The possibility of Chris Gayle returning in Kings XI Punjab.
The 6th match of the 13th season of IPL will be played between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai today. Bangalore has beaten Punjab in the last 4 matches. A match was played between the two teams in Dubai 2014, in which Kings XI Punjab won. Punjab's first match of the season was against Delhi, which was won by Delhi in the Super Over. Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in their match.
The main responsibility on Gayle, Rahul and Maxwell in Punjab.
Along with captain Lokesh Rahul in the Punjab squad, the most experienced will be Chris Gayle of the West Indies and Glenn Maxwell of Australia. Gale has hit the most 326 sixes and the most 6 centuries in the history of the league. Mohammed Shami and Sheldon Cottrell will play key roles for the team in the bowling department of Kings XI Punjab.
RCB Captain Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer in IPL with 5412 runs.
Apart from Virat Kohli, RCB has well-known bowlers like AB de Villiers and Aaron Finch. In the all-rounder the team has Chris Morris, Moin Ali and Washington Sundar. Apart from RCB's Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini will strengthen the bowling department.
Young players Devdutt Padikkal and Ravi Bishnoi will be in the spotlight
In the last match, RCB had given a chance to young player Devdutt Padikkal along with Eran Finch. Devdutt Padikkal did not disappoint the Royal Challengers Bangalore team management and he hit a superb fifty in his debut match. Punjab will also be eyeing Ravi Bishnoi, who took one wicket in his first match against Delhi, conceding just 22 runs in 4 overs.
Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
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Look at these two records:
Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul will score 2 runs in this match so his 2,000 runs in IPL will be completed.
RCB's Dale Steyn will be the 15th bowler to take 100 wickets in the IPL after taking 3 wickets.
Expensive player of both the teams:
Captain Virat Kohli is the most expensive player in Royal Challengers Bangalore. The team will give him Rs 17 crore for one season. Then there is AB de Villiers, who will get Rs 11 crore this season. Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul is the most expensive player with Rs 11 crore and Glenn Maxwell with Rs 10.75 crore.
Head-to-head:
Punjab and Bangalore are in a tie in the IPL. The two teams RCB and KXIP have played 24 matches so far. Both have won 12-12 matches. Punjab had not won against Bangalore in the previous two seasons.
Pitch and season report
Temperatures are expected to hover between 27 and 41 degrees Celsius. The pitch can help the batsman. The success rate of the team batting first in the previous 61 T-20s played here in the IPL has been 55.74 per cent. However, this time the match between Punjab and Delhi was played at this ground, in which Delhi won the toss and elected to bowl in the Super Over.
RCB's success rate in IPL is 47.75%, which is higher than Punjab
RCB's success rate in IPL is 47.75%. He has played 182 matches in the league so far, winning 87 and losing 95. While there was no result in 4 matches. Punjab's success rate is 46.04 percent. Kings XI Punjab has played a total of 177 matches so far, winning 82 and losing 95.
Both Bangalore and Punjab could not become champions
RCB played in the finals under the captaincy of Anil Kumble in 2009 and Daniel Vettori in 2011. The team also reached the final in 2016 under Virat's captaincy. However, the team's fortunes have been bad every time, when Punjab played the final in 2014. He was defeated by Kolkata.
Predicted Playing 11:
Kings XI Punjab
KL Rahul (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Sarfraz Khan, K Gautam, Mujib ur Rehman, Sheldon Cottrell, Mohammed Shami and Ravi Bishnoi.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Aaron Finch, Devadatta Padikal, Virat Kohli (Captain), AB de Villiers, Josh Philip (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn and Yuzvendra Chahal.
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