coffee_rules Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) It is Round2 of v in IPL2020. Their first match was a low score boring affair with RCB chasing 158 runs till the 20th over in Abu Dhabi. This match in Dubai too could be a low scoring one. In the last two matches CSK and DC have defended low 160s scores against SRH and RR. RR lost the match against DC when they were cruising and Uthappa managed to lose it by running out mates and Thala style batting. We have to see if RR chooses to keep faith in a veteran despite his heroics or drop him like a hot potato for a young colt. Uthappa is not the only headache for RR, where do RR fit Smith? Top order where he is useless or after Samson at 4, where Samson is ineffective. Smith is found to be unfit for T20 style batting. And will they finally rest Shreyas who has not been performing well at all. RCB has their 11 more or less set, only worry is if they keep Siraj after the pasting he got in the last match. This is a different ground and his type of bowling might be effective on this pitch. They had defended 169 against CSK on this pitch without Siraj. It looks like with Dube, Morris, Wash, they will go with 7 bowling options. BitsNPieces zindabad! Likely XIs Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Devdutt Padikkal, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Shivam Dube, 6 Chris Morris, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Isuru Udana, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammad Siraj/Shahbaz Ahmed, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal Rajasthan Royals: 1 Jos Buttler (wk), 2 Ben Stokes, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Robin Uthappa/Manan Vohra, 6 Riyan Parag, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Jofra Archer, 9 Shreyas Gopal/Mayank Markande, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Kartik Tyag Mds, Please sticky this thread Edited October 17, 2020 by coffee_rules velu and Gollum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Go Wild Wild West! Let the journey to playoffs begins here coffee_rules, Chennai Chargers and speedheat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevada Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hoping to see Tewatia get Kohli's wicket and give him a royal send off. Chennai Chargers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan AF Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Drop Finch and get Parthiv. Frees up a foreign player slot also and get Moeen Ali in. Parthiv even if he scores only 20 will score at a quicker pace than Finch who sucks up all the momentum in the top. coffee_rules and Chennai Chargers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 RR because RCB is threatening to enter top 2. Also Kohli's behavior from last match , hope Smith owns him again. Chennai Chargers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lone Wolf Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Manan Vohra Buttler Samson Smith Stokes RR needs to field this Top 5.. This makes their batting a touch better than RCB in firepower. Manan has to open for them & drop Uthappa ffs. Chennai Chargers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK_IH Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Just want to see Buttler in top form. He has been ordinary in IPL so far. From RCB, hope to see Virat playing proactively & not selfishly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedheat Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hope they play Anuj Rawat and drop Uthappa for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chennai Chargers Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Drop Uthappa? YES! Would love to see RR win of course over Rat and his cronies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedheat Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 This guy looks good, why are they playing washed-up Uthappa over him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan AF Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Notable stats: Cricinfo Halfway into the tournament, Archer is the only bowler to bowl 100 dot balls. This is more than 50% of the balls he has bowled, the highest for anyone. After the first ten balls, de Villiers' strike rate zooms from 122 to 224, and he finds the boundary once in three balls. nevada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) Edited October 17, 2020 by asterix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan AF Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 RR batting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dark Horse Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Sundar should open the bowling as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aditya19 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 utthappa Ajju 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajju Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Wow uthapla my C opening today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 WTF uthappa opening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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