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.
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, Holder, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh
Team News –
RCB –
– Royal Challenges Bangalore lost their last game against MI but still are placed 2nd in the points table. A win against SRH will assure them a place in Playoffs.
– Navdeep Saini is still recovering from his injury against CSK and most likely will be rested for this game.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be Joshua Phillipe, ABD, Chris Morris and Isuru Udana/Adam Zampa.
– Joshua Phillipe and Devdutt Padikal will open the innings. Padikal has showed his class in with 4 50+ scores and 400+ aggregate this IPL. Phillipe opened and looked good in his short stay at the wicket.
– Virat Kohli will bat 1 down. Virat has been in excellent touch from last few games consistently scoring 40+. He was out cheaply against Mumbai last game.
– 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 who can hit the ball really big.
– Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sunder will lead the spin section. Sunder is bowling most of his overs in powerplay. Chahal has been leading Wicket taker for RCB this season.
– Isuru Udana, Chris Morris, Mohammad Siraj and Navdeep Saini(if fit) will be the pace attack with Shivam Dube to assist. Morris and Udana will bowl in death.
SRH –
– Sunrisers won their last game against Delhi Capitals bya huge margin of 88 runs l. They badly need to win this game to be in the compitition.
– Vijay Shankar is ruled out of the IPL 2020 with a Grade 2 injury, While W Saha who injured himself during last game has been declared fit to play this game.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jason Holder and Rashid Khan.
– W Saha and David Warner will open the innings. Saha who played his 1st game as an opener smashed a brilliant 87 along with his partner warner who scored 66 of 34 balls last game.
– Manish Pandey will bat 1 down. His batting form is very much unpredictable. He can score big in 1 game and be flop in the other. He scored a brilliant 83 of just 47 balls against RR and a attacking 44 against DC last game.
– Mr Consistent Kane Williamson will bat 2 down. Kane had a poor run according to his standards this season having forced to sit out in few opening games and then he opened some games.
– Priyam Garg and Jason Holder will take care of the brittle Sunrisers middle order.
– Shahbaz Nadeem and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Rashid has been brilliant last game with 3 Wickets.
– Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan and Jason Holder will be leading the pace attack. Natarajan has been bowling brilliantly at the death.
Probable XI –
RCB –
Joshua Phillipe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(wk), Shivam Dube/Gurkeerat Mann, Washington Sunder, Chris Morris, Yuzi Chahal, Shahbaz Ahmed/Navdeep Saini, Isuru Udana, Mohammad Siraj.
SRH –
W Saha(wk), David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg/Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, S Nadeem, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma.
Pitch Report –
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
The Sharjah ground has very small boundaries and pitches also are batting favourable resulting in a high scoring encounter.
Average Score : 170( IPL 2020)
Team Blueprint –
WK –
AB De Villiers ( 2 down + wk, best T20 striker in world cricket, 55(22b) last 3rd game, Must have )
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 445 runs last IPL, 345 runs this season, Must have if plays )
Parthiv Patel( Opener, known for his fiery starts, SR of 170 in powerplay)
Josh Philippe( Open, very attacking Aussie Batsman, 487 runs in BBL 2019 with SR of 130, 33(24b) last game against MI, must have )
W Saha ( Opener + wk, 1882 IPL runs with SR above 130, 87 runs last game, Must )
BAT –
Virat Kohli ( 1 down, highest IPL runs , 72*,43,90*,33*,48, 43, 50 in last 7 of 8 games, Must have)
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 batsman in IPL history, attacking 66(34b) last game, Must have any day)
Aaron Finch ( Opener, very aggressive Batsman, 125 in 3 t20s against Aus recently, Must have especially in this game after too many failures, was dropped last game, will most likely not play)
D Padikkal( Opener, loads of domestic records on his name, 417 runs in 12 games this IPL, 74 last game against MI, Must have)
Kane Williamson( 2 down, one of the best white ball batsman, 29(19b) last game played, risky this game )
Manish Pandey( 1 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, 83*(47b) last 2nd game, 44* last game, Must have )
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 292 runs with SR of 141 in t20s, 53 runs against CSK game)
ALL –
Chris Morris( Right Arm fast + late hitting, death overs expert, 22 Wicket in BBL 2019, 10 Wickets in last 6 games, 4 Wickets last 2nd game, will bowl in death, Must have)
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, will most likely not play )
Jason Holder( Middle order + Medium pacer, known for his swing, 1w in last game)
Moeen Ali ( Middle order+ off spin, very attacking Batsman, can be promoted, 6w + 220R for last season, 1w last game Played, played last 2nd game but had a below average performance, Must have if plays )
Shivam Dube( Lower order + part time pace, can hit the ball really big, bowls sometimes, 4w this season, didn’t bowled last few games )
Washington Sunder ( 2/3 down +Off spin, very economical, bowls most overs in powerplay, wicketless but economical last game)
Abdul Samad( Middle order, big hitter of ball, can also bowl part time spin)
Abhishek Sharma ( Slow left arm + 3 down, very good option at 8cr especially when bowling 2nd , can play this game)
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 –
Yuzi Chahal( Leggie, highest wicket taker for RCB, 18 Wickets in 12 games this IPL, Must have)
Rashid Khan( Leggie, best spinner in world cricket, 3w last game, Must have especially while bowling 2nd )
T Natarajan ( Left arm medium fast, 2w last game, excellent bowling at death, Must have)
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 this game)
Navdeep Saini ( Right Arm fast, emerging talent, bowls close to 150ks, 1w last game against KKR, could be risky)
Isuru Udana( Left arm Medium + late hitting, dark horse for RCB, experienced, 148 t20 Wickets, will likely play this game)
Mohammad Siraj( Pacer, known for his swing and bounce, 2 Wickets last game against MI )
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, not much effective this season)
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 97 IPL wickets for him, 2w last game)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 51 IPL Wickets in 45 games)
C/VC Options –
RCB –
AB De Villiers
Virat Kohli
Chris Morris
Devdutt Padikkal
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Rashid Khan