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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2016 Final: Virat Kohli and Co. likely XI

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be chasing their first ever Indian Premier League 2016 title when they clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.

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Royal Challengers Hyderabad (RCB ) fight for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 supremacy against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in what could be termed as clash of the titans. RCB are likely to go-in as crowd favorites as the match to their liking is taking place at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. SRH will know all about this stadium having suffered a 45-run defeat in their opening game of the season, while RCB will be vary of them having tasted a defeat the last time they played together. Virat Kohli will lead in this final race and will want his troops to give it all in on a Super Sunday. Vishal Mehra, gives you a look at the probable XI that RCB might opt for against SRH. Full Cricket Scorecard: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2016 Final

Top Order: After a rare failure by Virat Kohli, he will be keen to make this final his own and shine the brightest. Kohli who is sitting on 919 runs in this edition of IPL will look to rack up the magic figure of 1,000 as quickly as possible. Kohli while chasing has been nothing less than magician and will hope that he gets to chase down anything that SRH puts up against him and help him attain the elusive IPL title. Chris Gayle who looked in great touch in the final stages of league matches stumbled upon a failure in the last outing. Knowing Gayle, Kohli would want to make amends and ensure RCB of a victory. RCB’s play maker AB de Villiers, will look to continue his marvelous batting form in the finals as well and would be looking for more support from his fellow batsmen. ALSO READ: RCB vs SRH, IPL 2016, Final: Did Qualifier 2 remind you of Qualifier 1?

Middle Order: KL Rahul who has been the perfect foil to the magnificence of Kohli, de Villiers and Gayle, will want to over come his last match disappointing show and get into the groove of making runs. Rahul has been a sort of revelation for RCB this season, known for his Test skills he has re-invented himself in the T20 arena as well. Shane Watson who is yet to show is complete talent with the bat, will want final coming to party and get his name in the record books. Watson so far has been splendid with the ball for RCB and again will be entrusted with death bowling duties. Sachin Baby who showed glimpses of his batting has now failed to repeat his performances. But knowing how much Kohli believes in him, Baby will want to make his captain proud. RCB’s opening bowling in this season Stuart Binny finally came good with the bat in the last match against Gujarat Lions (GL). Binny had a crucial partnership with ABD which made sure that RCB reach the final.

Bowling: Yuzvendra Chahal has been the mainstay of RCB bowling when comes to providing crucial wickets. Chahal who is second only to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the wickets tally will look to regain the top spot. Chris Jordan who took his time to settle into the scheme of things at RCB, has now become a important component of their bowling. Jordan who has been impeccable in the death overs, will be bring his A-game against a batting heavy SRH. Iqbal Abdulla was nothing less than a god for RCB in last match. Abdulla batted like an invincible along side ABD, contributing 33 runs to their 91 runs 7th wicket stand. Abdulla has also been fairly good with the ball. Rounding RCB’s bowling attack is Sreenath Arvind who has been at the batsmen all the time making them play each and every delivery, hoping to contain the likes of David Warner, Shikar Dhawan and company.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, KL Rahul (wk), Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Yuzvendra Chahal

(Vishal Mehra is a reporter at CricketCountry, who enjoys his weekly dose of anime, and plays cricket once a white moon. His twitter handle is @capturethecatch )

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