Royal Challengers Bangalore fighting for top spot
Royal Challengers Bangalore are in second position after having a really good start to the season with their only loss coming against Chennai Super Kings. As RCB take on Punjab Kings, they will hope to catch up with CSK at the top of the table and move ahead to No.1. They have odds of 1.68 to pull off a win in this match against Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad.
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Punjab have a decent record against Royal Challengers Bangalore and quite a lot of their former players too in the side. However, their batting hasn’t quite clicked in the manner they would have wanted it to. They have odds of 2.05 to beat RCB and will need to produce a much improved batting performance.
Recent records favour Royal Challengers Bangalore
Since 2018, RCB have won four of the six head-to-head clashes between these sides. Overall, Punjab are ahead with 14 wins as against 12 by Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the 2020 edition of the IPL, Punjab won both their fixtures against RCB in UAE where the competition was held.
RECOMMENDED BET: RCB have a strong spin attack and have odds of 1.68 to beat Punjab Kings.
Punjab will hope to comeback from a massive loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in their last game. They will be banking on their batting to try and keep the RCB side at bay.
Keep an eye on…
Virat Kohli: The focus has almost entirely been on AB de Villiers and his miraculous finishes. Kohli, though, is still RCB’s batting mainstay and now with Devdutt Padikkal in stunning form, the skipper has more time to play himself in and stamp his presence in the game.
Chris Gayle: RCB’s bowling attack suits Chris Gayle’s strengths and the strong West Indian is known to go big against former franchises. He has threatened to fire quite a bit this season and we could finally see a big one from Gayle.
TIP: Chris Gayle is due a big one and the West Indian has odds of 9.50 to try and produce a performance worthy of a Man of the Match.
