Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2018
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will travel to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) home ground for the 39th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018. Virat Kohli-led team finds itself in the troubled waters after losing six matches out of the nine they have played. Thus, their route to the playoff stage is going to be a bumpy ride from here on.

On the other hand, their opponents Hyderabad have already given themselves the best possible chance of going into the final four. As Orange Army has already won seven out of nine fixtures, they look set to make it into playoffs of the ongoing eleventh edition of the Twenty20 league.

Both the teams have travelled a different route thus far. Hyderabad bowlers are the premier reason for their supremacy in the tournament whereas, Bangalore’s bowlers have led to their downfall.

However, RCB batting line-up was not able to live up to the expectations in the last match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Here is a look at the Predicted Playing XI of the Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Parthiv Patel:

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Patel. Photo by: Prashant Bhoot /SPORTZPICS for BCCI.

Parthiv Patel played his first match of the season against CSK.

The southpaw batsman was the lone warrior in the batting as he scored 53 runs. Moreover, Patel is expected to retain his place in the playing XI.

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Brendon McCullum:

Brendon
McCullum. Photo by: Prashant Bhoot /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Brendon McCullum hasn’t been in the best of forms in the ongoing season.

However, the former New Zealand skipper is expected to get one more chance as Quinton de Kock is unavailable.

Virat Kohli:

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Kohli. Photo by Saikat Das /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Virat Kohli has once again led Royal Challengers with aplomb. However, his team’s bowlers haven’t able to produce the goods.

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AB de Villiers:

AB
de Villiers. Photo by: Faheem Hussain /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

RCB had received a shot in the arm as AB de Villiers had returned into final XI in the last match.

However, the Talismanic batsman wasn’t able to make an impact.

Mandeep Singh:

Mandeep Singh was providing finishing touches in the initial matches. But the right-hander failed to produce consistent performances in the last few games.

Colin de Grandhomme:

Colin
de Grandhomme. Photo by Saikat Das /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Colin de Grandhomme hasn’t been able to live up to the growing expectations. However, Kiwi all-rounder will try to make his presence felt.

Murugan Ashwin:

Murugan Ashwin was able to do a good job in the last match. Ashwin had scalped one wicket and conceded only 17 runs in three overs.

This performance should be enough to keep his place safe in the XI for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Tim Southee:

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Tim Southee has added experience to the bowling line-up of RCB.

The Kiwi fast bowler had also scored 36 runs in the last match to take his team to 127.

Umesh Yadav:

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U. Yadav. Photo by: Luke Walker /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

Umesh Yadav has continued to impress in the 11th season of IPL. The fast bowler has scalped 13 wickets thus far.

Yadav is providing regular breakthroughs in the first six overs.

Navdeep Saini

Navdeep Saini can be given an opportunity in place of Mohammed Siraj. The Hyderabad bowler is on the expensive side. Saini had performed well for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal has had a see-saw season thus far. The leg-spinner has performed well in some matches.

Whereas, he was not at the top of his game in some games for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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