Indian T20 League 2022: Bangalore vs Kolkata – Match 6: Preview, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Live streaming details

Over the years, Kolkata and Bangalore have emerged as rivals. There have been several memorable encounters between the two teams in the history of the Indian T20 league. Be it the game where Bangalore was dismissed for 49 in 2017, or their clash in the previous edition where AB de Villiers was hitting sixes for fun, this league has seen it all.

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Besides, both teams look really strong on paper. However, they have had contrasting starts to their Indian T20 league 2022 campaigns. While Kolkata managed to beat Chennai in the tournament opener, the Bangalore-based franchise lost to Punjab in a high-scoring contest. Although it's still early days of the tournament, another loss and the Faf du Plessis-led side would definitely start to panic.

As far as the two-time champions are concerned, then they would certainly want to establish their domination by winning their second consecutive game. Moreover, Kolkata do have a really good record against Bangalore. The likes of Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell always played well against this opposition.

Pitch Report:

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This game is set to take place at the Dr DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. The surface was absolutely flat in the first game and it isn't expected to change. Batters would fancy themselves to hit the ball a long way. However, pacers can generate the extra bounce over here.

Team Combinations:

Kolkata:

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Kolkata wouldn't want to make any changes to a winning side. However, they might consider bringing in Tim Southee if he is available. Other than that, one can expect them to field the same XI that featured against Chennai

Predicted playing XI:

Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings/Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson(wk), Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi/Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy

Bangalore:

Although Bangalore lost their opening game, they might want to back their XI for another game. The only change they might consider is that of Siddarth Kaul. He could Akash Deep, who was expensive against Punjab.

Predicted playing XI:

Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep/Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj

Match Details:

Bangalore vs Kolkata, Match 6

Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Date & Time: 30th March 2022, 7:30 PM

Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney + Hotstar