Bangalore look for redemption against Lucknow

 TEAM INFO: Royal Challengers Bangalore has had a mixed tournament so far, where they started by crushing the soul of Mumbai Indians and then with all the confidence and boost, they went and jumped off the cliff against KKR. On the other hand, its LSG, who despite have won 2 games out of 3, won’t have confidence, since both DC and SRH have been too weak a team this season. Also, LSG have clashed with RCB on two occasions till now, and are yet to beat them on head-to-head and that’s something that they would like to change.

 Head-to-Head - Played - 2; Won by RCB - 2; Won by LSG – 0

 RCB possible XI – Virat Kohli Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

 LSG possible XI – KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers/Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Romario Shepherd/Mark Wood, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra/Ayush Badoni, Yash Thakur/Avesh Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi

 Pitch & weather report – It should be a good track to bat on and with the smaller boundaries, the batters tend to dominate even more. A high scoring game is on the cards. The maximum temperature in Bengaluru on Monday

would be 33°C while the humidity would be around 46%. There is no chance of rain.

 Match Prediction – RCB is that kind of a team that, it finds it’s best against the table toppers. Despite that disappointing loss against KKR, RCB are generally a very good team this season and most importantly, they are hungry to win. Fans would just be hoping that this hunger doesn’t make them desperate.

On the contrary, LSG have been a good side, but they are yet to be tested in deep waters yet and KL Rahul’s lack of form is hurting them a big way. Hence, hoping for a good match, where RCB comes out on top!

Fan Comments

“RCB are the team with incredible fan base look very confident with Faf and Kohli on their top form. However, they are missing a piece in their puzzle and will soon be filled with Hasaranga in the squad which will change the team’s dynamics all together. Hoping them to play bold and lift the cup this year.” – Nanda Kumar, 33, Fleet Manager US Embassy, Indian.

“Sad to note that my favourite team RCB are already looking as one of the weakest team in the IPL. Again, heavy load on Kohli’s brittle shoulders. Ineffective planning at the auctions again.” – Abbas al Balushi, 42, Banker, Omani.

“I love RCB, they remind me of the older Pakistani team. Extremely unpredictable and non-trustworthy. They were capable of beating the number one ranked Australian team and also losing to a non-Test playing nation as well.” – Rana Zeeshan Ahmed, 38, Car Workshop Owner, Pakistani.

“IPL has been an inspiration to many upcoming youngsters and being a mother to an Oman U16 national team captain (Jeet Shah), who finds his love from the creativity of AB de Villers and aggression of Virat Kohli. Go RCB Go, let’s bring the most awaited cup home!” – Maheshwari (Manisha) Vrajesh Shah, 44, housewife, Indian.

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