Last week’s contest on the Eden Garden witnessed Faf du Plessis and his males’s acquainted woes returning to hang-out them. The all-too-familiar death-overs bowling, fielders fumbling at essential junctures and the center order woes did the staff in.
Back within the consolation of their dwelling floor — the M Chinnaswamy Stadium — RCB will look to regroup as they play their subsequent three matches on the venue. Lucknow Super Giants are first up on Monday night time.
While RCB’s top-order batting, led by Du Plessis and Virat Kohli, has matched fame with kind, the center order seems to be brittle. Dinesh Karthik is but to heat up, whereas the Indian home batters have been removed from spectacular in opposition to KKR.
With Rajat Patidar, their discover of final season dominated out as a result of harm, the onus can be on gamers like Shahbaz Ahmed and Anuj Rawat to carry fort.
With the brand new ball, the pacers, led by Mohammad Siraj, have been efficient, however within the loss of life overs, they’ve the tendency to spray the ball and it’s crucial that they tighten the strains.
Spin duo Michael Bracewell and Karn Sharma can be very important for the Bengaluru franchise.
Lucknow, then again, are coming into the match on the again of a five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad and can hope for skipper KL Rahul to steer his staff to victory in his yard.
Another native participant within the combine is Ok Gowtham. RCB can be cautious of the big-hitting Lucknow line-up, particularly on the compact park. Lucknow bat deep and their center order, which incorporates Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya, are match winners.
Lucknow are but to win a match in opposition to RCB, however the groups have performed one another solely twice.
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com