IPL 2020, KXIP vs RCB LIVE: Kings XI will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second match. (Source: KXIP)IPL 2020, KXIP vs RCB Team Predicted Playing 11 for Today Match LIVE Updates: After a heart-breaking end to their opening encounter against Delhi Capitals, KL Rahul-led Kings XI Punjab will look put that aside and start afresh against confident Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. While Punjab suffered a loss in their previous encounter after the contest was pushed into the Super Overs, RCB secured a comfortable win against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Key players to watch out in tonight’s clash will be KXIP batsman Mayank Agarwal, who was in imperious form in their previous encounter. Ravi Bishnoi would be another youngster to look out for. After a successful campaign in the U-19 World Cups held earlier this year, the spinner made his IPL debut on an impressing note. Meanwhile, things look stable for Virat Kohli & co. who would look to make it two wins in a trot tonight. Stay tuned for all the LIVE UPDATES from the match!
Captain of RCB Virat Kohli, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ab De Villers celebrate the win against Sun Risers Hyderabad. (Source: BCCI)
"RCB has a very strong batting lineup with Virat (Kohli), AB (de Villiers) and Aaron Finch, (all) very experienced as well. Young (Devdutt) Padikkal batted really well for them in the last game. But we have our plans," Kumble said in a video posted on the official Twitter handle of Kings XI.
Since IPL 2016 (Against KXIP):-
•Virat Kohli - 167.0 SR
•Ab de Villiers - 180.50 SR
Probable XI: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe (wk), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Probable XI: KL Rahul (C, wk), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran/Chris Gayle, Sarfaraz Khan, Glenn Maxwell, Krishnappa Gowtham, Chris Jordan/Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami.
Former Australia cricketer, commentator Dean Jones dies of cardiac arrest in Mumbai. Jones was part of the Star Sports commentary team and was in a bio-secure bubble in a seven-star hotel in Mumbai. [Read more]
KXIP coach Anil Kumble on the clash against RCB
It will be really interesting to see which of the best four KXIP regularly pick among eight high-quality overseas recruits in Gayle, Pooran, Maxwell, Neesham, Cottrell, Viljoen, Jordan and Zadran. [Read More]
Finding the perfect permutation —- a familiar narrative thread in their litany of woes. There is as usual a disproportionate distribution of talent. There are arguably three players who are at their best when opening the innings —- Finch, Padikkal and Parthiv Patel. Yet, their best opener after Chris Gayle’s exit has been Virat Kohli. [Read in details]
The first week of the IPL has already shown that dew will play a major role in the tournament and it will only gain more significance as the pitches get slower, said Australian limited-overs skipper and RCB opener Aaron Finch on Wednesday.
The teams are expectedly preferring to chase after winning the toss with pitch getting easier in the second half and a wet ball making life tougher for the bowlers.
“The dew will play a big part in the tournament. The last three games, the game at Sharjah (yesterday) and our game here, there was more dew than expected,” said Finch, who is playing in the IPL after two seasons, having missed last year’s edition to prepare for the ODI World Cup.
The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) had its first brush with controversy in only its second match after a contentious umpiring call made by Nitin Menon denied Kings XI Punjab a crucial run, and probably a win, during their helter-skelter chase against Delhi Capitals in Dubai on Sunday evening.
In the third ball of the penultimate over during Kings XI Punjab’s chase, square-leg umpire Menon called Chris Jordan for a ‘short run’. Television replays, however, suggested that Jordan’s bat was well inside the crease at the time of completing his first run.
South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris is unlikely to be available for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s match against Kings XI Punjab on Thursday after suffering a side strain, the team’s Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson said. “Chris Morris unfortunately picked up a slight side strain a few days ago, he would have played a huge role through the middle and death overs, his batting would have had a huge impact as well,” Hesson said in a video posted by on RCB’s Twitter handle.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik finds it extremely “unfair” that his premier pacer Pat Cummins is being criticised after just one bad performance, that too when he played straight after completing his quarantine. All eyes were on Cummins, this edition’s highest paid overseas recruit and he was taken apart by Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma as he went for 49 runs in 3 overs during KKR’s 49-run IPL defeat on Wednesday. [Read More]
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mohammed Shami, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, K Gowtham, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel (wk), Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (C), Karun Nair, Mohammed Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Hardus Viljoen, Darshan Nalkande, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, K Gowtham, J Suchith, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, James Neesham, Chris Jordan, Tajinder Dhillon, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa
Royal Challengers Bangalore have upgraded their bowling attack, which looks well rounded, and have class and power at the top of the batting order. Can they break the IPL jinx? It is the million dollar question every year in this multi-million dollar league.
Difficult, unless they find the perfect combination or Virat Kohli and AB De Villiers are in unstoppable form.
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A restructured Kings XI Punjab have all the required ingredients to achieve success in the ongoing IPL but they have to ensure that good starts are not squandered and their overseas combination is apt. KXIP went into the auction last year with the biggest prize purse and ended up purchasing nine players to solidify their iffy middle order and death bowling.
Kings XI Punjab will look to put behind the controversial “short run” decision in their IPL opener and start afresh when they take on Virat Kohli’s buoyant Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on Thursday.
In their opening game against Delhi Capitals, the square-leg umpire erroneously called KXIP’s Chris Jordan for a “short run” in the third ball of the 19th over, effectively costing his team the closely fought game. KXIP went on to lodge an appeal to the match referee over the incident but on Thursday, KL Rahul and Co would like forget the unsavory incident and focus on the task ahead.
In contrast, RCB opened their campaign on a winning note defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs, raising hopes that things might finally fall into place for them this season. Devdutt Padikkal started his IPL career on a classy note hitting a sublime half-century and will once again be in focus, while AB de Villers will also look to continue in the same vein following a crucial half-century. [Read More]
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. In this blog we tell you about all the news coming from both RCB and KXIP camps as well as any other updates from the league.