Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the last two times the teams met. Today, in that way seems to be a match where Rising Pune Supergiants will look to win against RCB for the first time. Virat Kohli who made a comeback in the last game for RCB and got 62, will be hoping he repeats the same feat today. With Lockie Ferguson going at an economy rate of 11 against Gujarat Lions, Pune may choose Adam Zampa’s legspin over Ferguson’s pace on a Bengaluru pitch. Shane Watson, who captained RCB in the first three matches, will probably remain sidelined for extended periods through the tournament.
The only Rising Pune bowler to dismiss Kohli is Ashok Dinda, who was dropped in the last game. Against Tahir and Zampa, Kohli has scored 75 runs off 42 balls. RPS will look at Imran Tahir to fire with the ball like he has been in the series. Mahendra Singh Dhoni would also be hoping to get some runs under his belt.
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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
