Kolkata Knight Riders have played 1 match so far in the Indin Premier League 2023, winning 0 and losing 1. With 0 points, they take the 7th in the points table. Royal Challengers Bangalore has played 1 match so far, winning 1 and losing 0. With 2 points, RCB is placed in the 3rd spot.

In their earlier tournament IPL 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 3 wickets. Batting first in the match Kolkata Knight Riders posted a total of 128 runs on the scoreboard. Later, Royal Challengers Bangalore could reach the target and won this match.

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a loss against Punjab Kings in their previous game of the IPL 2023. In the match, Punjab Kings batted first and scored 191 runs losing 5 wickets. In reply, Kolkata Knight Riders failed to reach the score and lost the match. Venkatesh Iyer slammed 34 runs while Nitish Rana had 24 runs for the Kolkata team. Tim Southee took 2 wickets for the Kolkata Knight Riders in this match.

For Punjab Kings, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Shikhar Dhawan hit 50 and 40 respectively. Arshdeep Singh was awarded man of the match for picking 3 wickets. Punjab Kings won by 7 runs in this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Mumbai Indians in their previous game of the IPL 2023. In the match, Mumbai Indians batted first and scored 171 runs losing 7 wickets. Tilak Varma slammed 84 runs while Nehal Wadhera had 21 runs for the Mumbai team.

For Royal Challengers Bangalore, the chase wasn’t quite easy. With Virat Kohli’s 82 and Faf du Plessis’s 73, RCB reached the target in the 16.2th over itself with 2 wickets in their kitty. Faf du Plessis was awarded man of the match. Karn Sharma took 2 wickets for the Bangalore team. Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining) in this match.