CricBattle Daily Fantasy Cricket League Tips Bangalore vs Punjab on April 24 by Soubhagya Swain,1801 days ago |
CricBattle Daily Fantasy Cricket League Tips
Bangalore vs Punjab on April 24
The Royal Challengers Bangalore must be hoping that they didn’t start picking up too late in this edition’s Indian Premier League. After six consecutive defeats, the Virat Kohli-captained franchise has won three out of their last four games. But despite their mini purple-patch, the Challengers are languishing at the bottom of the points table and are in a must-win scenario for every encounter. A couple of days ago, the RCB survived a massive scare as Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni almost pulled a rabbit out of the hat with a knock of 84 not out at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The hosts won the game by one run and it was their first victory over the Super Kings after seven defeats. The RCB are next scheduled to host the Kings XI Punjab tomorrow. On the head to head count, both teams are neck and neck, and a cracker of a contest can be expected. On the contrary, Punjab are hanging midway in the points table with five wins from 10 games. Ravi Ashwin’s men last slumped to a hefty defeat against the Delhi Capitals and will find themselves in massive trouble if they go on and lose the all-important encounter in Bangalore.
Best economical pick – Parthiv Patel played a fine knock in the last game. He counterattacked the bowlers despite losing wickets at the other end. The wicket-keeper batsman scored an important half-century and was brilliant behind the stumps with that last ball run out.
Top captains & vice captains – For a number of years, Chris Gayle plied his trade for the RCB and he would be pretty accustomed of the track at the venue in Bengaluru. Now he will be playing for the Kings and Ashwin’s men will be looking up to the experienced campaigner to come to the party and deliver the goods. On a batting paradise, the Challengers need to get rid of the big fish at the earliest. Having scored 387 runs in his last 10 games for RCB at an average of 38.70, Virat Kohli is their leading run-scorer this season by a fair distance. He would be hoping to get a decent score under his belt, helping his team.
Smart pick – Ravichandran Ashwin has been a street smart skipper and is doing an impressive job. He is also mixing up his variations well with the ball in hand. The KXIP skipper is expected to nullify the likes of Parthiv and Moeen Ali.
Cautious Pick – RCB may bring in left-armer Kulwant Khejroliya in place of Umesh Yadav, who was erratic the other night. Umesh Yadav went for 24 runs in the last over of last match against CSK.
My XI – Chris Gayle (Captain), Virat Kohli (Vice-Captain), R Ashwin, Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Shami, Moeen Ali, Mayank Agarwal, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath
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