Eden Gardens

The ninth match of the ongoing 16th season of the Indian Premier League will take place at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata tomorrow (Thursday), when the home ...

KKR have been buoyed by the signing of Jason Roy, but will not be available for the match tomorrow. [Reece Topley hurt his right shoulder](https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-news-reece-topley-injury-twitterati-rrays-for-rcb-pacer-as-he-suffers-agony-due-to-potential-shoulder-disclocation/) during the previous match, and will thus miss tomorrow’s contest against KKR. The Eden Gardens in Kolkata has traditionally offered decent pace and bounce off the pitch to the fast bowlers.

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Kolkata Knight Riders will aim to open their account on the points table when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday. The match will begin at 7:30 pm on April 6. The conditions are ideal for cricket and we should get a full game. Out of a total of 77 IPL matches at this venue, chasing teams have won 45 times and teams batting first won on 31 occasions. The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be live-streamed on the JioCinema app and website. Faf du Plessis and Co appear to be in great form if the result in their last match is anything to go by.

After a four-year-long wait, Kolkata is all set to witness their beloved team on home turf as a stern Challenger test awaits them.

While the South African batter has not been dismissed much by spinners, his low strike rate and Kohli's spin trouble could hamper Bangalore's charge in the powerplay against the mystery spinners. The 29-year-old is an integral part of the bowling unit, and it will be interesting to see how [Virat Kohli](https://www.cricket.com/players/3993/virat-kohli/career-stats) has been his inability to attack the spinners from the get-go. [Venkatesh Iyer](https://www.cricket.com/players/65430/venkatesh-iyer/career-stats) in the top four, the batting unit of the Knight Riders is inexperienced, to say the least, and the onus of the side will rely heavily on Nitish Rana and [Andre Russell ](https://www.cricket.com/players/12047/andre-russell/career-stats)to guide the batting unit in the middle overs. [Sunil Narine](https://www.cricket.com/players/11229/sunil-narine/career-stats) and Varun Chakaravarthy to weave their magic and make this ground their fortress. [Mohammed Siraj ](https://www.cricket.com/players/65799/mohammed-siraj/career-stats)at the other end. [David Willey](https://www.cricket.com/players/35128/david-willey/career-stats) coming into the playing XI but his exploits in the tournament over the years have been dismal as he has managed to pick only three wickets in seven innings at an average of 55.7 and an economy rate of eight. [Faf du Plessis ](https://www.cricket.com/players/28891/faf-du-plessis/career-stats)and the team management find a way to fill the massive void left by the speedster. [Nitish Rana](https://www.cricket.com/players/63649/nitish-rana/career-stats) as their interim skipper, the southpaw was not in the best of forms with the bat in the last season and failed to inspire the team in the opening clash against the Punjab Kings. [Rahmanullah Gurbaz](https://www.cricket.com/players/68027/rahmanullah-gurbaz/career-stats) and Mandeep Singh for the home team. [Piyush Chawla](https://www.cricket.com/players/3729/piyush-chawla/career-stats) bowled the final delivery of the innings to [Barinder Sran](https://www.cricket.com/players/59424/barinder-sran/career-stats) to give the Knight Riders a win after six long games, who would have thought that it would be the last time the boys and Purple and Gold would play at the iconic Eden Gardens. [Shreyas Iyer](https://www.cricket.com/players/63961/shreyas-iyer/career-stats), to a lower-back injury which derailed their plans heading into the mega event.