Squads –
SRH –
David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake,Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh
RCB –
Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa
Team News
SRH –
– Sunrises are known as one of the most consistent team in IPL having world class batters like Warner, Williamson and bowlers like Rashid and Bhuvi with them.
– SRH have won the trophy in 2016 where the opponent was same the Royal Challenges from Bangalore.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan.
– Jonny Bairstow and David Warner the most explosive opening pair in IPL 2020 will open the innings. Bairstow debuted last season with a bang scoring his maiden IPL ton , howewer the situation in UAE are slightly different here.
– Mr Consistent Kane Williamson will bat 1 down. Kane has been consistently performing for SRH with being the leading scorer in 2018 season.
– Manish Pandey will bat 2 down followed by Vijay Shankar at 3 down. Pandey can hit the ball big as well as slowly play till the last while Shankar goes the airel way directly.
– Sanjay Yadav can bat next. He is a Tamil Nadu player in domestic circuit and has been excellent with both bat and his slow left arm spin .
– Shahbaz Ahmed and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Sanjay Yadav can assist them.
– Bhubaneswar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed and Sandeep/Siddharth Kaul will be leading the pace attack with assistance of Vijay Shankar somewhere in between.
RCB –
– The Royal Challenges Bangalore is the team where a lot of emotions are attached. They haven’t won the trophy yet but went close in 2009, 2011 and 2016 where the trophy almost slipped through their hands.
– Their main conywas the death bowling which they have somewhat sorted out by bringing in Chris Morris and Lankan Pacer Isuru Udana.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be Aaron Finch, ABD, Chris Morris and Mooen Ali/Dale Steyn/Isuru Udana.
– Aaron Finch and Young Devdutt Padikal will likely open the innings. Finch is a world class batter while Padikal has made a hige name in domestic circuit by leading the scorer list in Syed Mushtaq trophy , Karnataka Premium league etc.
– Virat Kohli will bat 1 down. Virat is truly the king of IPL performing in every season with same consistency.
– AB De Villiers will follow his best friend at 2 down. He has retired from International cricket but can still hit it big.
– Moeen Ali and Shivan Dube will bat in middle and should also play the role of late hitter.
– Chris Morris will follow them and can also be promoted for scoring quickly.
– Yuzvendra Chahal the highest Wicket taker for RCB and Washington Sunder will lead the spin section while Moeen ali will join them.
– Umesh Yadav, Chris Morris and Navdeep Saini will be the likely pace attack with Saini and Morris bowling in death.
Probable XI –
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Sanjay Yadav/Priyam Garg, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rashid Khan, Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma/Siddharth Kaul.
RCB –
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(wk), Moeen Ali/Dale Steyn, Shivan Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sunder/S Ahmed, Yuzi Chahal, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini
Pitch Report –
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Dubai Pitch has favored the spinners but this pitch looks with good amount of grass giving help to seamers initially.
Average Score : 143
Lowest Score : 71/10
Highest Score : 211/3
Head to Head –
Total games : 15
SRH Won : 08
RCB Won : 06
Team Blueprint –
WK-
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 112run knock against Aus recently, 445 runs last IPL, Must have )
Parthiv Patel( Opener, known for his fiery starts, SR of 170 in powerplay, Must if plays)
Josh Philippe( Opener, very attacking Aussie Batsman, 487 runs in BBL 2019 with SR of 130, excellent option if plays)
BAT –
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 impactful Batsman in IPL history, 562 Runs at average of 80 against RCB)
Virat Kohli ( 1 down, best IPL and t20 player in world cricky, leading IPL scorer, 504 runs against SRH,Must have)
AB De Villiers ( 2 down, best T20 striker even if retired, 42 in warmup practice game, Must have )
Kane Williamson( 1 down, averages 65 against RCB with 262 Runs in 5 Innings)
Aaron Finch ( Opener, very aggressive Batsman, 125 in 3 t20s against Aus recently, Must have especially in 1st innings, can take risk of dropping if he’s chasing)
Manish Pandey( 2 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, Must)
Gurkeerat Singh( Middle order bat + part time off spin, 1200+ T20 runs , experienced)
D Padikal( Opener, loads of domestic records on his name, 68 in practice game, Must punt pick if plays )
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 227 runs with SR of 133 in t20s)
ALL –
Chris Morris( Right Arm fast + late hitting, death overs expert, 22 Wicket in BBL 2019)
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, can miss out this game )
Moeen Ali ( Middle order+ off spin, very attacking Batsman, can be promoted, 6w + 220R for last season, Must have )
M Marsh ( RHB, Middle order + Medium fast bowl, can make debut for SRH, 76R + 2w in ODI series against Aus )
Shivan Dube( Lower order + part time pace, can hit the ball really big)
Vijay Shankar ( RHB ,3 down, part time pace, late hitting, 244 runs last season)
Washington Sunder ( Off spin, very economical, bowls most overs in powerplay)
Sanjay Yadav ( LHB + Orthodox, excellent TNPL 2019, 244runs + 3w in 7 games)
S Ahmed( Bowling All, slow left arm, excellent domestic season, 36R + 3W in practice game, can be a excellent pick even in SL )
BOWL –
Rashid Khan( Leggie, 7 Wickets in 6 games against RCB , Must have )
Bhuvi ( Medium pacer, death overs expert, coming after a big injury gap, Must )
Yuzi Chahal( Leggie, highest wicket taker for RCB ,10 Wickets against SRH in 12 games)
Umesh Yadav( Right Arm fast, bowls his 2-3 overs in powerplay, 20 Wickets in 2018 for RCB)
Dale Steyn( Right arm fast, very experienced, 256 T20 Wickets)
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, Must )
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 95 IPL wickets for him)
Navdeep Saini ( Right Arm fast, emerging talent, bowls close to 150ks , Must pick from RCB)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 49 IPL Wickets in 44 games)
Isuru Udana( Left arm Medium + late hitting, dark horse for RCB, experienced, 144 t20 Wickets)
C/VC –
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Kane Williamson
Rashid Khan
Vijay Shankar
RCB –
AB De Villiers
Virat Kohli
Aaron Finch
Moeen Ali
Chris Morris
Yuzi Chahal