CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments The Match no. 44 of IPL 2016 RCB vs GL is upcoming up next in the tournament which will be a great fight between Kohli’s Royals and Raina’s Lions. The grand match will be played at the home ground of RCB that is M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru which will start at 8 pm as per the IPL Schedule. This will be the second time when both the team face each other this year. In the first match Gujarat Lions defeated them by 6 wickets. But as we all know RCB is one of the strongest team of the season, RCB vs GL match prediction is very difficult. Go through the article for the preview and prediction of the upcoming battle.
Teams Performance in the IPL 2016 :-
Lets have a look onto the performance of both the team in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League:-
If we talk about the Royal Challengers Bangalore, they have the strongest batting lineup among the other teams. Big players who are master of cricket are in their squad like the no. 1 ranked in ICC T20 cricket Ranking and one of the most consistent batsman of any format of cricket Virat Kohli, one who when came to bat big ground looks too small in front of him the great Chris Gayle, one who is the finest cricket of this era AB de Villiers, One of the best all-rounder Shane Watson and many more there. But despite of having big players they are losing matches. They have played 10 matches so far in the tournament, out of which they have won 4 matches and with 8 points they are on the 6th place in the points table. The batting unit is so powerful and yes they have putted big totals (170+ runs) in front of their opponent many times but haven’t successfully defend them expect one against Rising Pune Supergiants where RCB won the match just by 1 runs. They are lagging behind in the tournament just because of their bowling. This year Mitchell Strac is not available for them as he is recovering from the injury who was the main bowler for them and was every effective last year. Royal Challengers have tried all the possible playing XI specially with the bowlers but nothing coming into their favors. In the last match against Mumbai Indians the batting department also failed to deliver for which they know for specially top order batsman. They have only scored 151 runs in 20 overs which Mumbai Indians achieved in 18.4 overs and an easy win for them. So now they have to think about this which happened in the last match and also have to improve their bowling for the upcoming matches. RCB have to win all their remaining four matches to qualify into the play offs of IPL 2016.
In the bowling Department Shane Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal looking impressive but only 2 are not enough to win the matches. In batting department Virat Kohli doing extremely well who is current orange cap holder of IPL 2016. Also KL Rahul batting wonderfully. He has scored 332 runs in just 8 innings. AB de Villiers also contributing his talent for the team and scored 409 runs in 10 innings . Hope all these batsman score runs for the team in the upcoming match so that bowlers can fight. RCB have to score 30 runs more for their bowlers as they can’t dependent much on the bowling attack. Toss will be very crucial in the upcoming RCB vs GL Match for sure.
Gujarat Lions having wonderful season so far. They have played 11 matches in the tournament and on 7 occasions defeated their opponents. There is a time in the middle of the tournament when they have lost 3 games in a row but now GL are again back on the track and with 14 points, on the 2nd position in the IPL 2016 Points table. Suresh Raina is leading the team in a great way. Team is having good balance of batting and bowling. In the batting department the New Zealand’s Superstar cricketer Brendon McCullum is opening the innings with the west-indies cricketer Dwayne Smith. Then Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja are there in the middle order. So the team is having depth in their batting order. In the bowling department Dwayne Bravo is the leading wicket taker from Gujarat Lions with 12 wickets in 11 matches, Dhawal Kulkarni and Praveen Kumar swinging the new ball both side and are very economical so far. In the spin attack Ravindra Jadeja is there for the team and who can forget the new man with one of the unique bowling action in IPL Shivil Kaushik who has impressed everybody with his bowling performance. So they are have good combination of batting, bowling and all rounders in their squad. The thing which needs improvement is the game of Suresh Raina. Expect one innings he has not played a big innings for his team and as he came 1st down in the batting order, he has to score some good runs, so that team can put big totals for the opponent.
Toss: Surely an Extra Advantage :-
Toss is the thing which is not in the hand of any player in the game of cricket but is the crucial one specially in limited overs format. It gives an advantage to the team to choose whether they want to bat first or ball. In IPL 2016 most of the games (almost 80%) won by the team who is batting second and in the upcoming match too we will see the team will be fielding first which will win the toss. For RCB it is very important to win the toss because they are dependent on their batting. So if they ball first and having a target in front of them they can pull out maximum from their batting unit for which they are known. Gujarat Lions will also try to win the toss and invite RCB to bat first.
Our RCB vs GL Toss Prediction : Virat kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) will win the toss and go for the bowl first.
Update: Gujarat Lions won the toss and choose to field first and today Brendon MacCullum is the captain of Gujarat Lions as Suresh Raina is went to his home to see his new-born baby.
Earlier Encounter:-
As this is the first season for Gujarat Lions so there will be no previous season match between both the teams. But in IPL 2016 they have played 1 match in which GL defeated RCB by 6 wickets. In that Match Virat Kohli scored his first century of the Indian Premier League and recently he scored another century against Rising Pune Supergiants and became the first Batsman of IPL 2016 who have scored two hundred. This is another chance for the RCB to clear their accounts with the GL by winning the match and if they want to qualify to the play-offs then they have to win all their remaining matches of the tournament.
Key Players of Both teams :
Here are the key players of both the teams on which the result of upcoming match Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Lions depends and can turn the game at any moment.
RCB Key Players:-
- Virat Kohli
- AB de Villiers
- Shane Watson
- KL Rahul
- Yuzvendra Chahal
GL Key Players :-
- Brendon McCullum
- Suresh Raina
- Aaron Finch
- Dwayne Bravo
- Dhawal Kulkarni
RCB vs GL Match Prediction: Gujarat or Bangalore :-
Both the team has all the talented and big players in their bag which are match winners. Toss will be very crucial for the upcoming match and if Royal Challengers Bangalore win the toss than 60-70% chances are of them . But what if they lose the toss and Raina invites them to bat first then their winning chance drops to 30-40% according to our prediction. So if he have to give RCB vs GL match Prediction then we will go with the result of toss. The team which will win the toss will with the match. Overall RCB having 55% chances of wining the game. So from our team the winner of the match is predicted as Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The suspense will be cleared after the match, You can check scorecard of the match 44 here.