KKR vs RCB Playing 11 IPL 2023: Probable Lineup of Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore

A buoyant Royal Challengers Bangalore will be taking on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2023 on Thursday (April 6) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. RCB started their campaign with a win over Mumbai Indians, whereas KKR were beaten by Punjab Kings.

KKR have historically done well at home against Bangalore, but this year the home side are dealing with external issues due to player injuries, which may take a big toll on them. RCB will be aiming to register back-to-back wins and reclaim their top spot in the IPL table.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2023 Match 9 Team News, Injury Update

KKR team news vs RCB: Kolkata Knight Riders have lost two players already in these early days of the season. Captain Shreyas Iyer will not play this year as he is set to undergo back surgery. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan also withdrew himself from this year's IPL.

Jason Roy has been roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders and the Englishman will be available for selection against RCB on Thursday. It is to be seen whether the Knights make changes to the squad, which looks imminent at this moment. Mandeep Singh may well be replaced by Jagadeesan, while Venkatesh Iyer may be slotted into the first team in place of Anukul Roy.

RCB team news vs KKR: RCB are fresh from a dominating victory over Mumbai Indians. They were outstanding against MI a couple of days back and pulled off a solid performance with both bat and ball.

RCB captain Faf du Plessis will be pleased with his own form and the magnificent touch of Virat Kohli is also another positive for them. Kohli scored an unbeaten 82 and Du Plessis scored 73 in the last match as the pair added 148 runs for the opening wicket against Mumbai.

They look like a balanced side and have ample reasons to stick with the same team that started at the Chinnaswamy against Rohit Sharma's MI. It will also be a homecoming for two Bengal boys Shahbaz Ahmed and Akash Deep, who play for RCB in the IPL.

The only change in the RCB team looks like David Willey replacing Reece Topley, as the latter dislocated his shoulder in the last match and will be out for some time.

KKR vs RCB IPL 2023 Match 9 Probable Lineup - KKR vs RCB Playing 11

Here is the predicted playing 11 of the IPL 2023 Match 9 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore-

KKR playing 11 vs RCB: N Jagadeesan, Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav

RCB playing 11 vs KKR: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Akash Deep, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Mohammed Siraj

KKR vs RCB Impact Players

Here are the players who can come on as Impact Player during the match for the two teams. Given the high probability of both team naming 4 overseas players in the starting lineup, you can expect all of the Impact Players list will consist of Indian names only.

KKR Impact Players: The list of KKR's potential Impact Players are - Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Kulwant Khejroilya. Someone like Venkatesh Iyer can again be slotted in as Impact Player if KKR bat first.

RCB Impact Players: Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Sonu Yadav and Finn Allen can be named in the Impact Players list by RCB for their KKR tie.