Royal Challengers Bangalore have nothing to play for but for KKR it is all to play for as they will look to finish in the top two. KKR lost their last two matches and that has set them back and they have also slipped from 2 to 3. Now with 2 games remaining, KKR would eye to win both and finish among the top 2. With news pouring in, it seems Chris Lynn is all-set to make a comeback. Earlier in the tournament Lynn scored the fastest fifty in the tournament in KKR’s first match. RCB have played below potential in the tournament and that is the reason why they are at the bottom of the table. RCB have lost five on the trot.
Knight Riders lead 10-9 in all IPL matches but Royal Challengers have a 4-3 record against the Kolkata team in Bengaluru.
The last time they met, KKR defended a total of 131 by dismissing RCB for a paltry 49. RCB would have been hurt by that and hence would be eager to leave the tournament on a high.
Overall, Knight Riders have the second-worst scoring-rate at the death, and hit a boundary only every 6.1 balls. They have to be mindful of it.
The likely XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Mandeep Singh, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Kedar Jadhav (wk), 6 Shane Watson/Travis Head, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 S Aravind, 9 Samuel Badree, 10 Aniket Choudhary, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders 1 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Robin Uthappa/Sheldon Jackson (wk), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Nathan Coulter-Nile/Piyush Chawla, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Kuldeep Yadav
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