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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), IPL 2024 Toss Report: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and invited Royal Challengers Bengaluru to bat in Match 10 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.
Both teams are coming off a win in their previous outing. While RCB bounced back from their defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the season opener with a four-wicket victory over Punjab Kings, KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by four runs in a match that went down the wire and was ultimately decided by one heroic over from Harshit Rana.
While RCB opted for the same XI, KKR have brought in Anukul Roy for Suyash Sharma.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat(w), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal.
Captain speak:
Shreyas Iyer, KKR: Had a brief chat with the curator, she was intellectual in terms of how the wicket was going to play. Had a brief interaction with her and she was like the ball will also spin. (Morale) It is fantastic, we won the first game out of nowhere and everyone is in high spirits. We have to carry forward the same momentum. It is important to be in the present. My role is to play an anchor role and see to it that I get my team through to a commendable total. It’s always good to have a lethal bowling line-up as a captain. The way they delivered in the last game, it was phenomenal. It is important to stay in the present. We have to see to it that we capitalize on the start we get and then maximise.
Faf du Plessis, RCB: he same (would have bowled first). It’s a fresh wicket, looks a good wicket, you have to see how it plays in the first innings. It’s important to close games early in the season. All the great crickets adapt, it’s important to assess the conditions. We love the support and atmosphere.