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Royal Challengers Bangalore, who lost the nail-biting match against Punjab Kings on Sunday, will be facing Kolkata Knight Riders in their 2^nd match of the season at the same venue, where they played their 1^st match against PBKS.

On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders are brimming with confidence after beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the tournament’s season opener on Saturday.

RCB Probable XI: -

1. Faf du Plessis (c)
2. Anuj Rawat
3. Virat Kohli
4. Dinesh Karthik (wk)
5. Sherfane Rutherford
6. Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva
7. David Willey
8. Shahbaz Ahmed
9. Harshal Patel
10. Mohammed Siraj
11. Chama Milind

KKR Probable XI: -

1. Ajinkya Rahane
2. Venkatesh Iyer
3. Nitish Rana
4. Shreyas Iyer (c)
5. Sam Billings
6. Sheldon Jackson (wk)
7. Andre Russell
8. Sunil Narine
9. Umesh Yadav
10. Shivam Mavi
11. Varun Chakravarthy

Pitch Report: -

The match between RR and SRH is scheduled to take place in Dr. DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. The pitch in this stadium has red soil, which will aid spinners in initial overs, but flatten out as the match progresses and becomes conducive to batting. The outfield is very quick too.

Weather Report: -

The weather on the day of the match between RR and SRH is supposed to be mildly warm and humid with no signs of rain.

Interesting facts: -

Only 1 batsman from KKR has hit a century in the history of IPL, CLT20. That is Brendon McCullum, who scored a whirlwind 158* against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the inaugural match of IPL i.e., in IPL 2008. Since then, no other KKR batsman has ever scored a century.

Head-to-Head: -

Played: 30

RCB won 13

KKR won 17

Dream XI Team: -