IPL 2022: Picks for match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders

The sixth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai on Wednesday.

Kolkata Knight Riders had won their opening match of IPL 2022 against the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the season’s opener.

We take a look at Picks for the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders. We will look at head-to-head records, stats, players to look out for in the upcoming match.

KKR fast bowler Umesh Yadav had impressed with his pace and had scalped two wickets for only 20 runs in his quota of four overs. Furthermore, Ajinkya Rahane showed his class as he scored 44 runs in the run-chase.

On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their opening clash against Punjab Kings even after posting 205 runs on the board. Thus, RCB would want to come up with a better bowling performance.

Head to Head: Matches: 30, Won by KKR – 17, Won by RCB: 13.

KKR holds the advantage over RCB in the head-to-head battle.

Players to look out for: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj and Harshal Patel will hold the key for RCB.

Shreyas Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell will be the crucial players for KKR.

Match Prediction: KKR will enter the contest as slightly favorites against RCB.

KKR squad: Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh. Alex Hales, Ramesh Kumar, Aman Hakim Khan. Wicketkeepers: Sheldon Jackson, Baba Indrajith, Sam Billings. Allrounders: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Ankul Roy, Mohammad Nabi. Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Rasik Salam, Shivam Mavi, Pat Cummins, Chamika Karunaratne, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Kumar.

RCB squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Suyash Prabhudesai, Luvnith Sisodia, Aneeshwar Gautam, Jason Behrendorff, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Siddarth Kaul, Chama Milind, Mahipal Lomror, Sherfane Rutherford, Finn Allen.