Kolkata Knight Riders and Royals Challengers Bangalore are heading into Match No. 9 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 with main harm issues on their plate. While house aspect KKR should cope with the absence of Shreyas Iyer (attributable to harm) and Shakib al Hasan (pulling out attributable to private cause), the visiting aspect RCB will miss the providers to tempo bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Reece Topley as IPL returns to iconic Eden Gardens stadium on Thursday.
KKR skipper Nitish Rana might select to go together with the identical aspect which misplaced the opening IPL 2023 match in opposition to Punjab Kings by 7 runs (DLS technique) in opposition to Faf du Plessis-led RCB as effectively. Although, they’ve changed Shreyas Iyer with England batter Jason Roy, however he’s unlikely to affix the workforce earlier than their subsequent match in Ahmedabad.
RCB, then again, will look to switch Topley with English teammate David Willey. Topley, who was purchased for Rs 1.9 crore by RCB on the IPL 2023 public sale as a backup for Hazlewood, dislocated his shoulder whereas fielding of their opening match in opposition to Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru.
Willey will likely be like-for-like substitute for Topley as he’s a left-arm pacer as effectively and a greater than useful batter decrease down the order. RCB didn’t use the ‘Impact Player’ possibility of their first match in opposition to MI – which they gained by eight wickets. They can usher in Suyash Prabhudesai or Anuj Rawat to switch Akash Deep or Mohammed Siraj if they’re batting second.
KKR, then again, might select to switch Shardul Thakur with Kulwant Khejroliya after the previous leaked 43 runs within the opening IPL 2023 recreation. They may select to make use of Venkatesh Iyer because the ‘Impact Player’ as soon as once more if they’re batting second, changing Varun Chakravarthy as soon as once more.
Will make you cease and stare,
Cos this breed is uncommon. _Virat Kohli within the nets on the Eden Gardens. _#PlayBold #____RCB #IPL2023 @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/ZgLJw5Ybiq
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 5, 2023
Kolkata Knight Riders: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur/Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, David Willey, Karn Sharma
