RCB vs KXIP Match Prediction: Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab both are one of the strongest team in Indian Premier League with having best batsman in their squad, But at the same time both teams never won any single time IPL title. Both will give tough competition to each other to beat others. It will be Best vs Best.
Kings XI Punjab won their first game of the season against Delhi Daredevils whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in their opener. Prediction report of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab which will be played on 13th April 2018 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru is here. You can also check the complete schedule of Vivo Indian Premier League.
This match is going to be more interesting for the audience as RCB and KXIP will fight each other. Both teams have the best batsman in their squad. After losing the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Banglore will put full effort to win this match.
Preview Match 8: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
Kings XI Punjab is all set to face Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today. No matter how strong your team is but batting against Virat Kohli’s team needs an extra strategy. Considering Batting line up for the KXIP is great, but they fail in the bowling so it would be interesting to see how the team cope with it.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers lost the first match against Kolkata. So this will haunt them but they can easily overcome this as this is home ground and they will get massive fan support on the ground. Royal Challengers Bangalore looks like a title-contender team. Be it batting or bowling, RCB looks like they could beat any team this season. But RCB has also been chokers having lost three semi-finals and two IPL finals.
Batting order for the KXIP is very deep starting from KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh and Mayank Aggarwal. Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye and David Miller completing the Kings XI Punjab middle order.
Let’s take a look at how the match might turn out:
Date: April 13
Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Time: 20:00 IST
| If Royal Challengers Bangalore bat first | Predicted score: 170+ |
| If Kings XI Punjab bat first | Predicted score: 160+ |
The Eighth match of Indian Premier League 2018 will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. This is home ground of Royal Challengers Bangalore so this team will know very well how is the ground and what measures need to take. The overall team who will do fielding first have a high chance of winning this match unless any rain issue comes on the ground.
Here is some of Point which will help you to understand who will win today match.
- RCB have the big name in their squad list who can change the game from any point.
- KXIP will come on the ground with a positive attitude as they already won one match against DD.
- Virat Kholi is more confident that they will win this home match against KXIP but they will put full effort.
Toss Prediction
Traditionally, the team winning the toss has chosen to field first. RCB may win the Toss.
Team Squads :
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock (wk), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Our prediction:
As far as IPL match predictions go, RCB looks like a favorite. Kings XI Punjab needs individual brilliance to take them through and as a team, you can’t depend on it going into every match. For Virat Kohli and his team, the KXIP vs RCB game seems like a good one to prove their mettle in IPL 2018.
Even sports betting websites such as Bet365 and Ladbrokes put RCB as favorites at 4:5 against 11:8 for KXIP.
Comment below about your prediction that who will win today match.
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