Royal Challengers Bangalore has a good record against Rising Pune Supergiant, RCB has never lost to the team that made its debut last year. One contest that would be interesting to watch out for is when Tymal Mills will bowl to Ben Stokes. Also, RPS would be so desperate to see their hero Mahendra Singh Dhoni get back in form as he is a big player for the team. Steven Smith has shown rich form and he as usual is going to be the watch out player. Virat Kohli would be looking to get a big score, probably a three-figure score.
The last time they played in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 108 helped the home side chase down the 192 target with three balls to spare. Chris Gayle is in not the best of form and would be hoping to get back into form in time.
The match is the second of the double header today and it starts at 08:00 pm IST. You can watch the match live on Sony Max, Sony Six or you can also live stream on Hotstar. But yes, for the fastest, real-feel digital updates stay tuned to inUth.com, also check out the youtube channel for interesting videos.
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Likely XI:
Royal Challengers Bangalore 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Virat Kohli (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Kedar Jadhav (wk), 5 Pawan Negi, 6 Mandeep Singh, 7 Stuart Binny, 8 Tymal Mills, 9 S Aravind, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Samuel Badree
Rising Pune Supergiant 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Rahul Tripathi, 3 Steven Smith (capt) 4 Manoj Tiwary, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 MS Dhoni (wk), 7 Ankit Sharma, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Lockie Ferguson/Adam Zampa, 10 Rahul Chahar, 11 Imran Tahir
