KKR vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets

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- Kohli is the only player to feature for the same franchise in all 14 seasons.

- De Villiers has now struck three consecutive half-centuries against KKR.

- Both Russell and Narine have a strike rate of 200 or more against RCB.

(Source: Cricbuzz)

Are you wondering what are the full squads of the two teams now with all the replacements? We got you sorted!

Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Southee, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vaibhav Arora

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Daniel Christian, Dushmantha Chameera, Sachin Baby, Srikar Bharat, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Azharuddeen, George Garton, Suyash Prabhudessai, Tim David, Akash Deep

"Our goal remains the same and that is to qualify for the final. We have done it before and we can do it again. And we have the squad to do it. We have to start winning and there's nothing to lose" - David Hussey.

"The conditions in subcontinent this time of the year are pretty similar. Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera are two guys who have played so much cricket for Sri Lanka and they understand how to play on pitches like these and their skillsets will be of huge help for us, playing in Dubai, understanding how hot and humid conditions can be and how the pitches will play out, they know everything" - Virat Kohli.

Total number of matches played: 28

Matches won by KKR: 15

Matches won by RCB: 13

Matched played in India: 23 (KKR 14, RCB 9)

Matches played outside India: 5 (KKR 1, RCB 4)

KKR average score against RCB: 158

RCB average score against KKR: 152

Most runs for KKR: 339 (Andre Russell)

Most runs for RCB: 730 (Virat Kohli)

Most wickets for KKR: 16 (Sunil Narine)

Most wickets for RCB: 16 (Yuzvendra Chahal)

Most catches for KKR: 4 (Andre Russell)

Most catches for RCB: 15 (Virat Kohli)

Virat Kohli has announced this will be his last stint as RCB captain in IPL. Can he guide his team to a title win?

NUGGETS

• 200: This could be the 200th IPL match for KKR.

• 200: This could be the 200th match for Virat Kohli in IPL.

• 5/7: RCB have won 5 out of 7 matches in IPL against KKR at neutral venues.

o Their 2 defeats against KKR at neutral venues in IPL came in 2013 & 2014.

• 6/11: KKR have won 6 out of 11 matches at Abu Dhabi in IPL.

• 2/6: RCB have won only 2 out of 6 matches at Abu Dhabi in IPL.

• 10,000: Virat Kohli is only 71 runs away from becoming the 5th player to amass 10,000 runs across T20s.

o He has batted in 296 innings across T20s, if he reached this landmark before 303 innings, then Kohli will

become the 2nd fastest batsman to 10,000 runs across T20s.

• 50: George Garton is 6 wickets away from completing 50 wickets across T20s.

• 7000: Glenn Maxwell is 103 runs away from completing 7000 runs across T20s.

• 100: Mohammed Siraj is 4 wickets away from completing 100 wickets across T20s.

• 50: Navdeep Saini is 1 wicket away from completing 50 wickets across T20s.

• 50: Mohammed Siraj is 5 wickets away from completing 50 wickets in IPL.

• 1000: Eoin Morgan is 46 runs away from completing 1,000 runs for KKR in IPL.

• 50: Eoin Morgan is 6 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL.

• 4000: Dinesh Karthik is 54 runs away from completing 4000 runs in IPL.

• 200: Dinesh Karthik is 10 sixes away from completing 200 sixes across T20s.

• 200: Dinesh Karthik is 9 catches away from completing 200 catches across T20s.

• 50: Dinesh Karthik is 12 dismissals as wicketkeeper away from completing 50 dismissals for KKR in IPL.

• 50: Dinesh Karthik is 12 sixes away from completing 50 sixes for KKR in IPL.

• 150: Karthik is 6 dismissals away from completing 150 dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL.

• 50: Harbhajan Singh is 1 catch away from completing 50 catches in IPL.

• 150: Nitish Rana is 2 sixes away from completing 150 sixes across T20s.

• 2000: Rahul Tripathi is 61 runs away from completing 2000 runs across T20s.

• 50: Rahul Tripathi is 9 sixes away from completing 50 sixes in IPL.

• 50: Rahul Tripathi is 3 catches away from completing 50 catches across T20s.

• 50: Shubman Gill is 2 matches away from completing 50 matches in IPL.

• 50: Shubman Gill is 9 sixes away from completing 50 sixes across T20s.

• 1000: Sunil Narine is 98 runs away from completing 1,000 runs in IPL.

• 150: Sunil Narine is 2 wickets away from completing 150 wickets for KKR across leagues.

• 100: Pawan Negi is 4 wickets away from completing 100 wickets across T20s.

• 50: Prasidh Krishna is 9 wickets away from completing 50 wickets across T20s.

Here is a look at KKR vs RCB head to head match stats.

Matches: 27

Won: RCB - 13, KKR - 14

Hello and welcome to our live blog on IPL 2021 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. While Virat Kohli's RCB appear to be the favourites to win, Eoin Morgan's KKR can also spring up a surprise.