Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders match prediction 28th match

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Top three bets to kick-start your week

With identical points in their kitty, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders are separated by net run rate for the time being. A win for either will get them closer to the pole position and further their chances of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the tournament. As we enter the latter half of the Indian Premier League, no one would want to lose points at this point in time. With both registering wins in their previous encounters, the players would be raring to claim two points from the upcoming match, making the encounter a one to watch out for.

To double the fun, I have assorted the top three bets for you from the market and listed them below. Just go through my analysis and invest strategically to win,loads of money by the end of the day.

Virat Kohli to score over 29.5 runs @ 1.83 (Sportsbet.io)

We get it. Virat Kohli has been pretty ordinary in the first few matches of the 2020 Indian Premier League, but he has picked up pace and once he is on song, there is no stopping him. In the last three matches, the Indian skipper has scored 72, 43, and 90 runs respectively, having been unbeaten in the two of those games. Even in the previous edition of the IPL, the right-hander scored 464 runs in 14 matches, averaging 33.14 runs per innings, which pretty much proves his consistency.

In the past five matches against Kolkata Knight Riders, his scores were - 100, 84, 68 n.o, 31, having amassed 283 runs, at a rate of 94.33 runs per innings, having scored at least 30 runs in each of those games. Overall, in 25 matches against the IPL rivals, the batsman has scored a total of 674 runs, averaging 33.14 runs per innings. In 186 matches he featured in his IPL career so far, Virat has racked up 5635 runs, at a rate of 38.33 runs per innings. I hope you have placed the bet by now.

Virat Kohli to hit over 2.5 fours @ 1.57 (Bet 365)

Going along the lines of the previous bet, the recent surge in form is what compelled me to shortlist this market ahead of the upcoming match. In the last three matches, the batsman has hit a total of 13 boundaries, at a rate of over 3 strike per match, that is what exactly the bet demands. Even in the previous edition of the IPL, the International star struck a total of 46 boundaries in 14 matches, at a rate of 3.28 per match, which is not ordinary by any standards.

In the last five matches against Kolkata Knight Riders, Virat Kohli has struck a total of 24 boundaries (9, 9, 5, 1), averaging 6 hits per match, having hit at least 3 in three of those games. Overall, in 287 T20s he has played so far in his career, the explosive batsman has hit a total of 821 boundaries, at a rate of 2.86 hits per match. The last time he played an IPL match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium against Kolkata Knight Riders was back in 2014, where he struck 4 boundaries en-route to his 31-run innings. What are you waiting for? Just place your bets.

Eoin Morgan to score over 20.5 runs @ 1.83 (Sportsbet.io)

Just 21 runs? Yeah, that is a cakewalk for this experienced campaigner, with the Englishman already on a roll. In the six matches played so far, Eoin Morgan's scores read - 16, 42 n.o, 34 n.o, 44, 7, 24, having racked up 167 runs, at a rate of 41.75 runs per innings, having scored at least 21 runs in four of those matches. In the last five T20Is he played in 2020, his scores were - 52, 27, 57 n.o, 14, 66, having racked up a total of 216 runs, at a rate of 54 runs per innings, which also supports our case.

The last T20 tournament he featured in was the 2019 T20 Blast, where he scored 341 runs in 9 matches, averaging 42.62 runs per innings, having registered at least 21 runs in five of those games. Overall, in 296 T20s he has featured in so far, Morgan has scored a total of 6590 runs, at a rate of 27.23 runs per innings. The only match he played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium this season, the batsman scored a 44-run inning. There is no option but to invest on this particular bet.