Published: Apr 11, 2013, 03:59 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 11, 2013, 03:59 PM (IST)
Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to continue their winning streak © PTI
Bangalore: Apr 11, 2013
On a high after extracting revenge against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to continue their winning streak when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Led by the energetic Virat Kohli, RCB trounced Hyderabad by 19 runs on Tuesday and the RCB skipper will be hoping that his men will not go haywire after making a good start, which was their story until the last IPL.
On the other hand, after losing to Rajasthan Royals in their previous encounter, KKR will look for a reversal of fortunes when they play their third match against the southern powerhouse.
RCB were impressive against Hyderabad and Kohli and RP Singh starred with bat and bowl respectively.
The Challengers were bolstered by RP Singh’s three for 27, after Kohli notched up a blazing unbeaten 93 off 47 balls. He struck 11 boundaries and four sixes in an innings that helped Bangalore register a win with 14 balls to spare.
The Mallya-owned franchise will be hoping to get a rollicking start from Gayle, who failed to make an impact in the last two games. AB de Villiers will hope to fire after scoring 15 vital runs in a 49-run partnership with his skipper against Hyderabad.
The rest of the batting too has solid names such as Tillakaratne Dilshan, Andrew McDonald, Mayank Agarwal and Moises Henriques apart from Arun Karthik and Vinay Kumar.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (probable): Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Arun Karthik (wk), Lokesh Rahul, Vinay Kumar, RP Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Muttiah Muralitharan
Kolkata Knight Riders (probable): Gautam Gambhir, Manvinder Bisla (wk), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Eoin Morgan, Ryan McLaren, Rajat Bhatia, Pradeep Sangwan, Sunil Narine, Lakshmipathy Balaji
(With inputs from PTI)
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