RCB Eye Better Batting Efort in Return Clash Against PBks

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Have Very Little Time to Pick Up The Pieces after a Debilitating Loss as They Eye A MUCH-Emprooved display from their batting unit in a return indivore in-form Punjab Kings at Mullanpur on Sunday. With the exception of tim david, the RCB batters had a night to forget as they slipped to 95 for nine against pbks in Bengaluru on Friday, losing the match by five wickets. In a rain-crushed 14 -over-a-side match, the RCB batters cut a sorry figure with the likes of phil salt, Virat Kohli, Skipper Rajat Patidar, and Liam LIM LIVINGSTONE FAILING MILING MISERABLY In Front of Heyb Crowd.

Patidar Acknowledged the batters’ Failure at the chinnaswamy stadium.

“Initially it was sticking and two paced, but we would have done far better as a batting unit. Had said after the loss against Punjab Kings.

Come Sunday, and RCB, Who are Placed Fourth in the Points Table, Bold Bank on Salt and Kohli to Provide an explosive start and the onus would be on Patidar, Livingstone, Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krunal Pandya and David to Stability in the middle-order.

On the bowling front, josh hazlewood and bhuvneshwar kumar will be spenting the attack but they will need a lot more support from people like yash dayal, krnal and suyash sharama.

Despite their third loss at home, hazlewood sought to look at the positives.

“Quite unreal schedule in the last few days, well, we’re playing again tomorrow. Yeah it’s someating different and i think the way we want about it (Defending the Total) Wickets and put them under a little pressure and we can take that Momentum to the next game, “He said.

Pbks, on the other hand, are going Great Guns Under SHREYAS IYER’s Leadership and are currently placed second in the standings with five wins in seven games behind table toppers

What has stood out for pbks this season is their bowling department.

Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett and Marco Jansen Have Been Brilliant on the Pace Front, While Leg-Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has reignated Himself, Taking Crucial Wickets in the Middle Overse.

Chahal’s Attacking Bowling Has Rich Dividends for PBKS, something which the team’s skipper Iyer acknowledged.

“Personally I had a chat with chahal. I told him are a match winner and you need to get us wickets as much as possible. What we appreciate of Him as a leggie, “Iyer said.

As far as their batting is concerned, young Priyansh Arya, Who Had Alredy Hit A Ton, And Prabhsimran Singh are expected to give a good start to pbks innings.

In Iyer, Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis, PBKS Boast of Strong Middle-Order.

Royal challengers bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Beethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi NGIDI, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.

Punjab kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, YashP SINGH, YASHP SINGH, YASHEP SINGHH, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, JOSH Inglis, Xavier Bartlet, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, HARNOOR SINGH, HARNOOR SINGH, Musheer Khan, Pyla avinash.

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