Lagatar24 Desk
Royal Challengers Bangalore will face Sunrisers Hyderabad today in the 52nd match of IPL 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
RCB have already qualified for the play-offs, now Bengaluru would like to win this match at any cost. If Bangalore wins this match, then they will come closer to finishing in the top-2 in the points table.
At present, Bangalore has 16 points from 12 matches. At the same time apart from Hyderabad, Bangalore will also have a match against Delhi. If RCB wins both the matches, it will get 20 points. With a good run rate RCB can finish in the top-2.
Batsmen are doing great for RCB. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padlikkal were in good form. At the same time, Glenn Maxwell is doing wonders with the bat in the middle order, as well as performing well with the ball when needed. His innings of 57 runs in 33 balls against punjab got the team back in the match. While the form of AB de villiers remains a matter of concern for the team. Not a single half-century has come off his bat in phase – 2.
If we talk about the bowling of the team, then Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj are proving to be the trump card for RCB in fast bowling. In addition to this, Yuzvendra Chahal and Shahbaz Ahmed are handling the spin department very well.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad has nothing to lose in this match. The team is already out of the race of play-offs. In phase-2, SRH played five matches and got the only victory against Rajasthan Royals. Now Hyderabad would like to end the IPL 2021 season on a good note with two consecutive wins against RCB.
