Hello and welcome to match no.52 of IPL 2020 from Sharjah. In this match SRH are up against Virat Kohli's RCB. The latter are just one win away from the playoffs, while SRH need to win all their games, and need a bit of luck on their sides to make it to top four. Let's catch all the action live.
Devdutt Padikkal vs T Natarajan: Padikkal has been an excellent back-foot player and if he gets his eye in, he can kick in and play a long innings. Natarajan on the other hand is known as ‘yorker king’ and can bowl pinpoint Yorkers. If Padikkal gets going, Natarajan will be the man who will be summoned to counter him.
AB de Villiers vs Rashid Khan: Meanwhile one of the most loved guys at RCB, AB de Villiers can enthrall the crowd with his 360-degree skills. He is one of those who can take an inch, if you give him a foot. Rashid Khan has been in some serious form and he has all the tricks up his sleeves to stop ABD in his stride.
Wriddhiman Saha vs Navdeep Saini: Saha played his first game of the season and made an instant impact. Playing against Delhi Capitals, Saha took his time and once his fellow opener Warner departed, he held the game from the scruff of its neck. He smashed 87 runs in 45 balls. SRH would expect that Saha keeps shining at the top of the order. Meanwhile Saini will be Kohli’s go-to man in case Saha fires. Saini can be very good with his Yorkers and can bail RCB out.
RCB will be up against SRH in the Indian Premier League Fixture in Sharjah. While RCB had a tense finish against Mumbai Indians, they still failed to seal the deal. Meanwhile SRH steamrolled Delhi Capitals and they would hope to maintain the winning run.We look at the Key Battles:
Hello and welcome to match no.52 of IPL 2020 from Sharjah. In this match SRH are up against Virat Kohli's RCB. The latter are just one win away from the playoffs, while SRH need to win all their games, and need a bit of luck on their sides to make it to top four. Let's catch all the action live.
IPL 2020 Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Latest Updates IPL 2020 Live Score: Devdutt Padikkal vs T Natarajan: Padikkal has been an excellent back-foot player and if he gets his eye in, he can kick in and play a long innings. Natarajan on the other hand is known as ‘yorker king’ and can bowl pinpoint Yorkers. If Padikkal gets going, Natarajan will be the man who will be summoned to counter him.
PREVIEW: After two back to back defeats, the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be desperate for a win against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Saturday in the Indian Premier League (IPL). A win in this match will be enough for RCB to secure a spot in the playoffs. While RCB sit at the second place with 14 points, SRH lie at the sixth spot with just 10 points. SRH need to win both their matches left and loads of luck to qualify for the playoffs.
The David Warner-led SRH will be high on confidence after their massive 88-run win over Delhi Capitals (DC) on Tuesday. It was SRH's top-order that fired in unison to put up a huge total (219/2) on board before their bowlers set the Dubai International Cricket Stadium ablaze as they wrapped up Delhi for a paltry 131 runs. Both Warner and Wridddhiman Saha are in great touch while Manish Pandey, too, has been getting better with each passing game. Meanwhile, Vijay Shankar and Jason Holder, who d'dn't get the opportunity to bat against DC, needs to be more responsible as the onus of the lower middle-order lies on them.
Despite losing experienced pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar midway, their bowlers have clicked collectively to trouble the opponents, filling the void quite decently. They were clinical against DC especially, Rashid Khan (3/7), who has not just got breakthroughs at regular intervals but has also led the entire SRH bowling attack. On the other hand, RCB are coming after two consecutive defeats against Chennai and Mumbai respectively. Despite boasting of some great firepower in their ranks, they faltered against MI to put a respectable total. Significantly, RCB strength lie in their batters -- skipper Kohli, in-form opener Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, and Aaron Finch.
If any of the two gets going, no target or total will be big enough. Also, Josh Philippe, who replaced Finch in the last game, was impressive with his 33. In the middle-order, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, and Gurkeerat Mann needs to bat more responsibly and like the top-order, the trio is too, well-capable to take any attack to cleaners. Coming to their bowling, barring Washington Sundar (0/20), the others -- Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dale Steyn, and Morris -- were average against MI. They need to pull up their socks as soon as possible as the business end of the cash-rich league is about to culminate. The last time the two sides squared-off, Kohli and Co. were on the winning side by a 10-run margin.
