Kolkata Knight Riders will tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore in Match 9 of the IPL 2023 on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Here is a take a look at the possible predicted XIs with the brand new Impact Player rule additionally enabling the chance for groups to hold two teamsheets for the toss.
KKR vs RCB IPL 2023 Predicted XI
KKR Predicted Playing XI (Batting first): N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (capt), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
KKR Predicted Playing XI (Bowling first): N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Player choices: Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer
RCB Predicted XI (Batting first): Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Suyash Prabudessai, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, David Willey
RCB Predicted XI (Bowling first): Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj
Impact Player choices: Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Sonu Yadav, Karn Sharma
Dream 11 fantasy group
Wicketkeeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Nitish Rana
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Andre Russell (vc), Sunil Narine, Michael Bracewell
Bowlers: Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee
Team Composition: KKR 5:6 RCB Credits Left: 7
SQUADS
KKR: Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Umesh Yadav, David Wiese, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma
RCB: Faf Du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahemad, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Micheal Bracewell
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com