The M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is all set for a blockbuster clash in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday (Mar 29) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The two rivals who kickstarted the IPL back in 2008 will once again reignite their rivalry. However, according to the former KKR captain the RCB vs KKR clash is not a rivalry considering his former side has won two titles. Ahead of the match he took a dig at RCB which has now set the tone for the clash.

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Gambhir takes dig at RCB

“There is no rivalry between KKR and RCB because KKR have two IPL trophies and RCB zero,” Gambjit said in the build-up to the match.

KKR and RCB will be facing for the 33rd time on Friday as KKR dominate the head-to-head 18-14 in their favour. The two sides meeting in the inaugural match of 2008 has good memories with Brendon McCullum scoring an unbeaten 158 at the same venue.

At the time of writing, RCB were 84/2 with Virat Kohli playing on 41 while Glenn Maxwell was playing on 1. Earlier skipper Faf du Plessis was dismissed for 8 while Cameron Green departed for a well-made 33 off 21.

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RCB have won one and lost one so far this campaign while KKR won a tight contest against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. RCB beat Punjab Kings by four wickets in their last match at home with Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik producing their best with the bat.

Interestingly, KKR have not lost a match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in their last five visits while no team is yet to lose a match on home turf in the current season.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI

Philip Salt (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Ramandeep Singh , Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

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