A run feast is on the playing cards when Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) takes on Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
Batters had a area day within the earlier encounter at this venue, when RCB and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) scored in extra of 200.
“Even the good balls go for boundaries here. Batsmen do not have any apprehension going for big shots because even if they do not connect, they are likely to clear the boundary line,” RCB speedster Harshal Patel acknowledged on Saturday.
RCB will as soon as once more depend on Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell to come back good with the bat. Du Plessis and Kohli did properly within the match in opposition to Punjab Kings on Thursday, main the unit to a 24-run win. It is when the top-order fails that RCB struggles.
RCB quick bowler Mohammed Siraj has had a breakout season with 12 wickets on this match. Fellow pacer Josh Hazlewood, who has been out of motion for 3 months on account of Achilles tendonitis, has been coaching with the squad. The Australian bowled within the nets on Saturday, and it stays to be seen if he’ll characteristic within the eleven on Sunday.
RR suffered a second loss in six outings a number of days in the past, falling to Lucknow Super Giants by 10 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, and Shimron Hetmyer might not rating on a constant foundation, however general, the customer possesses sufficient ammunition to come back out firing.
RR seamer Sandeep Sharma will fancy bowling to Kohli, having dismissed the star batter seven instances in 14 T20 matches. Sandeep, nevertheless, performed down his nice report in opposition to Kohli. “I’ve been lucky against Kohli. I’ve got him out seven times, but I’ve been lucky on three or four occasions. I’ve been lucky with the umpire’s decision, and Kohli has also nicked it down the leg,” Sandeep mentioned.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com