Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis has nowhere to show. His bowlers concede runs aplenty, and his batters have did not get going.
When RCB takes on Sunrisers Hyderabad on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 15, solely an distinctive particular person efficiency can save the house crew from a fifth straight loss.
RCB’s major concern is the bowling unit, which within the opinion of du Plessis, lacks potent weapons. It is right down to the batters to get a huge complete and preserve the facet within the hunt, du Plessis stated after a crushing loss in opposition to Mumbai Indians.
If solely it was that straightforward. The RCB batters share as a lot blame as the bowlers, as Virat Kohli & Co. have did not get the crew to the 200-run mark thus far this season.
Kohli has been scoring runs by the heap, however this has not helped the crew trigger. Dinesh Karthik has offered some cheer along with his late hits, and RCB could also be tempted to advertise the 38-year-old up the order.
RCB will discover it laborious to comprise the explosive SRH batters. South African Heinrich Klaasen and opener Abhishek Sharma, second and third respectively on the listing of gamers with essentially the most variety of sixes for the event, illustrate SRH’s aggressive intent.
SRH will likely be inspired by the arrogance proven by uncapped Nitish Kumar Reddy, who smashed a 37-ball 64 in opposition to Punjab Kings to present the unit a second straight win.
Teams (from):
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Match begins at 7.30 PM.