Squads –
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.
CSK –
MS Dhoni (C & wk), Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Karn Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ambati Rayudu, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson, Sai Kishore, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Ravindra Jadeja, Murali Vijay
Team News –
RCB –
– Royal Challenges Bangalore won their last game against KKR in a emphatic fashion by restricting them to just 84 runs and winning the game with 8 overs to spare.
– Team can make a change in form of Zampa for Udana as the Wickets will be slightly on the slower side.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be Aaron Finch, ABD, Chris Morris and Isuru Udana/Adam Zampa.
– Aaron Finch and Young Devdutt Padikal will open the innings. Finch is a world class batter while Padikal showed his class in with 3 50+ scores this IPL. Finch is slightly out of form but is a quality player.
– Virat Kohli will bat 1 down. Virat has been in excellent touch from last few games consistently scoring 30+. He has scored the highest runs against CSK with a Strike raye of 130.
– AB De Villiers will follow Virat at 2 down. He is in excellent form and won the game single handedly for with his 22 ball 50 against Rajastan.
– Washington Sunder will bat at 3 down. Sunder is a proper Allrounder and has the ability to hit the ball big. Dube will follow him if plays.
– Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sunder will lead the spin section. Sunder is bowling most of his overs in powerplay. Chahal took 2 while Sunder 1 Wicket last game.
– Isuru Udana, Chris Morris, Mohammad Siraj and Navdeep Saini will be the pace attack with Shivam Dube to assist. Morris and Udana will bowl in death.
CSK –
– CSK are in a very bad position now after loosing their last game against MI They are still placed in the bottom half of the table with 3 wins from 11 games.
– Faf Du Plessis, Sam Curran and Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi/Josh Hazelwood/M Santner will be their 4 foreign players.
– Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf Du Plessis will open the innings. Gaikwad had yet another failure last game where he was dismissed on a duck.
– N Jagadeeshan will bat 1 down. He got a chance to play after being dropped but had yet another failure and was out on duck.
– Ambati Rayudu will bat at 2 down. Rayudu is best player of spin in the CSK squad but haven’t been in his best this season.
– Captain MS Dhoni will bat 3 down following Rayudu. Dhoni is not in his peak form this season and is struggling to score runs.
– Ravindra Jadeja will do the late hitting for CSK along with Sam Curran who scored 50 last game.
– Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir and Mitchell Santner will be the spinners for CSK.
– Deepak Chahar, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur and Josh Hazelwood/Lungi Ngidi will handle the pace attack. Thakur and Sam Curran will bowl in death.
Probable XI –
RCB –
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(wk), Shivam Dube/Gurkeerat Mann, Washington Sunder, Chris Morris, Yuzi Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Isuru Udana, Mohammad Siraj.
CSK –
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf Du Plessis, N Jagadeeshan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(C & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi/Josh Hazelwood/Mitchell Santner.
Pitch Report –
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Dubai Pitch has favored the spinners historically but batters are getting more help here at dubai now.
Average Score : 168
Team Blueprint –
WK –
AB De Villiers ( 2 down + wk, best T20 striker in world cricket, 55(22b) last 2nd game, Must have )
MS Dhoni ( Middle order, best finisher in world cricket, averaging 83 last IPL with 416 runs, Must have especially in 2nd innings, his Batting position is not fixed)
N Jagadeeshan ( 2 down/open, very good domestic record, scored 33 on his debut last against RCB)
Parthiv Patel( Opener, known for his fiery starts, SR of 170 in powerplay)
Josh Philippe( 3 down, very attacking Aussie Batsman, 487 runs in BBL 2019 with SR of 130, will not play)
BAT –
Virat Kohli ( 1 down, highest IPL runs , 72*,43,90*,33*,48, 43 in last 6 of 7 games, 837 runs against CSK, Must have)
Aaron Finch ( Opener, very aggressive Batsman, 125 in 3 t20s against Aus recently, Must have especially in this game after too many failures, can play big knock)
Shane Watson( Opener, highly experienced, will play solely as a Batsman, 398 Runs in 17 games last season, attacking 83*, 50, 48, 35 last 4 of 6 games, didn’t played last game )
Faf Du Plessis(Open, international player, had a very good IPL with 396 Runs and scored 219 in 10 games in MSL 2019, 376 runs this season)
D Padikkal( Opener, loads of domestic records on his name, 321 runs in 10 games this IPL, Must have)
Ambati Rayudu ( 2 down, most imp player of CSK, 41, 45* last 2 of 4 games, playing very slow, Must have )
ALL –
Chris Morris( Right Arm fast + late hitting, death overs expert, 22 Wicket in BBL 2019, 9 Wickets in last 5 games, 4 Wickets last 2nd game, will bowl in death, Must have)
Moeen Ali ( Middle order+ off spin, very attacking Batsman, can be promoted, 6w + 220R for last season, 1w last game Played, Must have if plays ).
Santner( Slow left arm, excellent option in this spin conditions, can get a game)
Ravindra Jadeja( Slow left arm + finisher, 16 wickets + 106 runs in 15 games last season for CSK, 111 overall Wickets, 33,35 last 2 of 3 games)
Sam Curran( middle ,Left arm pacer + hard hitter of bowl, he can bat at any position, 9w this IPL, 52 runs last game, Must have choice )
Shivam Dube( Lower order + part time pace, can hit the ball really big, bowls sometimes, 4w this season, didn’t played last 2 games )
Washington Sunder ( 2/3 down +Off spin, very economical, bowls most overs in powerplay, 1 Wicket last game)
S Ahmed( Bowling All, slow left arm, excellent domestic season, 36R + 3W in practice game, can be a excellent pick even in SL )
BOWL –
Yuzi Chahal( Leggie, highest wicket taker for RCB, 15 Wickets in 10 games, Must have)
Imran Tahir( Leggie, Purple cap holder with 26 Wickets last season, wicketless last game, Must have )
Josh Hazelwood( Pacer, known for his swing early on, 4w in ODI series against Eng, bowled economical last game)
Deepak Chahar( Right Arm Swing bowler, death bowler for CSK, 2w and economical last 2nd game)
Umesh Yadav( Right Arm fast, bowls his 2-3 overs in powerplay, 20 Wickets in 2018 for RCB, very expensive last game + wicketless, will not play)
Dale Steyn( Right arm fast, very experienced, 256 T20 Wickets, could be benched again)
Navdeep Saini ( Right Arm fast, emerging talent, bowls close to 150ks, 1w last game against KKR )
Mohammad Siraj( Pacer, known for his swing and bounce, 3 Wickets last game against KKR )
Piyush Chawla( Leggie, 3rd highest wicket taker in IPL, 153w in 148 Innings, can be dropped this game)
Karn Sharma( Leggie, can also bat, was very expensive last game , was dropped last game)
Shardul Thakur( Pacer, raw pace, 9w last IPL, economy rate is very high close to 10, 2w against RCB last game they played, will bowl in death)
Isuru Udana( Left arm Medium + late hitting, dark horse for RCB, experienced, 148 t20 Wickets, wicketless but was economical)
C/VC Options –
RCB –
AB De Villiers
Virat Kohli
Chris Morris
Devdutt Padikkal
CSK –
Sam Curran
Faf Du Plessis
Shane Watson