SQUAD:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Dinesh Karthik (c) (w),Piyush Chawla, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Javon Searle, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Robin Uthappa, Vinay Kumar, Apporv Wankhade
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli (C), Moeen Ali, Corey Anderson. Murugan Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aniket Choudhary, Colin de Grandhomme, Quinton de Kock (W), Pavan Deshpande, AB de Villiers, Aniruddha Joshi, Sarfaraz Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Brendon McCullum, Mandeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Pawan Negi, Parthiv Patel, Navdeep Saini, Tim Southee, Manan Vohra, Washington Sundar, Chris Woakes, Umesh Yadav
EXPECTED 11:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Shubham Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c&wk), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Johnson, Vinay Kumar
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Parthiv Patel (wk), Brendon Mccullum/De Kock, Virat Kohli (c), Ab de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, , Grandhomme/Corey Anderson, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Siraj
KEY PLAYER:
[consistent players]
13*, 2*, 39*, 2*, 29* Runs in last few matches
21, 44,0, 31, 18 Runs in last few matches
20, 14, 32, 11, 9 Runs in last few matches
0, 3, 2, 0, 2 Wickets in last few matches
75, 36, 129*, 26, 1 Runs in last few matches
2, 1, 1, 1, 3 Wickets in last few matches
26, 6, 30 Runs in last few matches
33*, 35*, 15, 5, 7 Runs in last few matches