IPL 2019: RCB will host Kolkata tonight at 8 PM, Head to head stats, Team news, Probable XI

In the 17th Match of VIVO IPL 2019, the struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore team will face the two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 5th April, Friday at 8:00 PM.

Meanwhile, Kolkata had a pretty good start to the season, they have won 2 out of 3 matches played so far. On the other hand, the Bangalore team had a worst start again and has lost 4 consecutive games.

Team News:

Sunil Narine will be back in the team who could not play the last match due to being unfit. Apart from this, it is also bring reported that Aussies pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile will be joining the RCB team after April 13.

Head to Head stats - RCB vs KKR:

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders have played a total of 23 matches in IPL so far, in which Bangalore has won 9 matches and Kolkata has won 13. While, playing in Bangalore, RCB has won 4 times in 10 matches against Kolkata.

RCB and KKR - Points Table:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 8th Position (0pts)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 4th Position (4pts)

Previous 2 Matches Of Kolkata Knight Riders:

Kolkata vs Delhi: Delhi won in Super Over (Away)
Kolkata vs Punjab: Kolkata won by 28 runs (Home)

Previous 2 Matches Of Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Bangalore vs Hyderabad: Hyderabad won by 118 runs (Away)
Bangalore vs Rajasthan: Rajasthan won by 7 Wickets (Away)

Probable Playing XI Of Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Marcus Stoinis, Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Akshdeep Nath, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal

Probable Playing XI Of Kolkata Knight Riders:

Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh krishna.

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