Match particulars

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)Bengaluru, 1930 IST (1400 GMT)

Big image - RCB vs KKR, a fiery rivalry

RCB vs KKR on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. That's how it began in 2008, when Brendon McCullum's unbeaten 158 launched the IPL with a dream begin. Over the years, the 2 groups have been concerned in among the iconic, and ugliest, moments within the event's historical past.

Both groups are coming off a win, with KKR beating Sunrisers Hyderabad and RCB doing the identical in opposition to Punjab Kings. Though the victories had been removed from comfy, they are going to be eager to construct on that confidence.

Team news - Narine returns as opener

Impact Player technique

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

If RCB are batting first, Lomror can begin within the taking part in XI and Yash Dayal replaces him within the second innings. If they're bowling first, Dayal begins with Lomror coming in throughout the chase.

Probable XII: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Faf du Plessis (capt), 3 Rajat Patidar, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Cameron Green, 6 Anuj Rawat (wk), 7 Dinesh Karthik, 8 Mahipal Lomror, 9 Alzarri Joseph/Reece Topley, 10 Mayank Dagar, 11 Mohammed Siraj, 12 Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders

Ramandeep Singh begins if KKR are batting first. Suyash Sharma can change him within the second innings. Vice versa if KKR are bowling first.

Probable XII: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Venkatesh Iyer, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Nitish Rana, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Ramandeep Singh, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Harshit Rana, 11 Varun Chakravarthy, 12 Suyash Sharma

Stats that matter - Narine vs Big Three

• RCB's Big Three - Faf du Plessis, Kohli and Maxwell - have discovered it troublesome to get away in opposition to Narine in T20s. Du Plessis has scored 54 in 70 balls (two dismissals) in opposition to him, Kohli 141 in 145 balls (4 dismissals) and Maxwell 94 off 86 (4 dismissals).
• Kohli has not been capable of put away Varun Chakravarthy both, scoring solely 31 off 33 balls in opposition to him whereas getting out as soon as in six innings.
• Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer haven't been capable of rating freely in opposition to Mohammed Siraj. Shreyas has managed solely 32 off 31 balls in opposition to him whereas getting out twice. While Venkatesh has by no means bought out to Siraj, he has solely scored 23 off 30 balls in opposition to him. Rinku Singh, although, has carted Siraj for 22 off 9 balls with out getting out.
• Across all T20s in 2024, Russell has scored 276 runs within the loss of life overs, at a strike fee of 287.50.
• Since the beginning of 2020, Narine has opened eight occasions within the IPL, scoring 34 runs at a median of 4.25 and a strike fee of 79.06, with only one double-digit rating.

Pitch and circumstances - a recent floor

The Chinnaswamy is thought for its placid pitches however the one for the earlier match was not as high-scoring; Kings virtually defended 176. For Friday's sport, it's a recent pitch, as soon as once more with a tinge of inexperienced. The temperature will hover round 30°C. There's little likelihood of dew.

Quotes

"My mindset is very clear, especially coming after a win and getting some runs as well. [But] I am not going to take anything for granted. RCB is an amazing team and they have some great matchwinners, who can take the game away from us. They have a good bowling unit as well. So I hope that if I face five, six, seven, eight balls in the backend, I make the best use of it. But I would love the other batters to come to the party tomorrow and at least get some time in the middle."Andre Russell on taking part in in opposition to RCB

"I think the other day's pitch had a bit of up-and-down movement, but that's definitely not the norm. So I think it should be a good pitch [tomorrow] with some pace in it, which should probably suit our team."RCB batting coach Neil McKenzie on the pitch

Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo