CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments The grand battle which will decide the future of Royal Challengers Bangalore is coming up in IPL 2016 and this time it will be RCB vs KXIP. It is will be deciding match which will tell if the RCB is going to the Play-offs or not. KXIP already out of the race of Play-offs but if they won this match then it will be very difficult for the Bangalore to step in the next round of IPL 9. Both the teams have quality players and have that ability to make his team win but the team who will play good T20 cricket will win the match. In this post you will get to know the RCB vs KXIP match prediction which is predicted by our team with all the possibilities which can happen in the tournament due to win or lose of the match on the teams.
Strength, Weaknesses and Earlier Performance of Both the Teams :-
About RCB :- The starting of the tournament was not that good for the RCB. Despite of big names like de Villiers, Watson and Virat they have lost too many matches earlier in the tournament and due to which they are now in that situation that they have to win all there remaining two matches to get qualified into the next round of IPL 2016. Bangalore have played 12 matches so far and out of which they have conceived 6 wins and with 12 points, standing on 5th place in the points table. If they will win this match with fairly good difference then they will move to the 2nd position in the points table.
If we look onto the previous performance of the Royals then the starting matches was not that good but in the last couple of games they shown the world that Yes they are one of the best team of the Indian Premier League. In the match against Gujarat Lions, RCB scored 248 runs in 20 overs which is second highest run total by a team in IPL history. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers both have scored century in the match and won the match by a big difference of 144 runs. The last match against KKR, both the pair, the run machine of Bangalore stand together and took their team to the victory. They have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets with 8 balls remaining. So this shows how good RCB’s batsman are performing, specially Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Virat is the current Orange Cap holder of IPL 2016 with 752 runs in just 12 innings and AB is just behind him on 2nd spot in the list with 597 runs. Virat Kohli is the first batsman who scored 3 centuries in a season of IPL. Another good news of the RCB is that the kings of Sixes Chris Gayle is back in the form, in the last match he scored 49 runs in 31 balls and shows the opponents that he is back with his big, sky kissing sixes. There is very good depth in their batting. Shane Watson, Lokesh Rahul, Sachin baby are the next one who can also score good runs in need for the team.
The bowling is always a problem for the Bangalore team. But from last few games we have seen some improvement in the bowling unit. Shane Watson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sreenath Aravind are doing well with the ball and every effecting in the last couple of games. Specially Chahal is very impressive with this spinning balls. When ever Captain call him to bowl he successfully gave the breakthrough. But they need much improvement into their bowling unit. If they want to win this upcoming Royal Challengers vs Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab Match then they have to give good performance with the bat and the ball.
About KXIP :- In this season too, Kings XI Punjab disappointed every body with their performance. Last year they ended up the tournament at the last position on the points table and this year too they are on the 7th spot with 8 points. They have played 12 matches in the IPL 2016 and only won 4 matches. So this upcoming match will be opportunity for the KXIP to win the confidence of the fans again and gave all the entertainment to the fans they want from the them.
If we look at the performance of team, the batting order is struggling quite a bit in the tournament. The big names like Glenn Maxwell and David Miller not scored runs so far. Their bat is quiet and no winning innings from both of them. Murali Vijay the captain of the team is the leading run scorer from KXIP squad. He has scored 378 runs in 12 innings. In the previous match Hasim Amla scored 96 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad but didn’t worth it as they lost the match. Main problem with the team is their middle order. Maxwell and Miller who are one of the best batsman of their side are not scoring runs due to which the middle order getting weak and they are loosing matches. If they want to win the match against a team like RCB then they have to improve their batting any how.
The bowling department is better than that of their batting. The Mohit and Sandeep both doing good with the ball into the tournament and both the in the list of leading wicket taker of the league. In the spin attack Axar patel is there for the team who recently took the first Hat-trick of the IPL 2016. The young all-rounder Marcus Stoinis is also performing with the ball as well as with the bat.
So If KXIP want to give a tough competition to the one of the strongest team of IPL 2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore then they have to give their 100% in the upcoming RCB vs KXIP match.
Previous Encounter :
In the previous match of RCB and KXIP of IPL 2016, Bangalore won the match by just 1 Run.
Toss an Important Factor :-
As we all know 80% of the team who are batting second are winning in the IPL 2016. This is because the team who are chasing the total they all set with the strategies, they know when the run rate to be boosted up and when they have to play big shots. So the team batting second always in command. In this upcoming match between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore, we will see the same trend to be followed.
For RCB perspective, the toss will be very crucial for them as if they have strong batting line up and they rely more on their batsman. If they won the toss then it will be great advantage for them.
Prediction: According to our toss prediction, Virat Kohli will win the toss and go for bowl first.
Key Players of both the team :-
RCB:
- Virat Kohli
- AB de Villiers
- Shane Watson
- Chris Gayle
- Yuzvendra Chahal
KXIP :
- Murali Vijay
- Marcus Stoinis
- Glenn Maxwell
- Axar Patel
- Sandeep Sharma
RCB vs KXIP Match Prediction :-
Both the team have talented players and match winners. But if we look at the performance and the ability of their individual players than according to our Prediction the winner of the match will be Royal Challengers Bangalore. They are in great form and recently won 2 games back to back which boosted up the confidence of whole team. So from our point to view RCB will win the match. But anything can happen into the cricket, specially in T20 cricket.
What you think who will win in the upcoming match. Virat Kohli (RCB) or Murali Vijay (KXIP) ?
Update : RCB won the match by 82 runs by D/L method. Our Prediction was right.