Indian T20 League 2024

KOL vs BLR, 36th Match

Preview

The 36th match of the Indian T20 League 2024 will witness a terrific clash between Kolkata and Bengaluru at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday, April 21. 

KOL presently holds the second position in the league table while BLR is in the last spot struggling to find a win. 

Kolkata under the fine mentorship of Gautam Gambhir has won four of their six games whereas Bengaluru has only one win in their seven league matches.

Kolkata suffered an unfortunate defeat at the hands of table-toppers Rajasthan by 2 wickets despite posting a 200-plus target with Sunil Narine smashing 109 runs and picking 2 wickets respectively. Their bowlers must stand up to their expectations to return back to the winning track. 

Contrariwise, Bengaluru witnessed a defeat at the hands of Hyderabad by 25 runs in their previous game with Faf du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik contributing 62 and 83 runs respectively.

Kolkata has won 20 out of 34 games against Bengaluru in head-to-head battles and also defeated the Red Devils in the Ind T20 League’s reverse encounter. 

Match Details

Match: KOL vs BLR, 36th Match, IND T20 League 2024

Date: Sunday, April 21, 2024

Time: 03:30 PM

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Pitch and Weather Report

The iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata is one of the biggest venues in India with deep boundaries. It provides a flat pitch which allows batters to play their strokes on the go. The pitch will favour fast bowlers in the early stages of the game. Spin bowlers can prove handy during the middle overs and the big boundaries will offer them extra protection to experiment with their lines and lengths. 

Clear skies are forecasted on match day with a temperature ranging from 29 to 42 degrees Celsius. 

KOL vs BLR Squads

KOL: Shreyas Iyer (c), Srikar Bharat, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sakib Hussain, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Philip Salt

BLR: Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Reece Topley, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Mayank Dagar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacks, Cameron Green, Tom Curran, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Saurav Chauhan, Anuj Rawat, Faf du Plessis (c)

KOL vs BLR Probable Playing XIs

KOL: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora

BLR: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Lockie Ferguson, Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal, Anuj Rawat

Match Prediction

Although Kolkata tasted defeat against Rajasthan and Chennai over their last three games, they are still in good form and are enjoying a good position in the Indian T20 League 2024. But Bengaluru are facing some serious issues and with Kolkata being too strong this season at their home ground, we expect them to win the Sunday afternoon match. 

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