Sunil Narine starred with the ball and bat as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Eliminator of IPL 2021.
Virat Kohli will be eager to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on to a competitive total in this extremely crucial encounter.
RCB were bowled out for just 92, with Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer making their presence felt with the bat to ensure a tidy win.
KKR take a slight edge in the head-to-head with 14 wins as opposed to 13 RCB wins in their 27 meetings in IPL.
Against the Knights, AB De Villiers has notched 511 runs at an average and strike rate of 39.31 and 156.27 respectively.
With Royal Challengers Bangalore sitting top of the points table a couple of matches ago, it seemed they had got rid of their chronic problems.
Gautam Gambhir termed Eoin Morgan's decision to remove Varun Chakravarthy from the attack after a fine over as the "weirdest" captaincy call he has ever seen.
Virat Kohli clapped whole-heartedly following Glenn Maxwell's half-century, indicating his happiness at his teammate's success.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have chosen to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2021's first double-header.
RCB vs KKR will be the first of two matches set to take place in the IPL 2021's first double-header on Sunday (April 18).