Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders will compete in the Eliminator match on Monday in IPL-2021. The winning team in this match will play with the losing team in the first qualifier to enter the finals. The losing team's journey in this season will come to an end.
RCB under the captaincy of Virat Kohli has won 4 out of 7 matches. At the same time, KKR, captained by Eoin Morgan of England, has won 5 out of 7 matches. Both these players will be the captains of India and England in the T20 World Cup to be held immediately after the IPL. These two teams are considered to be strong contenders for the title.
RCB and KKR have had an even match this season. In the match held on 18 April, RCB won by 38 runs. At the same time, in the match held on 20 September, KKR registered a thumping victory by 9 wickets.
Both the teams have a lot of match winners. KKR have young attacking batsmen in the top order in Venkatesh Iyer, Shubman Gill and Rahul Tripathi. At the same time, RCB has a strong trio in the form of captain Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, and Glenn Maxwell. KS Bharat also played a match-winning innings in the last match.
The suspense remains on the fitness of KKR's star all-rounder Andre Russell. Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan may get another chance if Russell doesn't play. The last time these two teams met face to face, Russell had bowled AB de Villiers on the first ball. Every IPL fan knows what Russell can show with the bat.
RCB is not worried about the injury and table toppers probably won't want to change their playing 11 after Delhi Capitals won their last league match.
