The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.
The game will be played on Wednesday, March 30. The first ball will be bowled at 7.30pm local time (3pm GMT).
The game will be held at The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
KKR kicked off their campaign with a comfortable six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of the 2022 tournament.
The defending champions, under the new leadership of Ravindra Jadeja, were restricted to 131 for 5 from their 20 overs.
Ironically it was outgoing captain MS Dhoni who top-scored with an unbeaten 50.
Last season's runners-up made short work of the chase, with Ajinkya Rahane's 44 and an unbeaten 20 from new skipper Shreyas Iyer seeing them over the line with nine balls to spare.
The highest-scoring match of the tournament so far saw RCB beaten in their opening game by Punjab Kings.
Opener Faf du Plessis smashed 88 from 57 balls, including seven sixes, while Virat Kohi began his tenure without the burden of the captaincy with 41 not out.
But it was not enough to see-off Kings, who claimed victory with an over to spare.
With 36 needed from the final three overs, Odean Smith dispatched Mohammed Siraj for three sixes and a four to leave them needing less than a run a ball from the last two.
M Shahrukh Khan then hit two boundaries off Harshal Patel to secure the dramatic victory.
Sunil Narine (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/Getty Images)
Sunil Narine didn't go for a single boundary in his four overs against CSK, coming on after the powerplay to cause chaos.
His variations in flight and speed proved too much, even for Dhoni who was unable to dispatch him to the rope when quick runs were needed towards the end of the innings.
Figures of 0 for 15 could have been improved on had Nitish Rana held onto Robin Uthappa at backward point via his third delivery.
But his tight spell did produce one wicket after a mix-up between Jadeja and Ambati Rayudu led to a run-out.
It was KKR that ended RCB's pursuit of the 2021 title and Virat Kohli's hopes of signing off his tenure as captain in winning fashion.
In the Eliminator, Narine got the better of the ex-India captain with a slower delivery which bowled Kohli for 39.
Narine later hit 26 in the successful chase of 139, as Kohli's men crashed out of the tournament.
Though the same jeopardy isn't on this particular clash, can Kohli exact revenge this time around?
Matches played: 29
Royal Challengers Bangalore wins: 13
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 16
Temperatures will dip towards the evening but will still hover around 37 degrees Celsius.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahamad, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Luvnith Sisodia, David Willey
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav
Virat Kohli drives through the covers (Rodger Bosch/Getty Images)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Sherfane Rutherford, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
RCB start the game as favourites at 8/11 with the bookmakers, while KKR are available at 11/10
The opening few rounds are tough to call with little form to go on since the mega auction. However, the clever money is on Royal Challengers Bangalore to bounce back from defeat in their opening game.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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