KOL vs BLR Live Score, 39th Match IPL 2020, KOL vs BLR Live Updates, KOL vs BLR Live Cricket Score

Date:             Wednesday 21st October, 2020

Time:             07:00 Pm IST.

Venue:          Sheikh Zayed Stadium

Match Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders take on Royal Challengers Bangalore as both teams look to cement their places in the top four. The match, at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, takes place on October 21 and the live action starts at 18:00 local time.

Kolkata start two points behind Royal Challengers Bangalore, having suffered a heavy 82-run defeat when they last met. They then lost to Mumbai Indians but bounced back to winning ways after a super over against Sunrisers Hyderabad last time out. Lockie Ferguson had been key with the ball, taking 3-15 to limit Sunrisers to 163/6. In the super over, he took two more wickets in three balls to set up a Kolkata win.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Eoin Morgan (C), Andre Russell/Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav/Siddhesh Lad

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (WK), Gurkeerat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Yuzvendra Chahal and Navdeep Saini

Weather Report & Pitch Condition

The weather in Dubai on Wednesday will be clear and the chances of rainfall are zero. The temperature will be hovering around the 28 to 30 degree Celsius mark.

Pitch Condition/Report:

What started off as pitches in the UAE that supported the teams batting first, making it the first choice for the captains winning the toss, are getting slower match by match. These pitches have become more of chasing friendly now and will be expected to be more helpful for the batsmen batting in the second innings of the match.

Average first innings score:

152 (Last five Indian T20 League matches at this venue)

Record of the chasing teams:

Won – 3, Lost – 1, Tie – 1 (Last five Indian T20 League matches at this venue)

KOL vs BLR Top Picks

• Eoin Morgan: Handed the Kolkata captaincy and has scored 39* and 34 in his last two matches in IPL 2020. He has hit 248 runs despite being down the order.
• Shubman Gill: Moved beyond the 300-run mark for the season with his 36 last time out. He scored 34 when these teams last met too.
• Andre Russell: Not hit his usual heights this season but to write Dre Russ off would be dangerous – he can still be key with bat and ball and he has something to prove after his final over last time out.
• Virat Kohli: Since the turn of the month, the Indian icon has been at his very best. He has scored 72*, 43, 90*, 33*, 48 and 43 in his last six innings.
• AB de Villiers: Smashed 73* when these teams last met and his late hitting – scoring 55* last time out – means he now has four half-centuries this season.
• Chris Morris: Claimed a brilliant 4-26 last time out to move to nine wickets in his four appearances so far. He took 2-17 when these teams last met.