RCB vs KOL Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy Suggestions, Predicted Playing 11, impact substitute options

RCB vs KOL Dream11 prediction: Royal Challengers Bangalore will be up against Kolkata Knight Riders in match 36 of IPL 2023 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The match will start at 7:30 PM after the toss at 7 PM IST.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will look for an opportunity to go on a winning streak as the side won their last two games and have eight points in seven matches (four wins and three losses). KKR, on the other hand, have slumped to four back-to-back defeats and are level on points with the two bottom sides Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals (4 points).

KKR, however, lead the head-to-head 17-14 and won this year's home leg by a big margin of 81 runs as their spinners went through RCB's batting order.

RCB vs KOL injury update

RCB injury update Australian pacer Josh Hazelwood, who missed the first seven games of the season with Achilles tendinitis, may return to action earlier than expected as he has been spotted bowling long spell at the nets.

Key players Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, and Glenn Maxwell are the men in form for the side and have heavily scored runs at the home ground as well this season. The RCB batting order's success entirely relies on the trio firing runs.

Among bowlers, Mohammad Siraj has been in excellent form with 13 wickets, which puts him at the top of the Purple Cap race too. 10 of his wickets came in the last five games. Wanindu Hasaranga has fit in well with four wickets in the last two games while Harshal Patel has eight wickets in seven matches.

KOL injury update Jason Roy injured himself was injured while fielding in the last game but did come out to bat later on and scored a rapid half-century. The Englishman, however, had some discomfort while batting.

Key players Rinku Singh continues to fire run consistently despite batting late in the order while KKR's top order has struggled. Nitish Rana has been in good form this season but has failed to score big in the last three outings while Venkatesh Iyer has scored a century this IPL but has failed to achieve consistency. All-rounder Andre Russell has fired in patches as well.

Among bowlers, Varun Chakravarthy has been a top performer with 10 wickets and was trouble in the last game against KKR. Suyash Sharma has been bowling well too and the duo could be crucial as wrist spinners tend to do well at the Chinnaswamy.

Out of form: KKR pacers Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, and Shardul Thakur have struggled to be among wickets and have leaked runs too. David Wiese couldn't pick wickets in his maiden outing as well.

Sunil Narine has been struggling too as he has gone without a wicket in the last four games. Kulwant Khejorliya picked up two wickets in the last game but his stray bowling has seen him concede a lot of runs. Likes of N Jagadeeshan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have misfired too.

RCB vs KOL predicted playing 11 and impact sub options

RCB predicted playing 11 Virat Kohli (c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harshal Patel

RCB Impact sub options Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell

KOL predicted playing 11 N Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

KOL Impact sub options Venkatesh Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Litton Das, Tim Southee, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz,

RCB vs KOL pitch report

The Chinnaswamy Stadium is known for its run fest and the batting-friendly wickets. It is known as the spinners graveyard as ball often travels out of the park. This season the runs have come but teams have also been able to defend scores at the stadium.

RCB vs KOL Dream11 prediction

RCB vs KOL dream11 predicted lineup 1
Wicket-keeper: D Karthik
Batter: V Kohli, F du Plessis, N Rana, R Singh, J Roy
All-rounder: G Maxwell, W Hasaranga
Bowler: M Siraj, V Chakravarthy, S Sharma

RCB vs KOL Dream11 predicted lineup 2
Wicket-keeper: L Das
Batter: V Kohli, F du Plessis, N Rana, R Singh, J Roy
All-rounder: G Maxwell, W Hasaranga, A Russell
Bowler: M Siraj, V Chakravarthy

Captain & vice captain options: V Kohli, F du Plessis and G Maxwell are the wise choices for captaincy with the KKR pace bowling struggling.