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BLR vs KXIP Today IPL Match Prediction :
Royal Challengers Bangalore will face off Kings XI Punjab in their eighth match of Indian Premier League in Sharjah tomorrow night. Royal Challengers Bangalore with five wins from seven matches is sitting at third place and will look to add another two points to their account. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab have only two points from seven matches and are in a position from where they need to win their all matches so they will look to start a winning streak from this match.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of Royal Challengers Bangalore as well as of Kings XI Punjab and will also make our BLR vs KXIP Today Match Prediction –
Strengths :
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s major strength is their top order batting of Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers and all these batsmen have put some good performances and once again will be key. In the bowling the addition of Chris Morris has strengthened them and now they have a good bowling unit in Chris Morris, Navdeep Saini, Isuru Udana, Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar who all are doing their jobs very well and will have to continue their good form.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab’s major strength is their inform opening pair of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal who have scored more than 700 runs between them so far and once again they will look to give a good start. Nicholas Pooran too is batting well and the return of Chris Gayle will further strengthen them. In the bowling Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh have been good so far and they have to be at their best to stop Bangalore’s side.
Weaknesses :
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s weakness is their middle order as after AB de Villiers they don’t have an experienced batsmen. The likes of Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana and Chris Morris haven’t faced enough balls yet and if some early wickets fall Bangalore can face a lot of problems so they need to strengthen their lower batting order.
Kings XI Punjab’s weakness is their out of form middle order as the likes of Mandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Sarfraz Khan, Karun Nair and Simran Singh have been poor with bat and it creates a lot of pressure on top order. In bowling their fourth and fifth bowlers are struggling to take wickets and in middle overs they leak a lot of runs and neither their bowlers are bowling well in death overs.
Here we are going to discuss both Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab’s playing combination and probable playing Xis who will be useful for making Bangalore vs Punjab Dream11 Team
Royal Challengers Bangalore is in fine form and they are expected to continue with the same playing 11 who played against Kolkata Knight Riders in the last match. On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab will make at least one change as Chris Gayle is set to play his first match and he might come in place of either Glenn Maxwell or Mujeeb ur Raham and Simran Singh too can be dropped for K Gowtham.
Predicted Playing Xis :
Royal Challengers Bangalore :
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kings XI Punjab :
KL Rahul (c & wk), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, K Gowtham, Mandeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Jordan
BLR vs KXIP Today IPLMatch Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for BLR vs KXIP Dream 11 Prediction teams
KL Rahul : He has been in excellent form with bat this season as he has smashed over 350 runs in the tournament so far – most runs by any batsman so far and against Bangalore in the first meeting he played a big knock of 132* runs.
Virat Kohli : Captain of Bangalore is back in form and in the last four matches he has scored 238 runs at an average of 238 with 2 fifties so given his form he is a must pick.
Mayank Agarwal : He is also having a great IPL as he too has scored over 350 runs and giving good fight to KL Rahul for orange cap and given his form he should continue scoring good runs.
Chris Morris : His addition to playing 11 has strengthened Bangalore’s bowling attack and he has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches so far and he is bowling most of the overs towards back end of the innings so he might get 2-3 wickets in this match as well.