Hyderabad. When the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team takes the field for a crucial match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 here on Thursday, their eyes will be on making the playoffs with former India captain Virat Kohli. will be on display.
RCB are currently in the fifth position with as many points from 12 matches. They will have to win the remaining two matches to secure a place in the playoffs. SRH have eight points from 12 matches and are out of the title race. Along with captain Faf du Plessis, Kohli has been one of the top run-scorers for RCB this season, but the failure in two consecutive matches ( After 18 runs against Rajasthan Royals and one run against Mumbai Indians), the veteran player will look to be at his best against SRH and lead the team to victory.
Duplessis is the league’s top scorer so far this season with 631 runs from 12 matches at an average of 57.36. Kohli is the second most successful batsman in the team in this regard. He has scored 438 runs at an average of 39.81 and six fifties. However, Kohli’s batting has lacked consistency and he has been struggling to score quick runs. Apart from these two, the team will also expect a lot from Glenn Maxwell. Maxwell has played five half-centuries in the current season. Apart from these three, other batsmen in the team have consistently failed to perform well.
The team will be full of confidence after registering a big win of 112 runs against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. After half-centuries from Du Plessis and Maxwell in this match, RCB scored 171 runs for five wickets, Wayne Parnell (three wickets for 10 runs) ), Michael Bracewell (two wickets for 16 runs) and Karn Sharma (two wickets for 19 runs), Mohammed Siraj (one wicket for 10 runs) had reduced Rajasthan’s innings to just 59 runs in 10.3 overs.
On the bowling front, the onus will be on Parnell, Siraj and Bracewell to do well again.
SRH will be playing for pride after becoming the second team to be eliminated from the tournament. The team will want to win their remaining two matches and give their fans a chance to cheer. The team has failed in both the batting and bowling department this season. Apart from Heinrich Klaasen and to some extent Rahul Tripathi, any good performance in the batting. could not Captain Aiden Markram’s poor form added to the team’s woes. Harry Brooke could not continue the performance of the opening matches while Mayank Agarwal failed miserably. Apart from Bhuvneshwar Kumar (14 wickets) and Mayank Markandey (12 wickets), the other bowlers of the team disappointed.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Akashdeep, Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, Avinash Singh, Manoj Bhandge, Michael Bracewell, Vanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Siddharth Kaul, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomaror, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj. , Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Suyesh Prabhudesai, Rajan Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Sonu Yadav, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Kedar Jadhav.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (captain), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Janson, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Karthik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Aggarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanveer Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akil Hossain and Anmolpreet Singh.
The match will start at 7.30 PM IST.
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