MATCH DETAILS:
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) take on the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday in Match 44 of the Indian Premier League ( IPL) 2020. The match would be telecasted from 3:30pm onwards live.
PREVIEW FOR DREAM11 FANTASY:
Chennai Super Kings, three-time IPL champions, are all but out of the field, and have only three wins in eleven games. None of the CSK teams, apart from Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran, have done their credibility any good.
In this competition, MS Dhoni was still responsible for a major knock, and their captain’s loss hit CSK hard. So far, their batting and bowling units have not really clicked in tandem, which is one of the key reasons they are lying at the bottom of the table.
This season, their rivals, the Royal Challengers Bangalore, have been absolutely sensational and are only one victory away from a playoff spot. With Mohammed Siraj posting his career-best figures in the previous game against KKR, the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers were well supplemented by the bowlers.
RCB will be targeting a top-two spot with Chahal and Morris excelling with the ball as well, which would be a notable change from their last-place finish in the previous season.
The last time these two sides met each other, in what was a thumping victory for RCB, Virat Kohli slammed an authoritative fifty. Although the strong favourites for this game are Kohli and co, you can never write off CSK, who will be able to express themselves with independence.
WEATHER REPORT:
The weather is expected to be sunny tomorrow. The visibility would be about 10 km, i.e. 6 miles, and 1013 mb of atmospheric pressure. The temperature during the day is going to hit 34 ° c and at night the temperature will drop to 23 ° c. With no precipitation and cloud covering 0 percent of the atmosphere, it will be dry, the moisture will be around 34 percent.
PITCH REPORT:
The Dubai pitch was a good one for batting with too much for the bowlers. However, even the bowlers, particularly the spinners, have begun to get assistance from the surface since the last few games.
Teams batting second have tasted a great deal of success in the last few games, and thus, chasing should be the way forward. There will be a temperature of about 35 degrees Celsius.
INJURY AND AVAILABILITY NEWS:
There are no availability and injury issues regarding players from both sides.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF CHENNAI SUPER KINGS:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Narayan Jagadeesan, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood.
CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAIN OPTIONS:
1. Captain Options– Virat Kohli.
2. Vice Captain Options– Ambati Rayudu and Chris Morris.
DREAM 11 TEAM FOR ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Vs CHENNAI SUPER KINGS:
1. Wicket Keeper– AB de Villiers.
2. Batsmen– Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Aaron Finch and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
3. All rounders– Sam Curran and Chris Morris.
4. Bowlers– Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini and Imran Tahir.
*Disclaimer: A team here is picked based on the perception, analysis, and gut feeling of the author. When you select your team, analyze the points mentioned to arrive at your own decision.*
