After a fantastic win in the season opener, Kolkata Knight Riders would come in with a lot of confidence against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second game of the league. In the first game, KKR restricted CSK to a total of 131 runs. The bowlers bowled at perfect lengths, and the fielders covered the ground well, which is a plus point for Kolkata going on to this match.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore has the former KKR captain Dinesh Karthik on their side; Karthik would provide his teammates with all the key blueprints about countering players like Sunil Narine and Andre Russell.
With Devdutt Padikkal gone, his role has now been given to Anuj Rawat. Anuj showed good potential in the last match, playing top of the order. Glenn Maxwell will be joining the RCB squad from next week, which makes RCB’s batting order more solid. With Faf and Virat at the top and Maxwell and Karthik at the middle order to finish the innings, RCB’s batting order looks sorted. The problem for RCB has been their bowling over the years. RCB would try to ball on good areas today and work on strategizing their bowling tactics.
Pitch Report: The pitch at D.Y Patil stadium seems to be a bit green. It has a fair amount of grass, so spinners won’t be getting much help. The pitch also appears to be hard, so we can expect good carry and the ball coming on to bat nicely. The trend at D.Y Patil stadium is to chase, as totals of 200+ have been chased here many times.
