Narine was denounced for suspicious action after KKR’s two-race victory over KXIP on Saturday.
Virat Kohli praised the victory over Chennai Super Kings as one of his team’s most complete performances. The statement contained both truth and positions. This is what happens with T20 cricket today. With so much of it played around the world by a growing number of players, a bad season is not always a precedent. At exactly this point in IPL 2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore had lost each of their six games and Kohli mentioned looking at AB de Villiers through the home team’s pavilion at Chinnaswamy Stadium with the subtext of “Oh, oh.”
But for the first time in years, RCB is not lagging behind in the first half and requires a frantic race in the second. It is therefore ironic that his unfamiliar campaign narrative is now moving to Sharjah, a terrain with characteristics to evoke memories (good and bad) of his homeland in Bengaluru. However, RCB believes he now has more teeth in his bowling alley, and Chris Morris’s performance against CSK was another example.
However, the impressive spinning pair of Washington Sundar and Yuzvendra Chahal will have to quickly recalibrate their strategy, which is closely tied to the wider limits of Dubai. The jury is still out on death bowling, but RCB has done well to not expose that area of their game as much. But Sharjah could quickly refocus attention in that direction.
Familiarity, meanwhile, is the maximum in the violet corner. The Kolkata Knight Riders have had a chance in Sharjah and even went into the clash with an identical 4-2 record they had at this point last season, a measure of consistency. By the way, they have also handled concerns about Sunil Narine’s action and Andre Russell’s crunchy knee in the past. But the timing of the two should be a bit unnerving. The pair have been central to KKR’s modified strategy of death-overs with the ball and having two key players operating at less than maximum capacity could influence the second half of their season, something that management will vary given the implosion of the year. past. .
When: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 28, October 12, 6:00 p.m. local, 7:30 p.m. IST
Where:Sharjah Cricket Stadium
What to expect: More six than the eight managed by RCB and CSK gathered in Dubai. The Sharjah course will be a focus of great attention having seemed to have evolved a bit in the direction of the bowlers. However, the boundary ropes still remain relentlessly close.
Team news
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Aaron Finch’s form is the only concern in what appears to be a more balanced team due to Morris’s arrival. The new RCB leadership will vote for continuity and give the Australian white ball captain a chance to regain his rhythm at hospitable Sharjah. Barring late injury concerns, RCB should play for the same team.
Probable XI: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (week), Shivam Dube, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Chris Morris, Washington Sundar, Isuru Udana, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders
Chris Green is a near-equal bowling replacement option for Narine, if the Trinidadian rests after the latest change around his action. Green himself has undergone recovery work to correct his action recently, but he brings with him the intelligence of PowerPlay bowling.
If the 48-hour change is too small for Russell to shrug off his leg injury, the exciting Tom Banton could be drafted as well, but his IPL debut at the top of the order will come with the guarantee of having than sacrificing a batsman for an Indian bowler, possibly Shivam Mavi. Alternatively, Lockie Ferguson comes in, leaving the hitting slightly compromised.
Probable XI: Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Andre Russell *, Sunil Narine *, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy
Did you know
– Virat Kohli’s form has progressively improved against KKR. His last six innings against them were 0, 5, 31, 68 *, 84 and 100
– Chris Morris succeeds in the IPL against two of the KKR finalists: Karthik and Russell. He has fired them both three times.
– Pat Cummins will observe Finch’s scalp at the beginning of the entries. Cummins has thrown 27 balls at his compatriot this season, giving away just 18 runs.
What they say:
“I think it’s obviously been a pretty interesting tournament, especially for bowlers because the fields have changed a bit. Some days the dew comes in and plays a factor and some days it’s dry and some days it’s not. So obviously we’re trying to find out. what the conditions are like that day and what will suit our bowlers in terms of which balls we want to throw. It would have taken a couple of games for the kids to get back on their feet and execute what they need to do. Slowly but surely, guys are starting to do that more and more consistently. ” – Chris Morris in the improved RCB bowling program.
“Whenever Russell is injured, my heart is always in my mouth because he is a key player for us. We need to look at him and make sure he is okay.” – Dinesh Karthikhas a nervous few days ahead of him despite KKR’s strong position in the league.
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