Kings XI Punjab will face Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium Banglore, today at 8:00 p.m.
To keep awake the dreams to play offs Kings XI Punjab have to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore who are already out of IPL play off as they have just two wins and one draw of their 11 games. Now, Kings XI Punjab have to win all their games to reach the play offs, while Royal Challengers Bangalore will be willing to win the match as to end this IPL season with respect.
This season was not good for RCB with respect to the previous season. RCB performed really bad and also Captain Kohli didn't give any satisfactory performance .
KINGS ARE IN GOOD FORM:
Punjab in their previous game claimed 10-wicket win over Delhi and their confidence will be high. Their batting order is in good form. Hashim Amla haas scored 315 runs while Martin Guptil in the previous game completed his half century in just 27 balls . Also spectators are waiting for Maxwell storm who has scored just 193 runs in 9 games and 44 runs is his highest score. Also in the previous game, bowlers did not perform well. Sandeep Sharma and Varun Aaron has performed well in patches. Also their would be expectations from Axar Patel who has taken 10 wickets of 9 games .
PROBLEMS FOR RCB :
The main reason for RCB defeat is their batting order which has failed to perform. The star studded team haviing Virat Kohli , Chris Gayle , AB De Villiers and Kedhar Jadhav. Also players like Stuart Binny and Mandeep Singh didn't show any satisfactory performance . The only good job done for RCB is by their leg spinners, Samuel Badree taking 9 wickets and Yuzvendra Chahal taking 11 wickets.
ADVANTAGES TO RCB :
The only advantage for RCB is that they will be playing on their home ground and will have spectators support . Maybe Kohli can give chance to young players as they are already out of IPL play offs. But RCB fans will want their team to win this and rest of their games so that they end their journey of this season by winning the rest of the matches.
ADVANTAGES TO KXIP :
All seems to be good for Punjab but to qualify for the play offs, they will have to play their best because one loss in game can get them out of the play offs .
Their batting and bowling order seem to be in good form.
Probable Playing XI for Kings XI Punjab :
1 Martin Guptill, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Manan Vohra, 4 Shaun Marsh, 5 Glenn Maxwell (capt), 6 Axar Patel, 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Mohit Sharma, 9 Varun Aaron, 10 T Natarajan, 11 Sandeep Sharma .
Probable Playing XI for RoyaL Challengers Bangalore :
1 Virat Kohli (capt), 2 Mandeep Singh, 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Travis Head, 5 Kedar Jadhav (wk), 6 Shane Watson, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 Tymal Mills, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal, 10 S Aravind, 11 Aniket Choudhary.
