Kolkata-Bangalore Match Today, Kohli’s Eye on the First Win

On a losing streak in the last four matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore is expected in search of their first win in an IPL match on Friday
Kolkata-Bangalore Match Today, Kohli’s Eye on the First Win

In the 12th season of IPL 2019, after losing every single match of this season the eye of RCB is on the first win .

Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Kolkata Knight Riders at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday in the 17th edition of the IPL. The Kolkata team has won two out of three matches. He was defeated in the Super Over in the last match against the Delhi Capitals.

 On the other hand, the team of Virat Kohli, who has captained the team so far, is not even open to account. The team played four matches but did not win any. Kohli's team would like to make this match their first win and win the first win. In the points table, the Kolkata team is fourth and Bengaluru is 8th.

Kolkata's success rate of 60% against Bengaluru has so far been 23 % of the total between the two teams. Among them, the Kolkata team has won 14. At the same time, Bengaluru won only in nine. Talking of the last five matches between the two teams, Kolkata Knight Riders won four. Bangalore got the previous win in 2016.

On a losing streak in the last four matches, Royal Challengers Bangalore are expected to ring in changes and experiment in search of their first win when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match on Friday.

RCB's performance this IPL has been disappointing, both with the bat and ball, and a dejected captain Virat Kohli has conceded that his struggling team is yet to get the right balance but will continue experimenting with its combinations.

They lost their last game by seven wickets against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur and now they will be up against a balanced KKR side, who has won two matches out of three they have played so far.

Last time, the RCB beat KKR was in May 2016 at Eden Gardens and they have suffered defeats in their last three encounters against the Kolkata-based side at Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Captain), Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moeen Ali, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (Captain), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, KC Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj.

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