RCB vs KKR Prediction

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders have shared an iconic and one of the most heated rivalries in the Indian Premier League. Two of the most followed clubs going at each other means there will be a crazy interest towards the RCB vs KKR prediction for the upcoming season.

The Knight Riders are former two-time IPL champions. The Royal Challengers haven’t tasted that success yet but continue to grow as a brand.

The 2022 mega auction saw a big shake-up in all the existing eight teams, with two new franchises joining in.

With the great AB de Villiers retiring from the sport, RCB chose to retain only three players in Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj. They released some of their key players such as Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel.

RCB’s trophy cabin is still empty whereas KKR have 2 IPL titlesin their kitty.

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KKR opted to retain four players ahead of the auction – the Jamaican superstar Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer who should be an automatic pick in the playing XI.

The Knight Riders choosing Venkatesh over Shubman Gill was quite the surprise.

RCB went to a bidding war to get Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel. They also brought in Josh Hazlewood and Faf du Plessis.

Dinesh Karthik was an excellent buy from them. Sherfane Rutherford, David Willey and Finn Allen are pretty decent backup options.

KKR vs RCB Match Prediction

These two high-profile teams have been involved in some memorable battles over the years. As far as history is concerned, the overall record is tilted towards KKR with 17 victories in 30 clashes between the two.

RCB have been victorious on 13 instances. This suggests the KKR vs RCB match prediction is likely to incline towards the Knight Riders. Here we will look into some other factors to determine which side will be favourite in the upcoming season.

Both the teams didn’t really have a great time in the auction as they overspent on a few players and locked most of their overseas spots in the first XI very early. KKR went big for Shreyas Iyer and he has been named as their skipper for the IPL 2022.

Shreyas Iyer and Faf du Plessis will be the new leaders for KKR and RCB respectively in the new season.

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They also brought back Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi and Nitish Rana, giving the squad a very familiar look. KKR’s other notable buys included Sam Billings, Alex Hales and Ajinkya Rahane.

RCB, meanwhile, had the huge void left by AB de Villiers to fill and didn’t quite manage to do that with the signing of his childhood friend and former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis.

They also struggled to replace Yuzvendra Chahal with their only genuine wrist spin option being Wanindu Hasaranga.

The IPL 2022 will have the 10 teams split into two groups. RCB and KKR are placed into two separate groups and will face each other only once. Overall, Kolkata Knight Riders look like a better unit and the RCB vs KKR prediction is likely to go in their favour.

The venues at which the IPL 2022 is set to be played – four grounds in Maharashtra – will be neutral venues for both these teams. Speaking of which, RCB lead the scoreline at neutral venues with five victories to four.

Talking about the 2022 edition, both the teams have big holes in their squads. KKR have to find the right batting order, especially their top order. Iyer is likely to slot into no. 3 while Billings and Hales are fighting for one spot.

RCB have an advantage over KKR when they play at the neutral venues.

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KKR’s pace bowling options in Cummins, Mavi and Umesh Yadav look decent. The spin duo of Chakravarthy and Narine will possess a great threat to the RCB batting line-up.

RCB dug themselves in a hole by bringing in du Plessis, who doesn’t compliment their already weak batting options against spin. The likes of Anuj Rawat and Mahipal Lomror will have to play bigger roles than they’ve done previously.

RCB’s bowling attack looks fantastic with Siraj, Hazlewood and Harshal Patel forming a pace trio and Hasaranga as the leg-spinner.

All in all, KKR have enough tools to assert themselves on to the match while despite having a better bowling attack, RCB’s innings could be wrecked easily. The history, as well as the match-ups, favour Kolkata and as such, they should dominate the IPL match prediction for KKR vs RCB.

KKR vs RCB Head to Head

Kolkata Knight Riders lead the scoreline in most of the aspects in RCB vs KKR head to head battles. They have won 57% of their matches against RCB.

The win percentage rises to 60% when it comes to the matches at home. They have dominated these battles even in RCB’s own backyard, winning seven out of 11 matches – a win percentage of 67%.

When it comes to the matches played in India, KKR have had great success, having won 14 out of 23 matches compared to 9 by RCB.

Head to Head	RCB Played	RCB Won	RCB Win %	KKR Played	KKR Won	KKR Win %
Overall	30	13	43%	30	17	57%
Bat First	13	3	23%	17	7	41%
Bowl First	17	10	59%	13	10	77%
Home	11	4	36%	10	6	60%
Away	10	4	40%	11	7	64%
Neutral	9	5	56%	9	4	44%

The recent record also favours the Knight Riders, who have won seven out of 11 matches in the last five seasons. In the 2021 IPL, both the teams claimed one match each in the league stage before KKR came out on top in the Eliminator.

Curiously, both the teams have found it hard to defend the totals. RCB have chased down the target on 10 out of 17 instances while KKR have won the same no. of matches while chasing but from 13 attempts.

KKR and RCB’s win percentage while chasing the target reads 59% and 77%, respectively.

RCB have, in fact, won only thrice against KKR when batting first in 13 attempts. That sort of holds true, to a lesser, extent though, for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League with just seven wins in 17 matches when it comes to batting first in KKR vs RCB head to head wins.

Head to Head	RCB	KKR
Highest Team Score	213	222
Lowest Team Score	49	84
Average 1st Inn Score	166	154
Average 2nd Inn Score	136	157

Both the teams have seen huge scores as well as some low totals in the KKR vs RCB head to head clashes. RCB’s highest team total against KKR was 213 while KKR had blasted 222 once, which also happened to be the first-ever IPL T20 fixture.

As for the lowest totals, the most infamous number in the IPL belongs to RCB, having been bowled out for a record lowest 49. The total is the lowest for which a team has been bowled out in the Indian Premier League history. KKR’s lowest score in this rivalry reads 84.

RCB have an average score of just 136 when batting second against KKR. When batting first, though, it goes up to 166. KKR, meanwhile, have average scores in the range of 150s when batting or bowling first against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Head to Head	RCB	KKR
Most Runs	774 – Virat Kohli	530 – Gautam Gambhir
Highest Individual Score	102 – Chris Gayle	158* – Brendon McCullum
Most Wickets	19 – Yuzvendra Chahal	20 – Sunil Narine
Best Bowling Figures	3/8 – Mohammed Siraj	4/18 – Lakshmipathy Balaji

There have been several blockbuster individual performances in RCB vs KKR head to head matches over the years. Virat Kohli tops the batting charts with 774 runs while Gautam Gambhir has scored 530 runs for KKR.

As for the highest individual score, Brendon McCullum had lit the stage on fire in the inaugural match of the Indian Premier League with a blistering 158*.

RCB’s highest came from Chris Gayle, a former Kolkata Knight Riders player, who found a home with RCB. Gayle blitzed a 102 against his former franchise making it the highest score for RCB in RCB vs KKR head to head matches.

Sunil Narine is the leading wicket-taker in this rivalry with 20 wickets to his name. For RCB, Yuzvendra Chahal has snared 19 scalps. In an exceptional feat, Narine has claimed not one, not two but three four-wicket hauls against RCB.

Lakshmipathy Balaji holds the record for the best spell against RCB by a KKR bowler – a spectacular 4/18 with the ball. For RCB, Mohammed Siraj holds the record with three wickets for a mere 18 runs.

Tournament	Match Date	Venue	Match Winner	Margin
IPL 2022	3/30/2022	Mumbai	RCB	Won by 3 wickets
IPL 2021	10/11/2021	Sharjah	KKR	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2021	9/20/2021	Abu Dhabi	KKR	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2021	4/18/2021	Chennai	RCB	Won by 38 runs
IPL 2020	10/21/2020	Abu Dhabi	RCB	Won by 8 wickets
IPL 2020	10/12/2020	Sharjah	RCB	Won by 82 runs
IPL 2019	4/19/2019	Kolkata	RCB	Won by 10 runs
IPL 2019	4/5/2019	Bangalore	KKR	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2018	4/29/2018	Bangalore	KKR	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2018	4/8/2018	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2017	5/7/2017	Bangalore	KKR	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2017	4/23/2017	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 82 runs
IPL 2016	5/16/2016	Kolkata	RCB	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2016	5/2/2016	Bangalore	KKR	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2015	5/2/2015	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2015	4/11/2015	Kolkata	RCB	Won by 3 wickets
IPL 2014	5/22/2014	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 30 runs
IPL 2014	4/24/2014	NA	KKR	Won by 2 runs
IPL 2013	5/12/2013	Ranchi	KKR	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2013	4/11/2013	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 8 wickets
IPL 2012	4/28/2012	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 47 runs
IPL 2012	4/10/2012	Bangalore	KKR	Won by 42 runs
IPL 2011	5/14/2011	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2011	4/22/2011	Kolkata	RCB	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2010	4/10/2010	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2010	3/14/2010	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2009	5/12/2009	Centurion	RCB	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2009	4/29/2009	Durban	RCB	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2008	5/8/2008	Kolkata	KKR	Won by 5 runs
IPL 2008	4/18/2008	Bangalore	KKR	Won by 140 runs

RCB vs KKR Toss

When it comes to the RCB vs KKR toss results, the numbers are exactly opposite to that of match results. Bangalore have won the toss on 17 occasions while the Knight Riders have been lucky 13 times in the KKR vs RCB toss.

There’s an interesting pattern from RCB with toss decisions as they elected to field first on all of the first 13 instances and flipped it to bat first in the last four matches.

RCB have a 59% win record when they win the toss. As such, the RCB vs KKR toss could be a factor along with the pitch report in the eventual team win

KKR have preferred bowling first on nine out of 13 instances and their win percentage stands at 77% after winning the toss. The toss could prove vital in the RCB vs KKR clash in the IPL 2022.

KKR vs RCB Betting tips

Several star players will be involved in the upcoming clash between these two teams. In our KKR vs RCB betting tips, look out for Shreyas Iyer as the player of the match.

Other popular choices for the RCB vs KKR match prediction and betting tips include Virat Kohli, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Siraj and Glenn Maxwell.

KKR’s new captain Shreyas Iyer will be the player to look out for in KKR vs RCB head to head contests.

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As we’ve discussed earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders will have an edge over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming season. KKR vs RCB betting tips will be available 3 days before the match.

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