Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Kings XI Punjab on 24th September in Indian Premier League. Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched the victory in the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad to start their campaign on a higher note. Virat Kohli will certainly be pleased with the performance of his side in the first match of the tournament. They will be eyeing to maintain their winning run against Kings XI Punjab on Thursday.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab has been quite unlucky to be at the losing end in the first match of the tournament. The match has been tied and Delhi Capitals have won it in the Super Over. KL Rahul’s side will hope that the fortune may tilt in their favour from this match.
Pitch Report:
The pitch will be favouring the spinners and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be confident to defend the total after their win in the first match. So, it will be very much interesting to see the choice of the captain after winning the toss.
Head To Head Record:
Total Matches Played: 24
Royal Challengers Bangalore Won: 12
Kings XI Punjab Won: 12
Predicted Starting XIs; Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli (C), Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, AB De Villiers, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Yuzi Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn.
Kings XI Punjab:
Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (Captain, wk), Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Mandeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, K. Gowtham, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cotrell, Chris Jordan.
Key Players:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli
AB De Villiers
Kings XI Punjab:
KL Rahul
Mayank Agarwal
Captain And Vice Captain Selection:
Captain Choices: KL Rahul, Virat Kohli.
Vice-Captain Choices: Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, AB De Villiers, Aaron Finch.
Probable Winner: Kings XI Punjab.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have got a fine start in the tournament and Devdutt Padikkal has played a crucial role in it. Devdutt Padikkal has been given the opportunity to open winnings for the franchise and he has utilized it to the most. However, Virat Kohli’s side still needs some firepower in the lower middle order and Moeen Ali can play a crucial role for the franchise. So, Royal Challengers Bangalore might change their combination a bit in this match. AB De Villiers has shown his class once again and sooner or later we will see Virat Kohli to don the innings will his own brilliance. Yuzi Chahal will play an important role for them in this spinner friendly wicket.
After the defeat in the first match of the tournament, Kings XI Punjab might also change their combination a bit. Chris Gayle might come into the starting XI in place of Nicolas Pooran. Mayank Agarwal will be gutted not to finish the innings for Kings XI Punjab in the previous match. However, he is in fine form and Punjab needs his service badly in this season. Glenn Maxwell will again be the X factor for this franchise. KL Rahul needs to release the pressure of captaincy a bit and he is the key player for Kings XI Punjab to get into the playoffs.
