Probable XI –
Royal Challengers Bangalore –
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Yuzvendra Chahal
Rajasthan Royals –
Jos Buttler (wk), Steve Smith (c), Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa/Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot, Jaydev Unadkat
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Jos Buttler
2. Ab De Villiers(C)
3. Robin Uthappa
4. Steven Smith(VC)
5. Virat Kohli
6. Devdutt Padikal
7. Rahul Tewatia
8. Shivam Dube
9. Ankit Rajpoot
10. Isuru Udana
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
-Ab De Villiers has mustered 581 runs at an average of 41 against the RR & by looking at his current form, he is the safest to have captain in SL.
-Steven Smith has scored 290 runs in 11 innings at an average of 32 in head to head matches.
-Preferring Jos Buttler over Sanju Samson considering his average near to 30 in H2H while Samson has struggled to play even a decent knock.
-Yuzvendra Chahal has taken atleast a wicket or two against the opponent so he will surely give 25-50 points with bowl in D11.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Jos Buttler(VC)
2. Ab De Villiers(C)
3. Aaron Finch
4. Steven Smith
5. Devdutt Padikal
6. Rahul Tewatia
7. Shivam Dube
8. Jofra Archer
9. Tom Curran
10. Isuru Udana
11. Yuzvendra Chahal
-Dropped Virat considering his continuous failure in this season & not much promising stats against the opponent.
-Aaron Finch averaged 28 scoring 141 runs in 6 innings against the opponent. Must have pick especially while batting first.
-Jofra Archer, Tom Curran & Yuzvendra Chahal are must have as the are talking wickets consistently & scoring some runs with bat too.
Grand League Combination –
1. Jos Buttler(C)
2. Sanju Samson
3. Ab De Villiers
4. Steven Smith
5. Virat Kohli(VC)
6. Devdutt Padikal
7. Washington Sundar
8. Shivam Dube
9. Ankit Rajpoot
10. Tom Curran
11. Isuru Udana
– Backing Virat as VC in my GL combo as he might makeup for his continuous failures in this season.
-Took all the three WKs as they are attacking batsmen & can thrash any bowling lineups.
-Tom Curran will be must have as he’s available in less credits & taking wickets by scoring some runs with the bat.