Tremendous IPL Sunday: RCB eye playoffs berth vs PBKS, SRH goal to dent KKR’s potentialities

Any other two issues from a win will virtually guarantee them of a spot within the place-offs however for that, RCB will wish to put it throughout Punjab Kings who’re coming off a morale-boosting win in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders.

With their five-wicket victory over KKR, Punjab Kings too stored alive their potentialities of constructing the playoffs, even supposing they’re down at 5th place with 12 issues after 5 wins and 7 reverses.

Batters’ union in consultation. ?#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/rEg0SyR0tV

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) October 2, 2021

Up in opposition to an bold RCB outfit, Punjab Kings may have their process minimize out on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Even supposing he didn’t cross directly to make a large ranking, Virat Kohli appeared excellent right through his keep within the center in his workforce’s victory over Rajasthan Royals, as did the skipper’s younger opening spouse Devdutt Padikkal.

Either one of them performed some cracking photographs sooner than the in-form celebrity all-rounder Glenn Maxwell finished the task together with his 2nd immediately half-century.

If the placement calls for, like of their closing day trip, Maxwell can once more come up with the money for to have a look at Srikar Bharat to construct a cast partnership within the center overs.

Punjab Kings, however, will once more depend on their relied on opening duo of skipper KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal to supply them a flying get started.

They had been a number of the runs in opposition to KKR, and can glance to do an encore in opposition to RCB.

The Kings cross marching ?#SaddaPunjab #IPL2021 #PunjabKings #KKRvPBKS @klrahul11 pic.twitter.com/uotvDW3MGP

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) October 2, 2021

The most important plus for Punjab Kings heading into the RCB sport is their loss of life bowling that lead the way for his or her win within the closing fit.

Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh’s two incisive overs on the loss of life went a ways in putting in place Punjab’s victory in opposition to KKR, and the workforce would hope for the same day trip from the 2 in opposition to RCB.

Groups (from):

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Navdeep Saini, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian, Rajat Patidar, Dushmantha Chameera, Pavan Deshpande, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Sachin Child, Wanindu Hasaranga, George Garton, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Devdutt Padikkal, Kyle Jamieson, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat, Tim David, Akash Deep, AB de Villiers.

Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Nathan Ellis, Adil Rashid, Murugan Ashwin, Harpreet Brar, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan, Aiden Markram, Mandeep Singh, Darsan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Ravi BIshnoi, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Jalaj Saxena.

Fit begins: 3:30 pm IST.

SRH goal to dent KKR’s play-off potentialities

Out of the play-offs race, bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad will glance to dent Kolkata Knight Riders’ probabilities of making it to the knockout degree once they face off in an IPL sport right here on Sunday.

With 9 defeats from 11 suits, SRH are languishing on the backside, whilst KKR nonetheless have hopes of qualifying for the knockout degree as they’re at fourth position with 10 issues from 12 suits.

SRH have received only one fit out of the 4 that they’ve performed because the resumption of the IPL within the UAE.

Whilst SRH had returned to successful techniques after 5 losses at the trot with a powerful victory over Rajasthan Royals, they misplaced their closing sport by means of six wickets at Sharjah, permitting Chennai Tremendous Kings to qualify for the play-offs.

The onerous paintings continues for @IamAbhiSharma4, as he seems to construct on two spectacular cameos for the #Risers.#OrangeArmy #OrangeOrNothing #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/PDw7vra6nN

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) October 2, 2021

The Sunrisers had dropped their handiest IPL-winning (2016) skipper David Warner after axing him from captaincy however that didn’t trade the destiny of the workforce as Kane Williamson has no longer been in a position to restore the fortunes of the Orange Military.

For SRH, batting stays their weakest hyperlink, particularly within the absence of Jonny Bairstow.

Whilst English opener Jason Roy sizzled on his debut with a quickfire 60 and Williamson too scored a 51 of their a hit chase of 165 in opposition to RR, each got here a cropper in opposition to CSK of their closing sport.

Within the bowling division, Jason Holder has again and again given them the breakthroughs, however senior India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Siddarth Kaul have upset.

Leg-spinner Rashid Khan stays SRH’s largest weapon in opposition to any opposition, however he didn’t have sufficient runs to play with maximum instances.

For KKR, the UAE leg of the IPL has been a topsy-turvy affair as they’ve received 3 video games, whilst shedding two to this point.

The 2-time former champions have inspired with their efficiency in the second one half of, or even their two defeats had been slim, the place they misplaced within the closing over.

Venkatesh Iyer has been the celebrity performer with the bat in the second one leg for KKR, whilst Rahul Tripathi has scored the utmost runs for the workforce this season.

The verdict to transport Nitish Rana up the order has additionally paid dividends however Shubman Gill has no longer been in a position to capitalise at the begins.

In bowling, Varun Chakravarthy has been their go-to guy as he picked up six wickets in the second one leg, whilst Sunil Narine too has been a number of the wickets.

However they’ve considerations within the tempo division with Andre Russell and Lockie Ferguson lacking video games following accidents, forcing skipper Eoin Morgan to make adjustments.

Best getting higher ?#VenkateshIyer #KKRvPBKS #KKR #AmiKKR #KorboLorboJeetbo #আমিKKR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/6wT3O59PES

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) October 2, 2021

Even the KKR captain must get some runs underneath his belt.

Tim Southee and Shivam Mavi is the brand new tempo bowling pair for KKR and they’ll wish to step up.

Pacer Prasidh Krishna did smartly to snap 4 wickets within the suits that he had performed, sooner than being dropped for conceding 22 runs within the 19th over, in opposition to CSK.

Groups (from):

Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (captain), Dinesh Karthik, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Karun Nair, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathy, Shubman Gill, Harbhajan Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pawan Negi, M Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Dube, Tim Southee, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russel, Ben Reducing, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (captain), David Warner, Manish Pandey, Sherfane Rutherford, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Urman Malik, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Abdul Samad, J Suchith, Jason Holder, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Jason Roy.

Fit begins at 7:30 PM IST.