RCB vs KXIP Match Preview – The Chinnaswamy Stadium will witness a mouth-watering contest tonight when the Royal Challengers will lock their horns with the visitors, Kings XI Punjab.
The 42nd match of IPL 2019 will be played tonight at 08:00 PM local time.
Royal Challengers are back on a winning track and Virat Kohli is highly pleased with his team’s performance in the last two games.
RCB has defeated the on-song Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a thrilling encounter on Sunday. With their 1 run win over CSK, the chances of RCB to qualify for the playoffs are still alive.
On the other hand, despite having a satisfactory start to the season, the Ashwin-led Kings XI Punjab are now on the lower side of confidence. They have to manage to register only one win in their last 4 matches and are thus on 5th position in the points table.
Last time when both these team faced each other, RCB defeated KXIP by 5 wickets. The innings from skipper Virat Kohli and his batting companion AB de Villers were absolutely amazing.
Now, with RCB getting back on the winning track, it’ll be very interesting to see, how both the teams tackle each other’s strategies to get themselves up in the points table.
Here are the match preview, Dream 11 fantasy league teams, pitch report, weather conditions, our power picks, and all the details of today’s match.
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Match Details:
The Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru will host the 42nd game of IPL season-12th between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab.
This encounter between both the teams will start at 08:00 PM local time tonight (02:30 GMT).
In India, the official broadcasting channel for live telecasting of IPL matches is Star Sports.
You can also watch the online Live Streaming of today’s game of RCB vs KXIP on Hotstar.
Pitch Report/Condition:
The pitch of Chinnaswamy is behaving differently in this tournament. It is now supporting batters as well as the spinners. So, we can expect a high scoring game tonight.
Average 1st Innings total at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru (last 3 Night IPL games): 183
Records of the chasing teams at this venue: Won 1, Lost 2
Weather Conditions/Report:
The temperature tonight is expected to remain in the range of 30 and 35-degree Celsius during the play time.
During the second half of the game, the things will get cooler as the temperature will get down under 30 degrees, making the crowd and players to get comfortable. Dew can play an important part in the second half of the match.
Last 5 IPL Matches (most-recent match first)
The win/lose stats for both the teams are as follows;
Royal Challengers Bangalore: W, W, L, W, L
Kings XI Punjab: L, W, L, L, W
Possible Playing 11:
Here are possible playing 11 of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for tonight’s match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pawan Negi, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Dale Steyn
RCB’s Bench Strength – Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann Umesh Yadav, Shivam Dube, Prayas Ray Barman, Tim Southee, Washington Sundar
Kings XI Punjab
KL Rahul (WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravi Ashwin (C), Hardus Viljoen, Harpreet Brar, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami
KXIP’s Bench Strength – Karun Nair, Simran Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Darshan Nalkande, Andrew Tye, Moises Henriques, Agnivesh Ayachi, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran
Team News:
Mujeeb Ur Rahman is still injured and will thus miss out today’s game against the RCB.
Fantasy Cricket League Tips
Win Small and Grand leagues of fantasy cricket leagues by following our tips and match predictions. Here are our suggested options for Captain and Vice-captain choices for tonight’s match of RCB vs KXIP.
Captain Choices: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers
Vice Captain Choices: Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, KL Rahul
Crickclassics’ Dream 11 Teams
At Crickclassics, we carry out an in-depth analysis of each and every match to make the best and winning teams for the fantasy cricket leagues like Dream 11, My Team 11, Mobile Premier League, 11 Wickets, Dot Ball, etc.
Here are our teams for small and grand leagues of Dream 11 for tonight’s match of RCB vs KXIP.
Small League/Head To Head Team
Wicket Keeper – Parthiv Patel
Batsman – Chris Gayle (VC), AB de Villiers, David Miller, Virat Kohli (C), Akshdeep Nath
All-Rounders – Ravi Ashwin, Moeen Ali
Bowlers – Mohammed Shami, N. Saini, Dale Steyn
Grand/Mega League Team
Wicket Keeper – KL Rahul
Batsman – Mayank Agarwal (C), Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Akshdeep Nath
All-Rounders – Moeen Ali (VC), Marcus Stoinis, Sam Curran
Bowlers – Murugan Ashwin, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal
Power Pick Player
Our power pick for today’s match between RCB and KXIP is Chris Gayle.
In his last 4 matches against RCB in IPL, Rayudu scored 192 runs at an average of 64.67 (including 1 half century), making him a must-have player in small leagues.
Our Advice:
Due to credit issues, it will be tough to select Virat, ABD, Gayle, and Rahul in one team. Considering recent form of the players, go for Rahul, Virat, and Gayle.
Our Match Prediction:
With RCB coming back into form, we expect them to win tonight’s game against the Kings XI Punjab.
Current Points Table
Here is the current position of all teams in the points table.
Our Dream11 teams for yesterday’s match performed really well, and we hope you win small and grand leagues of fantasy cricket games with our today’s match predictions, match previews, detailed analysis of the match, and fantasy cricket tips. Stay updated with Crickclassics to get the same for every match.
*Disclaimer: These teams are based on the analysis, instinct, and understanding of the author. Make your own decision and consider the points mentioned while selecting your team.
