Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to face the Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore in match no. 9 of the Indian Premier League 2023 season. Freshly appointed skipper Nitish Rana’s side returned with a seven-run loss (DLS method) against Punjab Kings in their campaign opener. On the other hand, RCB are coming off an ecstatic 8-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in their first home game of the IPL 2023.
Virat Kohli was off to a great start with an unbeaten knock of 82 off 49 during RCB’s chase, alongside skipper Faf du Plessis’ knock of 73 runs in 43 balls. However, RCB head into Thursday’s game with the English pacer Reece Topley less likely to play due to injury. This will be the first IPL match since the 2019 season, which will be played at the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata, from 7:30 PM onwards on Thursday.
RCB vs KKR Playing XI: Kolkata vs BangaloreProbable teams for IPL match no. 9
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: N Jagadeesan (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
RCB Playing XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
