One team is struggling with the bat while the other team is yet to showcase its batting style and charisma. The team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) versus Gujarat Lions (GL) battle is yet to steal the show completely when tonight the game. Two crucial points are yet to grab by the two teams as the match will be taking place between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) versus Gujarat Lions (GL) at the Chinnaswamy stadium this Thursday on 27th April.
A victory for RCB is yet to see the fifth-place in the league standings. Two points will be the push by GL to sixth place, while they are having the chance to grab more scores at the match. This time the Sunrisers Hyderabad is having some extra pressure in front of RCB team to perform and the team also needs to win five games in the remaining six games while it would be the progressing one. GL, who are currently ranked last, have to win an extra game in front of RCB, and they also need to be top at the scoreboard of the match.
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There is some expectation the match is having its star Cricketer Irfan Pathan and the left-handed all-rounder was very early to arrive at the ground in order to practice for the game properly. With this game, Irfan Pathan can also make his return to the next level of the top-level cricket!
There is the game between the RCB and GL is going to be the interesting one. The team RCB is blessed with some star cricketers including, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers but Chris Gayle is opted out. Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Stuart Binny, Sachin Baby and Vishnu Vinod – are the other players who are the attraction point of the game.
(RCB) vs (GL) Match Info Details:
Match Referee: Chinmay Sharma
The Lions looked relaxed this time and the team is playing very ideal now. This time the team is having Brendon McCullum and Suresh Raina as spinners GL. Aaron Finch will perform well followed by Ravindra Jadeja. Ishan Kishan, who was not fit for the Lions’ previous game against Kings XI Punjab, was somehow records breaking.
Expectation: On the weather front, the city is having gray and dry cloud whether so it is expected that the match is going to be the fine one. This atmosphere is also Cricket friendly atmosphere so it is expected that players are going to play well here. The game is having full chance to go well in this weather. The practices of the match are also in good amount.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Team News
Surprisingly, the game between RCB and GL is touted as the much-awaited game of the year which is well touted from the last year. When Royal Challengers Bangalore is competing with the Gujarat Lions in that time Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli made a strong statement. This probably will keep the morale high and the game is also touted as the special one.
Yuzvendra Chahal had a good game at the Eden Gardens and with the pitch which is the very friendly pitch for the spinners; he holds the key for RCB against the volatile GL. Tymal Mills can help his bowlers with his unique bowling style.
Gujarat Lions Team News
Dwayne Smith was not to be seen in the training session. With Roy having a hit in the middle, and he is also playing well. While the batting line-up has been going with pretty consistent, Gujarat has made some significance’s number of changes to their bowling style. They have fielded about 12 bowlers thus far, and the team decided to have 12 players on its kitty with the injury concerns of the game.
Basil Thampi is yet to watch in the game as the player alongside Chris Gayle who mostly performs well. Shadab Jakati rolled his arm over against Captain Suresh Raina and there is also some expectation the team is having from Shubham Agarwal though last time he did not perform as per expectation in front of the Kings XI Punjab. There is a chance that James Faulkner will go ahead of Smith and Roy, for he bowled at good pace, and there is also some expectation the team is having from Ishan Kishan.
Playing 11 RCB vs GL
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav (wk), Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Tymal Mills, Samuel Badree, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Gujarat Lions: Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Jason Roy/James Faulkner, Irfan Pathan, Andrew Tye, Basil Thampi, Shubham Agarwal/Shadab Jakati, Nathu Singh
Match Prediction:
Gujarat Lions 60%
Royal Challengers Bangalore 40%
