Probable XI –
Royal Challengers Bangalore –
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Ab De Villiers
2. Dinesh Karthik
3. Virat Kohli(C)
4. Aaron Finch
5. Rahul Tripathi
6. Chris Morris
7. Andre Russell(VC)
8. Sunil Narine
9. Isuru Udana
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Prasidh Krishna
-Virat Kohli is the most consistent batsman so far with an average of 35 in more than 22 H2H matches.
-Andre Russell has performed well with both bat and ball so making him atleast VC in SL will be a safe choice.
-Rahul Tripathi has smashed runs at an average of 98 in 5 H2H matches which makes him good credit saver punt.
-Ab De Villiers has been consistent with 30-35 runs in more than 15 H2H matches.
-Dropped Shubman Gill as he doesn’t have very promising numbers in H2H matches.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Ab De Villiers(VC)
2. Dinesh Karthik
3. Virat Kohli
4. Aaron Finch
5. Rahul Tripathi
6. Chris Morris
7. Andre Russell(C)
8. Sunil Narine
9. Isuru Udana
10. Pat Cummins
11. Prasidh Krishna
– Dinesh Karthik looked in good touch during last match so he might play a responsible knock again today.
– Chris Morris has been lethal with bowl & can hit some big shots down the order which makes him must pick.
-Sunil Narine has performed well with bat against the opponent but doesn’t have good numbers with bat, still he’s a must pick.
Grand League Combination –
1. Ab De Villiers
2. Virat Kohli
3. Devdutt Padikal
4. Rahul Tripathi
5. Chris Morris
6. Andre Russell(C)
7. Sunil Narine(VC)
8. Isuru Udana
9. Yuzvendra Chahal
10. Varun Chakraborty
11. Pat Cummins
– Andre Russell & Sunil Narine looks safest C VC in both small league and grand leagues too.
-Rahul Tripathi can be another good C VC in different combinations of GL considering his average of 98 which is pretty impressive.
-Yuzvendra Chahal though doesn’t haven’t very promising numbers against the opponent but he can be lethal at these pitches.