IPL Match 28: RCB vs KKR

The 28^th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

RCB captain Virat Kohli is finally back into his good shoes after ordinary performances at the beginning of the season whereas AB de Villiers, who played superb at the beginning of the tournament, has looked off colour in recent outings.

This game is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST (06:00 PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali). Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.

Weather report

The temperature will be around 32-33 degrees Celsius in Sharjah on Monday evening. There will be strong winds across the ground.

Pitch Condition/Report:

For the first time in the last game, scores well below 200 were scored in both the innings. As the tournament is progressing, the pitches seem to be getting slower.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Probable XI

Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Probable XI

Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (C & WK), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Sunil Narine, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.