Who will win RCB vs RPS, IPL 2017 17th Match?
Royal Challengers Bangalore are set to clash with Rising Pune Supergiant in what will be the 17th fixture of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2017. The match will be played on April 16 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Live action is scheduled to begin at 8 PM local time.
RCB vs RPS 17th Match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Set Max, Sony Six, Sky Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Star Sports
Toss Prediction
Toss is going to be crucial at the M Chinnaswamy. Since the side batting first at this ground has emerged victorious on more number of occasions than the side batting second in recent times, the toss-winning team is more likely to have a bat first. We recommend betting on Royal Challengers Bangalore if they bat first in this match.
Read on for team previews, betting tips and prediction for RCB vs RPS, IPL 2017 17th match....
RCB Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Chris Gayle is likely to remain sidelined owing to underwhelming performances at the start of the season. Virat Kohli has returned as skipper and he led the team in his first game against the Mumbai Indians a couple of days back.
Key Players
A big knock is due from Shane Watson who so far has not been able to live upto his reputation. With him not being in the best of forms, it will be up to the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to deliver the goods with the bat. Yuzvendra Chahal and Tymal Mills are the only bowlers in the side who have been somewhat impressive with the ball and RCB will need these two to bowl well and the others to step up against a strong RPS batting lineup.
Recent Form
Royal Challengers Bangalore will be pleased with the good form of AB de Villiers and Kedar Jadhav but they will also need their most seasoned campaigner Shane Watson to step up and start producing some significant contributions. They have not been sharp enough with the ball and will have to work on this weak zone of theirs.
RCB Predicted Playing 11
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Virat Kohli (c), Mandeep Singh, AB de Villiers, SR Watson, KM Jadhav, STR Binny, P Negi, Iqbal Abdulla, TS Mills, B Stanlake, YS Chahal.
RPS Team News & Playing 11
Team News
None of the players have been reported to be injured at the time of writing and the selectors will have the full squad to choose from for this upcoming clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Key Players
Ajinkya Rahane had scored 134 runs from the two innings he played against RCB last season with 74 of those runs coming at the M Chinnaswamy. RPS will hope that the batsman is able to replicate that performance here on Sunday night. Imran Tahir, the South African legspinner, has been the team's most successful bowler so far. He is taking wickets consistently and will be the key man with the ball for RPS in this game.
Recent Form
Rising Pune Supergiant have not been consistent so far this season. They have put up a good performance in one game and then faltered in the next. They suffered a horrible batting collapse in front of their home crowd against the Delhi Daredevils and will need a more spirited effort from their batsmen against the RCB.
RPS Predicted Playing 11
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AM Rahane, MA Agarwal, SPD Smith (c), Manoj Tiwary, BA Stokes, MS Dhoni (wk), R Bhatia, DL Chahar, A Zampa, AB Dinda, Imran Tahir.
RCB vs RPS Head to Head
Rising Pune Supergiants have never beaten Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. They lost both their matches against them last year: a 13-run loss in the first game at Pune followed by a 7-wicket defeat in the second game at Bengaluru.
RCB vs RPS Prediction
Royal Challengers Bangalore will come into this match as the more confident side as they hold a 100% win record against Rising Pune Supergiant. The last time these two sides met at this ground, RPS ended up on the losing side despite putting up a huge score of 191 on the scoreboard. M Chinnaswamy sports one of the best batting tracks in the country and so the team with a better batting lineup will fancy its chances here. RCB appear stronger as a batting unit and we therefore predict them to win this match.
Final Verdict: Back Royal Challengers Bangalore to beat Rising Pune Supergiant in the 17th match of IPL 2017.
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