Match Details:
The 28th match of the IPL Fantasy Cricket 2020 will be
played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders at Sharjah
Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
This game is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM IST (06:00
PM local time) (02:00 PM UTC). The game will be telecasted on the Star Sports
Network (Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Bengali).
Also, live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
Preview:
The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Kolkata
Knight Riders (KKR) are two teams who have been going well in this edition of
the IPL. Thus far, both these teams won four games each out of six and are only
differentiated by the NRR. In their last fantasy
game against the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), KKR pulled off a magnificent
victory. They managed to pull off a win from the jaws of a defeat and hopped
over the line by just a margin of two runs.
On the other hand, the Royal Challengers also bounced
back hard with a big win against CSK after an embarrassing loss to the Delhi
Capitals (DC). With Chris Morris back in the last, they look to be a much
better-balanced side and will be equally confident as the Knights. Thus, this
game between these two sides should be a cliff-hanger and both will compete
hard for those two points as they look to inch closer to the playoffs.
RCB vs KKR Weather Report for Match 28:
The temperature will be around 32-33 degrees Celsius
in Sharjah on Monday evening. There will be strong winds across the ground.
Pitch Condition/Report:
For the first time in the last game, scores well below
200 were scored in both the innings. As the tournament is progressing, the
pitches seem to be getting slower.
Average first innings score:
212 (Thus far in the tournament at this venue)
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 1, Lost – 4, Tied – 0
Injury and Availability News:
Andre Russell injured himself while taking a catch in
the last game. Although it didn’t seem serious, he is doubtful for this match.
With his bowling action report, Sunil Narine is also
uncertain for this game.
RCB vs KKR Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de
Villiers (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Washington
Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bench:
Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn,
Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Pavan Deshpande, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam
Zampa.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Rahul Tripathi, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Sunil
Narine/Chris Green, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell/Tom Banton, Dinesh Karthik (c
& wk), Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Bench:
Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil
Naik, Sunil Narine/Chris Green, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Andre
Russell/Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth, Shivam Mavi.
RCB vs KKR Top Picks for Today’s Match:
Virat Kohli started off the tournament slowly but
picked up pace in the last few games. He’s already amongst the leading
run-scorers in the tournament with 223 runs at an average of 56. Moreover, he
scored an unbeaten 90 in the last game.
Shubman Gill mustered 220 runs in 6 matches while
averaging 44. He has got two fifties thus far.
In his first game, Chris Morris returned with figures
of 3/19 and can contribute with the bat as well.
Dinesh Karthik found his touch back in the last game
and raced his way to 58 off 29 balls.
Yuzvendra Chahal has regularly been amongst the
wickets and has got 9 of them from 6 games thus far.
Eoin Morgan has been in decent touch in the
tournament. The England limited-overs skipper has engineered his way to 167
runs from 6 games at an average of 42.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Virat Kohli, Chris Morris
Vice-Captain Options – Shubman Gill, Aaron Finch
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for RCB vs KKR Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – AB de Villiers, Dinesh Karthik
Batters – Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (vc),
Eoin Morgan
All-Rounders – Chris Morris, Andre Russell
Bowlers – Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna
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