The eliminator match of IPL 2021 will be held today. In which the Bangalore-Kolkata team will be Playing in Sharjah from 7.30 pm onwards.
Let’s go into detail –
Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders Eliminator
Today, the Eliminator match will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore which is lead by Virat Kohli, and Kolkata Knight Riders which is lead by Eoin Morgan.
Let me tell you that in 2016 RCB reached the final under Kohli, who had decided to step down from the captaincy after this season.
We all know that both the teams are equally strong on paper. But, if we talk in terms of statistics, KKR has a bit of an upper hand. They won 15 out of 28 matches played between the two teams.
However, RCB is full of confidence in their last match. They finished third in the points table with 18 points from 14 matches.
Apart from this, Kohli is the strong batsman in RCB. Also, the positive sign for the team is Sreekar Bharat’s good performance.
But the team needs to find the right combination to win the match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won their last league match by 7 wickets.
On the other hand, Kolkata has got an 86-run win against Rajasthan Royals in the last league match.
Lastly, let see the name of pliers who are going to play in this match.
RCB Probable Players
Virat Kohli (capt), Yuzvendra Chahal, Srikar Bharat, Devdutt Padikkal, Daniel Christian, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, George Garten, Mohammad Siraj.
KKR Probable Players
Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Shakib Al Hasan/Andre Russell.
