Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2012 , PREVIEW

Match facts
Tuesday, April 10, Bangalore
Start time 1600 (1030 GMT)

As the IPL awaits a few close, high-scoring games to justify the hype, the two teams that got it off to a celebrated start in 2008 come up against each other. 

Chances of any such repeat - despite the presence of Brendon McCullum, Gautam Gambhir and Jacques Kallis in the Kolkata Knight Riders side - are remote. Royal Challengers Bangalore,who started well with a win in their first match, will only get stronger with the arrival of Tillakaratne Dilshan, even as Chris Gayle gets closer to full fitness and is expected to play. Then there is the spin combination of Muttiah Muralitharan and Daniel Vettori, and it promises to be a handful. Knight Riders will have to play out of their skins to end what is becoming long enough to be called a losing streak.

The next challenge for the RCB team will be to go past Kolkata Knight Riders. The two teams will have a face-off at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The key thing for both teams will be to see how the wicket plays. Also the team will be hoping that their trump card Chris Gayle would be fit for this game. (network1media)
"It was a good job by the bowlers but with this kind of batting we don't deserve to win."
Gautam Gambhir pulls up the batsmen, including himself.