BLR vs KOL Dream11 Team - IPL 2021 | 18 Apr

We’re all set for the first double header of IPL 2021 and the first afternoon game of the season. The action moves back to the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and the last couple of games we saw here saw low totals of sub-150 being defended at this venue. We have Royal Challengers Bangalore who are the toppers of the IPL 2021 points table in action today in Match 10 of the season, with 2 wins in 2 games.

They play Kolkata Knight Riders and this team also began with a win but lost their second game narrowly against Mumbai Indians after their middle order failed to chase 31 in the last 5 overs against Mumbai. Last year, RCB beat KKR in both their round robin encounters and are likely to keep it up! Keep reading for our complete BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) fantasy preview of the BLR vs KOL game…

Game details

Series: Indian Premier League 2021.
When: 18th April 2021, 3:30pm IST.
Where: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India.
Capacity: 55,000+
Series position: Round robin stage.

Form (recent first)

BLR: W W
KOL: L W

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Stats that matter

Last 5 games head to head, Bangalore leads 3-2.
Daniel Christian scores so far in IPL 2021 – 1 and 1.
Nitish Rana scores in IPL 2021 so far – 80 and 57.
Shahbaz Ahmed bowling figures in last game – 2-0-7-3.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Making a return to the RCB side after 8 years, Dan Christian hasn’t got a wicket and only 2 runs in 2 games. We’ll leave him out of our BLR vs KOL fantasy team because he bats too low and instead, we’ll pick Washington Sundar who bats higher and has a wicket in just 3 overs bowled this season too. With the bat, with scores of 33 and 33 in both games, captain Virat Kohli is itching for a big score and should be picked.

Being promoted ahead of AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell has been given a free hand in this line-up and with scores of 39 and 59 so far, he’s repaying the confidence the franchise has shown in him and he makes our BLR vs KOL Dream11 team too. There’s an x-factor selection in Shahbaz Ahmed since he’s been promoted up the order in both games and in the last one, he proved to be very important with the ball on this slow Chidambaram pitch!

Kolkata Knight Riders

First person in our BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) BLR vs KOL fantasy team today will be Andre Russell. He’s not super fit and is not expected to bowl more than 2 overs in the death but he’s making an impact in those 2 overs, also getting a 5-fer in their last game. With scores of 15 and 33 and having got a start in both games in IPL 2021 so far, Shubman Gill will be looking to convert and get himself a big score.

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With the top order doing well so far, Eoin Morgan is coming down to bat too late and we’ll keep him out. With the ball, Pat Cummins had a poor IPL 2020 season but he’s got 3 wickets in 2 games this year already and is looking good. Harbhajan Singh has only bowled 3 overs in 2 games so far, so we’ll keep him out and pick Shakib al Hasan who has a wicket apiece in each game and can surely bat as well.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Devdutt Padikkal, S. Bharat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Harbhajan Singh, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sandeep Warrier, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson.