Kolkata Knight Riders have been the best side in the UAE leg of IPL 2021 and have the form on their side as they face RCB in Eliminator.
Kolkata Knight Riders have been the most improved and the in-form side in the second half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and could prove to be the dark horses in the playoffs. Having won both their games on slow surface at Sharjah, the men in purple will be confident ahead of the Eliminator.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), on the other hand, have found different heroes in different situations to get their team over the line. While Glenn Maxwell and Harshal Patel have been the consistent performers for the Virat Kohli-led side, the likes of KS Bharat, Yuzvendra Chahal have put their hand up whenever their team needed it.
The Virat Kohli-led side has had an advantage over the Knights in the last five games, winning four of them as KKR won just one.
Head-to-head: 28 games; KKR - 15, RCB - 13
The Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders have faced each other 28 times in the 13 seasons of the IPL since its inception in 2008 and the Kolkata side have had the upper hand with 15 wins, while RCB have won 13 out of those 28 encounters.
In the two games this season, both sides won one each. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first one in Chennai where AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell combined to help their side score 204 runs, which proved to be too much for the men in purple and KKR won the second game in Abu Dhabi where they restricted the men in red to just 92 runs and shot out the target in just 10 overs.
Virat Kohli leads the most runs list
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli is the leading run-getter in the RCB vs KKR games, scoring 735 runs. Chris Gayle, who has played for both KKR and RCB previously is second in the list with 631 runs to his name against the fixture in the IPL.
Vinay Kumar is the leading wicket-taker
Former India pacer R Vinay Kumar is the leading wicket-taker in RCB vs KKR fixture with 17 scalps, having played for both sides in the IPL. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal also has 17 wickets to hos name against KKR while KKR spin bowler Sunil Narine is third on the list with 16 wickets.
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