Mumbai: It could be nothing wanting a clash of the titans when Virat Kohli’s on-a-roll Royal Challengers Bangalore tackle Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in a top-of-the-table IPL showdown in Mumbai on Sunday with two factors and momentum at stake.
RCB has received all its 4 matches thus far and sits on high of the standings. CSK, alternatively, has hit again after shedding its opener to assert three straight wins for the second spot within the factors desk.
RCB, boosted by a 10-wicket hammering of Rajasthan Royals, might be eager to proceed its profitable streak. However, the duty is simpler mentioned than completed as CSK is using excessive with three good outcomes of its personal.
Kohli and the highly-rated Devdutt Padikkal toyed with the Rajasthan Royals bowling the opposite day and can look to put a powerful basis once more for RCB towards a diverse CSK bowling assault.
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RCB, which has extra typically not under-performed amid excessive expectations, has began nicely. And, Kohli will pay attention to the significance of sustaining the depth in an extended league.
The RCB batting seems to be high heavy and reliant on the performances of Kohli, South African maestro AB de Villiers and Australian maverick Glenn Maxwell. Padikkal’s good type additionally augurs nicely for the group.
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However, the RCB batting unit will entrance as much as Deepak Chahar, who is thought for his means to strike early. It stays to be seen if the group has what it takes to bounce again in case there may be lose of wickets early within the innings.
The RCB bowling has completed the job thus far with Mohammed Siraj being spectacular. However, they arrive up towards a formidable CSK which bats deep and the significance of early wickets cannot be emphasised sufficient.
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Ruturaj Gaikwad emerged from three failures with a formidable knock towards Kolkata Knight Riders and types a powerful opening partnership with Faf du Plessis. A great begin will assist their trigger and with an in-form Moeen Ali pencilled in at No.3 and Suresh Raina to comply with, CSK has the firepower to strike late as nicely.
Skipper Dhoni is but to hit his straps however coach Stephen Fleming believes he would get higher with each outing. While Chahar has been within the thick of issues at first, spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali have additionally struck essential blows. Shardul Thakur has proved costly at occasions however is an important cog within the CSK bowling unit.
Add to this the truth that the Wankhede stadium has seen principally high-scoring video games and the group that holds its nerves is prone to come up trumps on a monitor like this.
SQUADS:
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, R Sai Kishore, Moeen Ali, Ok Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujra, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (W), Adam Zampa, Devdutt Padikkal, Kane Richardson, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, M S Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Dan Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, Ok S Bharat, Finn Allen.
Match begins at 3.30 PM.
