KKR vs RCB Records in Eden Gardens: After defeating them at their home ground, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will now host Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in match number 36 of IPL 2024 at Eden Gardens on 21st April. This will be the second time that both teams will face each other in the ongoing season. The last time they played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on 29th March, KKR registered a dominating victory against RCB chasing a target of 183 runs under 17 overs with Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine making things easy for KKR with their batting.
Now RCB, who are currently at the bottom of the points table with just one win from seven matches, have the perfect chance to take revenge on KKR by defeating them at their home ground and find their winning ways back in IPL 2024. However, It won’t be an easy task to take down the second placed KKR at their home ground. They are looking like a strong side with four wins in six matches and are just behind Rajasthan Royals in the points.
Talking about their previous matches, RCB lost their last match to Sunrisers Hyderabad after conceding the record 287/3 which is the highest-ever total in the history of the league. In reply, RCB batters also gave a tough fight with the courtesy Dinesh Karthik and posted the highest total while batting in the second innings, i.e. 262/7, but still ended up losing the match by 26 runs.
Talking about KKR, they are coming after losing to table toppers RR at Eden Gardens, after conceding the highest successful chase in the IPL. KKR bowlers almost turned the match in their team’s favor but it was Jos Buttler who took the match away from them with his game changing hundred.
Let’s have a look at KKR vs RCB, Head to Head, Pitch Report and Best Players for IPL 2024.
KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head in IPL
Both Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have faced each other 33 times in the IPL, out of which, KKR have now won 19 matches, while RCB come out victorious on 14 occasions. Both teams first match during the inaugural match of IPL 2008 where KKR defeated RCB by 140 in Bengaluru, powered by Brenden McCullum’s fiery 158-run knock.
Matches | KKR Won | RCB Won | Tie | NR |
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33 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
KKR vs RCB Head-to-Head at Eden Gardens
Talking about matches at KKR’s home ground, Kolkata Knight Riders have hosted Royal Challengers Bengaluru 11 times at Eden Gardens in the IPL, winning seven of them, while RCB have defeated the hosts for times. The last time they played at this ground on 6th April, 2023, KKR thrashed RCB by 81 runs. With the help of Shardul Thakur’s fiery 68 runs off 29 balls, along with crucial knocks by Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rinku Singh, KKR posted 204/7 in their 20 overs. After that, and Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma turned on his spin magic taking 4 wickets and 3 wickets respectively and KKR bowled RCB out for just 123 runs in 17.4 overs.
Matches | KKR Won | RCB Won | Tie | NR |
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11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Eden Gardens Pitch Report
The surface of the Eden Gardens provides support for both batters and bowlers. The pitch has been prepared using black cotton soil that helps in maintaining good bounce which becomes paradise for the batters. However as the game progresses, the pitch slows down, which is favorable for the spinners. In the last three matches, the surface of Eden Gardens has been more favorable for the batters where Sunrisers Hyderabad fell short of KKR’s 209-run target by just 4 runs and KKR chased the target of 162 runs against Lucknow Supergiants under 16 overs. In the last match, RR successfully chased the target of 224 runs in a last ball thriller. .
Eden Gardens, Kolkata IPL Records
The Eden Gardens in Kolkata hosted a total of 89 matches in the history of the IPL, out of which, 36 matches have been won by a team batting first, while 53 times, teams have won by chasing. The ground hosted its first-ever IPL matches in the inaugural season as Kolkata Knight Riders took on Deccan Chargers on 20th April, 2008. After bowling out Chargers for a 110, KKR chased the winning total in 19 overs by losing 5 wickets with David Hussey receiving player of the match award for his all-round performance.
City | Kolkata | ||
Country | India | ||
First Match | 20/04/2008 | ||
Last T20 Match | 16/04/2024 | ||
Matches Played | 89 | ||
Matches Won Batting First | 36 (40.45%) | ||
Matches Won Batting Second | 53 (59.55%) | ||
Matches Won Winning Toss | 48 (53.93%) | ||
Matches Won Losing Toss | 41 (46.07%) | ||
Matches with No Result | 0 (0.00%) | ||
Highest Individual Innings | 112* | R M Patidar (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 25/05/2022 v Lucknow Super Giants |
Best Bowling | 5/19 | S P Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) | 15/04/2012 v Punjab Kings |
Highest Team Innings | 235/4 (Chennai Super Kings) | 23/04/2023 v Kolkata Knight Riders | |
Lowest Team Innings | 49 (Royal Challengers Bangalore) | 23/04/2017 v Kolkata Knight Riders | |
Highest Run Chase Achieved | 224/8 (Rajasthan Royals) 18/6 (Gujarat Lions) | 16/04/24 v Kolkata Knight Riders 21/04/2017 v Kolkata Knight Riders | |
Average Runs per Wicket | 27.62 | ||
Average Runs per Over | 8.36 | ||
Average Score Batting First | 161.22 |
Key Players from both teams
KKR- X Factors
KKR have Phil Salt and Sunil Narine as their opening pair that can give a fiery start to the team with Salt focusing on timing the ball well and Narine going to hit every ball out of the park. In the middle-order, Venkatesh OIyer and Shreyas Iyer provided more stability to the batting with Andre Russell and Rinku Singh looking to finish the innings on a high. In the bowling line up, KKR have Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy and Mitchell Starc.
RCB- X Factors
Virat Kohli has been a lone warrior for RCB in the initial matches, and now skipper Faf du Plessis has also got his form back. Along with them, Dinesh Karthik has been in beast mode especially during the death overs. Anuj Rawat and Rajat Patidar have also played a couple of good knocks and will be looking to score big in the match against KKR. The bowling line up of RCB hasn’t been impressive this season so far, but their spearhead fast bowlers like Mohammed Siraj and Reece Topley will be looking to turn the things around and deliver match-winning spells against KKR.