ✅
Gill chasing ✅
RCB & KKR bowlers at Abu Dhabi:
Siraj in both ✅
Chahal bowling first ✅
Varun bowling second ✅
Narine bowling second ✅
Lockie bowling second ✅
Mavi good in both in limited sample ✅
Section 8: Finding the fantasy value:
Virat Kohli: Playing his 200th for RCB, Virat Kohli opening the innings is always a good captaincy choice. No major wicket taking threat (apart from Varun) and has scored over 700 runs against KKR.
Virat vs KKR:
| Innings | 25 |
| Runs | 730 |
| Average | 36.5 |
| SR | 128 |
| 50 | 4 |
| 100 | 1 |
| HS | 100 |
| Ducks | 2 |
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Russell (bowling first): One of the default captaincy choices whenever he is fit to bowl. Bowling first usually bowls 2 overs at the death, but the way AB smashed him in the last game, KKR have to change their bowling plans. But overall, he has to be your top captaincy choice due to his record against RCB.
Russell vs RCB (his most runs, best SR & most sixes against any team)
| Innings | 11 |
| Runs | 370 |
| Average | 46.25 |
| SR | 215 |
| 50 | 1 |
| HS | 65 |
Has 3 30+ scores in his last 4 innings vs RCB
Recent against RCB: 31, 16, 65, 48
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
ABD (batting first): Coming after scoring a century in the practice game, AB smashed KKR in the first half, like he did last year as well. Batting first, has to be a top captaincy choice once again.
AB in his last 4 games against KKR: 76*, 78*, 63, 44
He has not been dismissed in the last two games against them.
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Glenn Maxwell (batting first): Played brilliantly in the first half, including the game against KKR. With no Sundar in the side, if required, can bowl a couple of overs of his off-spin as well.
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
The numbers game:
Harshal Patel has picked 2 wickets in each of his last 3 games vs KKR (2/17, 2/34, 2/40)
KKR have the worst economy in the final five overs.
Padikkal is yet to be dismissed by spin this season.
Narine has 16 wickets against RCB, including 5 in his last 5 games. Also has a 15 ball fifty which came while opening.
AB in his last four games against KKR averages 128
Both Maxwell & AB’s highest score this IPL came against KKR
Chahal has 5 wickets in his last 3 games against KKR and also his best bowling figures this season of 2/34 came against KKR.
RCB have lost the most wickets to spin this season (18), KKR is second (17)
Yesterday’s Jersey Giveaway Winner:
How many wickets will the pacers (from both teams) get in this game with their Dream11 points?
For eg, 8 wickets & 200 points