Right in time, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team will look to close to the IPL playoffs by registering a win over their so far fluctuating Punjab Kings, here on Friday.
RCB have performed brilliantly in the last two matches, which seems to have found their proper combination. Barring Virat Kohli, all the RCB batsmen are in excellent form. Rajat Patidar and Mahipal Lomror are also doing well in the form of captain Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell and Dinesh Karthik. Kohli hasn't had a good IPL season so far, but he will try to make up for it against Punjab.
RCB's bowlers have additionally been reliably performing great, incorporating the in-structure Josh Hazlewood and the solid Harshal Patel. Muhammad Siraj isn't in his best structure yet the group can anticipate that he should find real success at essential times. Maxwell has demonstrated helpful with his off-turn in the powerplays and the center overs, while Wanindu Hasaranga has up to this point taken 21 wickets, remembering five for a match. Assuming RCB beat Punjab, they will be on 16 focuses, albeit 18 focuses are viewed as protected focuses to arrive at the end of the season games.
Taking everything into account, they should win their leftover three matches to come to the best four group. They beat RCB in their most memorable match, yet are currently on 10 focuses from five successes. He has lost six matches. There is an absence of consistency in the Punjab group and that is the motivation behind why they have not had the option to enroll wins in two sequential matches. Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapakse are contributing great in the top request.While Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma are finishing the innings well. Jani Bairstow's re-visitation of structure is uplifting news for Punjab. Chief Mayank Agarwal has chosen to go down the center request however he really wants to lead from the front.
Kagiso Rabada has up to this point taken 18 wickets in the bowling, yet he has ended up being costly. Sandeep Sharma can take wickets in the powerplay. Arshdeep Singh has bowled stunningly, particularly in the last overs as he upset the batsmen with his exact yorkers. Regardless of having great players in the group, the Punjab group self-destructs at urgent times in which it needs to work on straightaway.
Teams :
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (Captain), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Muhammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorf, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Milind, Anishwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddharth Kaul.
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Shah Rukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odeon Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Hrithik Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Benny Howell.
