Published: Apr 24, 2019, 07:38 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 24, 2019, 07:40 PM (IST)
TOSS: KXIP win toss and opt to bowl first.
Nicolas Pooran in for Sam Curran. Harpreet Brar sits and in comes Ankit Rajpoot for KXIP. For RCB, Dale Steyn out with a niggle and in comes Tim Southee, and finally Washington Sundar gets a game in place of Pawan Negi.
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Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Hardus Viljoen, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Shami
Game 42 of IPL 2019 is between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today.
RCB are last on the IPL points table and KXIP are fifth.
Both teams have power hitters like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, David Miller, KL Rahul and Moeen Ali which offer online fantasy cricket fans lots of options.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE & KINGS XI PUNJAB LIKELY TEAMS
RCB, who need to win all their remaining matches, may not make any changes.
RCB likely XI: 1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Virat Kohli (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Akshdeep Nath, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 Umesh Yadav, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Navdeep Saini, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Expected changes: None.
VIDEO: After thriller against CSK, RCB out to tame KXIP
Keeping in mind the Chinnaswamy surface, KXIP may opt to go in with Rajpoot instead of Harpreet Brar.
KXIP likely XI: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 KL Rahul (wk), 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 David Miller, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Ravichandran Ashwin (capt), 8. Harpreet Brar/Ankit Rajpoot, 9 Hardus Viljoen, 10 Murugan Ashwin, 11 Mohammed Shami
Expected changes: Ankit Rajpoot for Harpreet Brar.
PREVIEW: Bangalore host under-fire Punjab
Parthiv Patel (wk), Chris Gayle (CAPT), Virat Kohli (VICE-CAPTAIN), AB de Villiers, David Miller, Sam Curran, Moeen Ali, M Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini
Head-to-head record in IPL
Number of times played: 23
RCB wins: 11 | KXIP wins: 12
Recent form (latest first)
RCB: W W L W L
KXIP: L W L L W
Player to watch out for: Chris Gayle
