Bangalore will look to stop Jos Buttler’s onslaught against Rajasthan, while Kohli’s form will also be scrutinized. RCB vs RR Preview
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be pointing to stop the Jos Buttler juggernaut; when they take on Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Virat Kohli will too be scrutinized after his second consecutive first-ball duck within the competition. RCB would be trusting their star player to be back among the runs close to a much-improved performance; by the batting unit after a stunner within the past amusement.
Rajasthan has won two straight recreations and is one of the in-form groups this season; whereas the Challengers are coming off a discouraging nine-wicket misfortune to Sunrisers Hyderabad. While Kohli will be the center; RCB moreover has power-hitters in captain Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik; and Shahbaaz Ahmed who can be destroying on their day; and in the event that they fire in match up, the RR assault will struggle. Du Plessis, his team’s driving run scorer, has had a rough relationship with the willow; but he remains an critical cog within the machine.
Karthik, with his striking prowess, is also doing an excellent job as the finisher.
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They’ll be up against Rajasthan’s diverse assault, lead by Trent Boult, who has previously plagued Kohli with his deliveries.
The RCB hitters could be troubled by Prasidh Krishna and the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal. Chahal, who has 18 wickets thus far, has the ability to turn the game around.
The same can be said for Ashwin, who can be the opposition’s worst nightmare on any given day. Rajasthan has a good attack, especially with Obed McCoy’s four overs.
Rajasthan’s opener, Jos Buttler, has been in outstanding form this season, scoring over 300 runs.
Devdutt Padikkal, the captain, and Devdutt Padikkal, the opener, have been toying with opposition attacks and are among the runs. Shimon Hetymar, on the other hand, is capable of exacerbating the bowling team’s troubles with his ruthless assault.
RR will be looking for a repeat performance from the top of the order at the MCA Stadium; which has seen plenty of high-scoring games.
Karun Nair and Riyan Parag are the weak links in Rajasthan’s batting; and they will have to come up and deliver.
Harshal Patel is the strongest death bowler for RCB, but he’ll need help from Mohammed Siraj and Josh Hazlewood.
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Teams (From):
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel; Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Profound; Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudesai; Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddharth Kaul.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Ravichandran Ashwin; Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal.Riyan Parag; Shubham Garwal, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldip Yadav, Kuldeep Sen, Tejas Baroka, Anunay Singh, KC Kariappa, Sanju Samson; Jos Buttler, Rassie Van der Dussen, Nathan Coulter Nile, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell.