Bengaluru: that the teams are wanted for a home advantage is a fact. The absence, however, was the flavor of this IPL season on 13 sites – in the first 32 games, the host teams were on the losing side up to 17 times.
One of the teams who find it difficult to go to the house is Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who has lost the two home games so far. But they are undefeated in the outside matches, having won the four.
The team led by Rajat Patidar will be eager to stop the slide when they host Punjab Kings Friday, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium here. Notwithstanding the depth in their range of strikers, the RCB failed to strike it rich on their lawn. Scores of 163/7 (vs Delhi Capitals) and 169/8 (vs Gujarat Titans), while striking first, describe their struggle.
“We know that Chinnaswamy (Pitch) is known for the striker, but the counter is not the same thing.
Whatever the way the surface plays against the Punjab, the Senior RCB strikers, including Virat Kohli, Patidar and Phil Salt will have to bring their best game to have an impact.
It will not be easy, especially with the punjab entering this match in the back of a miracle victory against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
One day when their strikers failed, the Punjab defended the lowest total in IPL history, Skittling KKR for 95 after scoring 111 points.
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Will RCB break their sequence of home defeats against the kings of Punjab?
The Punjab leg spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, who scored many victories on the scene during his stay (2014-21) with RCB, is too familiar with the conditions and will be eager to continue his form of the match against KKR, in which he claimed a transport with four titles.
For Bengaluru too, with Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya in the mixture for Bengaluru, the spinners could play a very important role. The two teams are the heaviest in the stick, the quisors will have their task cut on a ground known for its short borders. Beware of Priyansh Arya from PUNJAB (216 points), which was in a point -shaped form.
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