Another must-win encounter for Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore side. This one's probably as big as it gets for them. Against the two-time champions, KKR, at the Eden Gardens. They wanted a challenge, here it is. Quite possibly the biggest of them this season. The Knight Riders know their way around the G! The spinners will be out in number to stifle ABdV and Co. How will they respond? This makes for a fascinating contest. Welcome!

Virat Kohli wins a crucial toss and Royal Challengers Bangalore will field. Gautam Gambhir isn't too bothered at having to bat first and KKR are playing the same team. RCB have taken a call on Gayle and given him another go, against his former team. It was his 90-odd at this venue, also while chasing, that helped RCB clinch a thriller last year. Iqbal Abdulla comes in for Varun Aaron in the only change for the visitors.

Kohli: The top layer is a bit damp. It might hold on, it might help the spinners. Later on with the dew coming, it might dry and batting might get easier. Hopefully, there won't be rain. As long as we see the moon, it should be good. The last game was a good momentum booster. We know Kolkata are very good at home. They are a very strong side. We have to be on top of our game

Gambhir: Last time, we played on the same surface and it spun. We played three spinners. We are not thinking too much about the weather. We have to stay in the present. Hopefully, we can restrict them.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Sunil Narine, Ankit Rajpoot, Morne Morkel

- KKR have a 9-8 advantage over RCB in IPL including 4-2 in games in Kolkata.

- KL Rahul and Virat Kohli averages 51.60 for the first wicket in five innings. The other opening pairs for RCB average only 8.16, 49 runs in six innings.

- RCB scores at 12.95 in the last five overs of the innings, next best is only 10.87 for MI.

- KKR have taken most wickets in IPL 2016 so far - 73. They have taken most wickets in Powerplays (21) as well as death overs (28).

- AB de Villiers has scored just 178 runs in 12 innings in IPL against KKR with a highest score of 40*.

- Andre Russell has taken 15 wickets in this year's IPL at an average of 17.26 - the most by him in a season in IPL.

- Virat Kohli & AB de Villiers has so far scored 58.24% of total runs scored by RCB in IPL 2016.

- KKR concedes less than seven in the Powerplay overs - 6.92. In comparison, RCB concedes 8.21 in the first six overs of the match.