IPL 2020, SRH vs RCB LIVE: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers BangaloreThe first Southern derby of IPL 2020 is on the cards as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday. Virat Kohli will begin his quest for an elusive IPL title with Royal Challengers Bangalore as they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL encounter in Dubai on Monday.
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Following a nightmarish 2019 season when they finished last, RCB seem to have a much better balance but their ability to hit late in the innings is yet to be tested. For SRH- Kane Williamson doesn’t find a spot but Mitch Marsh plays. For RCB, Moeen Ali is on the bench while Joshua Phillipe plays. The pitch is the same as yesterday.
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Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe(w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal
David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field.
Exactly an hour to go for the toss and team news from SRH vs RCB. Follow all the live updates of the match here.
Probable XI: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal/Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Probable XI: David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul/Sandeep Sharma
In their last five completed head-to-head encounters, Sunrisers have won 3 battles as compared to RCB winning twice. In the 12th edition of the IPL, wherein the two teams played each other twice, the result was 1-1.
David Warner is set to appear as IPL captain for the 48th time and is set to surpass Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 47. SRH will begin their IPL 2020 campaign against RCB in a few hours.
With 55 wickets in three seasons, Rashid Khan is one of the lethal bowlers operating in the IPL but the Afghanistan spinner says his focus is not on taking wickets but bowling economically.
“My focus is always bowling economically well for the team. When I bowl economically it helps the bowlers on the other end to take wickets,” Rashid said during a media interaction ahead of their match against RCB.
Sunrisers Hyderabad could well be the best bowling unit in the competition with the spin and pace department well-stocked and carrying rich experience in this format. If their top order can be prolific and consistent in this high-pressure tournament played during an unprecedented situation, their bowling is strong enough to challenge for their second IPL title.(READ SRH PREVIEW FOR IPL 2020)
Royal Challengers Bangalore have upgraded their bowling attack, which looks well rounded, and have class and power at the top of the batting order. Can they break the IPL jinx? It is the million dollar question every year in this multi-million dollar league. (READ RCB PREVIEW FOR IPL 2020)
Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Playing XI: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal/ Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli(C), Ab De Villiers(WK), Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Yuzi Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI: David Warner(C), Jonny Bairstow(WK), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg/ Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad/ Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sidharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
Kings XI Punjab have lodged an appeal with the match referee over what they believe was an erroneous line call in their match against Delhi Capitals with many claiming the 'short run' call cost them the game including their CEO Satish Menon.
Chris Jordan was looted for 30 runs by Marcus Stoinis and co. in the final over that pushed Delhi Capitals past 150, a total that looked hardly possible at one stage. Were the cricketing gods done with him yet? Nope. The poor man had go through more trauma. He was deemed to have run short in the 19th over by the umpire, costing his team a valuable run though replays suggested his bat was inside the line. He was left to face the final ball of the chase. He needed just a run and Stoinis actually repaid his earlier largesse with a full toss on the legs but his nightmare refused to go away. He scooped it straight to square-leg, dragging the match into super over where his team tamely surrendered.
Ravi Bishnoi gets Rishabh Pant - claims his maiden IPL wicket
Bishnoi kept sliding the ball across the left-hander who kept trying to drag it to the onside. Bishnoi seemed to harness Rashid Khan in his style and Pant was just being Pant. Pant would then tell his partner that it was a googly. Not once did he try to go with the turn. Finally, a googly ricocheted off an inside edge of an attempted slog and fell on the stumps, triggering a wondrous scream of joy from the youngster for his first wicket on the big stage.
A magical over where he grabbed two wickets to spin the game his team’s way ended in pain and tears for R Ashwin. The medical prognosis is awaited but the fear is the DC bowler might have dislocated his shoulder as he fell, trying to stop the ball that was rolling away at quite a distance to his right.
The Indian Premier League might have begun on Saturday, but it hit the ground running only on Sunday with a textbook T20 match that drained the full range of emotions. It was a strange slow-burning match that exploded towards the final stretch. Then it was all a blur, twists and turns springing from every corner. Collapses, surges, momentum swings, a short run, tied scores and super over later, Delhi beat Punjab in a textbook T20 match. (READ MORE)
Virat Kohli will begin his quest for an elusive IPL title when perennial under-achievers Royal Challengers Bangalore take on David Warner’s low profile but consistent Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL encounter in Dubai on Monday. Both teams possess dangerous batsmen who can single-handedly take the game away from the opposition.
RCB have also addressed the issue of their weak death bowling that plagued their campaign last season. The franchise has bought South African bowling all-rounder Chris Morris. (READ MORE)
Hello and welcome to the third day since the start of IPL 2020. CSK won the opening match against Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals joined them in celebration yesterday after beating Kings XI Punjab. Today, Sunrisers player Bangalore. Stay tuned for live updates from Dubai.