IPL 2024 – Match 36, KKR vs RCB: Shreyas Iyer to drop Harshit Rana? Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing 11 vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Harshit Rana proved to be very expensive in his final over of the previous game which KKR lost
Match 36 of IPL 2024 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 21st April, Sunday.
Kolkata Knight Riders lost their last match against RR by 2 wickets in a high-scoring thriller match, KKR have 4 wins from 6 matches this season.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru has won just 1 match this season from 7 matches, their lone win came against PBKS. They lost their last match to SRH by 25 runs.
Captain Shreyas’s Form a Huge Concern for KKR:
Shreyas has just 140 runs this season in 6 innings and his strike rate has been just 122 which is the worst for KKR this season, he is yet to smash a fifty for his team this year.
Sunil Narine is the highest run-getter for KKR this season with 276 runs at a strike rate of 187 and a century which came against RR.
Suyash Sharma or Anukul Roy Likely to Play
KKR lacked the third spinner in their previous match against RR, they may replace Vaibhav Arora with Suyash or Anukul.
RCB batters have often struggled against Left-arm slow spinners, with this match-up in mind KKR will look to play Anukul Roy.
Nitish Rana Unlikely to Return:
Nitish has sustained a thumb injury which has kept him out of the KKR XI, In his absence youngster Angkrish Raghuwanshi has got opportunities and he has grabbed them well by scoring 115 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 166.
Rinku Singh is to play as an impact player as he is also not 100 per cent fit.
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable XI vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Philip Salt (WK), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana.
Impact layer – Rinku Singh/Vaibhav Arora
