Match Preview:

KKR vs. RCB: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Match 36. After winning the away game by seven wickets, KKR will now want to maintain their dominance at home against a poor opposition. On Sunday, April 21, there will be two events in one. In the afternoon, there will be a thrilling duel in Eden Gardens.

The home club has won four of its last six games to move up to the second spot in the standings. They have just emerged from a close two-wicket loss to the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an exciting last-ball match. Conversely, the lowest-ranked RCB team has suffered five straight losses, their most recent coming against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

RCB is already in terrible shape, and another defeat will all but guarantee that they miss out on making the playoffs. They need to get back on the winning track, and KKR cannot afford that. Kolkata is playing really well, and their wins over RCB in head-to-head matches demonstrate this. In the 33 meetings between the two teams, KKR has prevailed 19 times, while RCB has only done so 14 times.

Eden Gardens Pitch Report

Teams chasing have won two of the three tournament matches that have been played at this location thus far. The highest goal the Rajasthan Royals have ever pursued was 224, while the average first-inning score has been 197. Batters will find Nirvana on the Eden Gardens surface, and the captain who wins the toss will hope to bat first and put a big total on the board to put the opposition under strain.

KKR vs. RCB Match Prediction:

The obvious favorites to destroy Bengaluru at home are Kolkata. On March 29, they went to M Chinnaswamy Stadium to play the Royals, and they crushed them by seven wickets. RCB has lost the plot in this IPL 2024 after losing their last five games in a row. Glenn Maxwell has chosen to take a vacation, and against a positive KKR team, climbing out of the hole will be difficult.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2024 Match 36 Details

Series: Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024)

Match: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL 2024 Match 36

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Start Time: 3:30 PM IST, Sunday, April 21

KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head

Matches: 32

KKR Won: 19

RCB Won: 14

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, and Mohammed Siraj

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Harshit Rana