Who will win KXIP vs RCB, IPL 2017 8th Match?
The 8th fixture of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2017 will see Kings XI Punjab take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 10. Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore will be hosting this match which is scheduled to begin at 8 PM local time.
KXIP vs RCB 8th Match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Set Max, Sony Six, Sky Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Star Sports
Toss Prediction
Only three IPL matches have been played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium till date. Since the wicket here tends to favor the batsmen more after the first period of play, the team that wins the toss in this match will probably elect to bowl first. Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss three times in their last four matches and so we predict them to win the toss on Monday.
Read on for team previews, betting tips and prediction for KXIP vs RCB, IPL 2017 8th match....
PBKS Team News & Playing 11
Team News
New Zealand's Martin Guptill is still recovering from hamstring injury and is expected to join the team not before the third week of the tournament. There are reports that KXIP might think of giving their new recruit Eoin Morgan a chance in place of Hashim Amla. However, they are more likely to stick with the latter.
Key Players
Glenn Maxwell, Hashim Amla and David Miller form the nucleus of Kings XI Punjab's batting. All three of them are terrific limited-overs batsmen with the ability to take the game away from the opposition in no time. Their bowling department will rely heavily on Sandeep Sharma and Axar Patel. The latter has done well in the domestic circuit of late and is expected to get more assistance from the pitch.
Recent Form
Kings XI Punjab had a disastrous last couple of seasons of the Indian Premier League where they ended up being the bottom-placed team each time. They won just four matches in the 2016 edition and will be coming into this game with defeats in their last three games.
KXIP Predicted Playing 11
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Hashim Amla/Eoin Morgan, Manan Vohra, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Glenn Maxwell (c), David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Swapnil Singh, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
RCB Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Virat Kohli is certain to miss this game and it will take him a bit longer before he makes a comeback from his shoulder injury. Although AB de Villiers has claimed that he is nearly 100% fit, there has been no official confirmation on whether he will be playing or not.
Key Players
With AB de Villiers doubtful for this match, Chris Gayle will continue to be the key in RCB's batting. The big man is just 25 runs away from reaching 10,000 runs in T20 cricket and he will be playing against his favorite opponents. So a strong performance is expected of him. RCB will count on Tymal Mills and Yuzvendra Chahal to deliver the goods with the ball. Chahal has been impressive so far and the KXIP batsmen may not be very comfortable against him.
Recent Form
Royal Challengers Bangalore had a rough start to the season as they suffered a loss at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match. Their bowlers leaked far too many runs in that game and they will have to make improvements in this area ahead of their clash with KXIP.
RCB Predicted Playing 11
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Chris Gayle, Shane Watson (c), AB de Villiers/Billy Stanlake/Travis Head, Mandeep Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Vishnu Vinod (wk), Pawan Negi/S Aravind, Iqbal Abdulla, Tymal Mills, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Kings XI Punjab: W L L L W
Royal Challengers Bangalore: W L L W W
KXIP vs RCB Head to Head
Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore have never faced each other before at the Holkar Cricket Stadium. The two teams have played a total of 18 matches against each other in the past though with the former winning 10 of them. The most recently played two matches have been won by RCB.
KXIP vs RCB Betting Odds
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kings XI Punjab in both the matches they played against them last season. RCB have a strong overall record against KXIP and also since Gayle likes to play against them, bookmakers have found few reasons not to have them as favorites for this game. They are 1.72 with 1xbet and 1.61 with Bet365. Though Kings XI Punjab have till now played two matches at the Holkar Cricket Stadium and have won both of them, they are still outsiders at 2.36 with Betfair and 2.30 with bet365.
KXIP vs RCB Prediction
KXIP and RCB are both batting-heavy sides and so whichever team does well with the bat is more likely to emerge victorious in this match. The latter will benefit enormously if their talisman batsman AB de Villiers is declared fit for this game while the former are still waiting for Martin Guptill to be fully fit.
Kings XI Punjab will take confidence from the fact that they have wins in both their matches at this ground. Royal Challengers Bangalore on the other hand will be playing their first match here and so it may take a while for them to get used to the conditions. Nevertheless, they will be psychologically ahead of KXIP having beaten them three times in their previous four attempts which is one of the reasons why we predict them to win.
Final Verdict: Back Royal Challengers Bangalore to beat Kings XI Punjab in the 8th match of IPL 2017 at 1.72 with 1xbet and 1.61 with bet365.
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