RCB vs SRH Match Preview – The 54th match of IPL 2019 will be played tonight at 08:00 PM local time.
The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore is all set to witness an interesting encounter tonight when the home side RCB will be challenged by the visitors, Sunrisers Hyderabad.
This year was also unlucky for the Royal Challengers and their fans as the team has been knocked out of this season of IPL. Despite once losing 7 games in a row, the Virat Kohli-led RCB shown some potential and came back in the competition by winning 4 out of the 5 matches.
However, with their defeat against the Delhi Capitals and a rain-interrupted draw against the Rajasthan Royals, their chances to qualify for the playoffs are completely over.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad is still in the race of playoff’s qualification having 12 points in 13 matches.
The Orange Army lost its previous game against the Mumbai Indians in an exciting super-over match. Now, they’ll have to win both of their remaining games and that too with higher net run-rate so as to grab that 4th position in the playoffs.
Last time when both these team faced each other in this season, SRH defeated RCB by 118 runs.
Now, it will be very interesting to see whether SRH defeat RCB again tonight to keep their qualification hopes alive, or RCB will take their revenge and stop the Orange Army to qualify for the playoffs.
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 54th game of IPL season-12th between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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 SRH on Hotstar.
Pitch Report/Condition:
Throughout this season of IPL so far, the pitch of Chinnaswamy has given high-scoring matches. The wicket is completely flat with no presence of grass on it. This allows the ball to come easily on the bat. Also, the large cracks on the pitch allow spinners to get good turn on the wicket.
Average 1st Innings total at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru (last 4 Night IPL games): 190
Records of the chasing teams at this venue: Won 1, Lost 3
Weather Conditions/Report:
The temperature tonight is expected to remain in the range of 33 and 37-degree Celsius during the gameplay. According to our weather reports, there are slight chances of rain today as well.
During the 2nd innings of the game, the things will get cooler as the temperature will fall down under 30 degrees, making the crowd and players to get comfortable. Dew can also play a major role as the level of humidity will be high tonight.
Last 5 IPL Matches (most-recent match first)
The win/lose stats for both the teams are as follows;
Royal Challengers Bangalore: N/R, L, W, W, W
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L, W, L, L, W
Possible Playing 11:
Here are possible playing 11 of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for tonight’s match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB’s Bench Strength – Devdutt Padikkal, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Ray Barman, Colin de Grandhomme, Mohammad Siraj, Tim Southee
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson (C), Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi
SRH’s Bench Strength – Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Siddarth Kaul, Abhishek Sharma
Team News:
Marcus Stonis has left the team and will not play tonight’s game against the Sunrisers.
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 SRH.
Captain Choices: AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Manish Pandey
Vice Captain Choices: Manish Pandey, Parthiv Patel, Mohammad Nabi
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 Dream11, 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 SRH.
Small League/Head To Head Team
Wicket Keeper – Wriddhiman Saha
Batsman – Virat Kohli, Martin Guptill, Manish Pandey (VC), AB de Villiers (C)
All-Rounders – Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar
Bowlers – Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Grand/Mega League Team
Wicket Keeper – Parthiv Patel (VC)
Batsman – Manish Pandey (C), AB de Villiers, Kane Williamson, Gurkeerat Singh Mann
All-Rounders – Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar
Bowlers – Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav
Power Pick Player
Our power pick for today’s match between RCB and SRH is Kane Williamson.
In his last 4 innings against RCB in IPL, Williamson has scored 193 runs at an average of 49.05, making him a must-have player in grand leagues.
Our Advice:
Manish Pandey is back in form and thus it will be a smart chocie to make him captain or vice-captain in grand leagues.
Our Match Prediction:
RCB is out of the tournament but can cause trouble to the Orange Army in its last game. Thus, we predict RCB to win tonight’s encounter against SRH.
Current Points Table
Here is the current position of all teams in the points table.
Our fantasy cricket league teams for yesterday’s match of KXIP vs KKR performed really well, and we hope you win small & grand leagues of fantasy cricket games with our today’s teams, match predictions, match previews, detailed analysis of the match, and fantasy cricket tips.
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*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.
