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Kohli’s men will look to Play Bold when they take on Warner’s Orange Army for the 6th match of IPL 2021 at Chennai.

On a two-paced Chennai wicket, Royal Challengers Bangalore started their IPL campaign with a win. For a change, skipper Kohli won the toss and decided to bowl first, and the RCB bowlers did not let their captain down this time around. 

Harshal Patel single-handedly schooled the pundits who were raising doubts on Challengers death bowling. His 5/27 is the best bowling performance against Mumbai Indians. He also became the third RCB bowler to register a five-wicket-haul in the IPL. On the batting front, Mr.360, AB de Villiers, showed the world why he is arguably the best ever all-format batsman. His daunting 48 off 27 balls in a tricky situation sealed the match for his beloved RCB.

On the contrary, the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling, which has always been their key strength, was below par against KKR. The Knights batters got the better of them in their opening match. The Afghan Duo Rashid- Nabi ended with 2 wickets each.

Chasing a mammoth total of 187 on a slow Chennai Wicket, SRH lost their openers early. Manish Pandey (61 off 44 balls) and Jonny Bairstow (55 off 40 balls) kept them in the game but in the end, they fell short of 10 runs. However, they have plenty of positives to take from the first match, especially the fearless bowl-striking of Young Samad. 

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Key Player to Watch/Key Stats

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Virat Kohli – Super V was backing at his opening spot after a couple of seasons. He made a solid 33 off 29 balls vs MI. Against SRH, King averages 37.9 with 531 runs from his 16 innings. His averages go up to 43.8 while batting second.
• Devdutt Padikkal – Padikkal is expected to make a comeback in the playing 11 for this match. Against SRH he has played 3 innings and scored 62 runs. All these 3 innings have come while batting first.
• AB de Villers – Mr. 360 averages 37.1 with 520 runs from his 15 innings. Unlike Virat, he has a better record while batting first, his average goes up to 51 while batting first. 
• Glenn Maxwell – The Big Show has not done much against SRH. In 10 innings against them, he has 190  runs at an average of 19 with just 3 wickets.
• Yuzvendra Chahal –  Chahal has 16 wickets from his 14 innings vs SRH, out of which 11 have come bowling second. He was player of the match against them in IPL 2020.
• Washington Sundar – Sundar’s role in the RCB side has changed significantly from being a power-play bowler he is bowling crucial overs now. Sundar has 4 wickets from 6 innings against SRH.
• Mohammad Siraj – Siraj started his IPL career for SRH. Now, he has 6 wickets from 5 innings against them.
• Harshal Patel – As stated earlier, Patel was the pick of the RCB bowlers vs MI. Against SRH he has just 2 wickets from his 6 innings, so will be looking to make that record right here.
• Kyle Jamieson – Jamieson was good with the ball as well vs MI. He bowled the 2nd, 5th, 11th and 19th over.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• David Warner – After missing out against KKR, Warner will look to be back among the runs. Against RCB he has 700 runs from 18 innings at an average of 43.8.  
• Jonny Bairstow – Bairstow was seen batting at no.4 and this might be the strategy for SRH going forward. Against RCB he has 175 runs from his 2 innings.
• Manish Pandey – Pandey started his IPL carrier with RCB, while playing against them he averages 22.8 with 297 runs from his 15 innings. 
• Wriddhiman Saha – Saha opened the batting for SRH. Against RCB he has 274 runs from his 15 innings at an average of 21.1.  
• Sandeep Sharma – One of the most underrated bowlers in the IPL Sandeep, he has dismissed Virat six times. Against RCB he has 23 wickets from his 15 innings. This is also his best performance against any team in the IPL. While bowling second against RCB, his record gets much better. 
• Mohammad Nabi – Nabi has 4 wickets from his 2 innings against the Challengers. 
• Rashid Khan – Magician Rashid has 8 wickets from his 8 innings against them. SRH could look to save him for AB de Villiers, which promises to be an amazing battle.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Kumar has 14 wickets against RCB from his 16 innings. His record while batting first or second are similar.

Stats & Facts

• Overall: Played 17 | RCB won 7 | SRH won 10.
• In the last match, Manish Pandey scored his 19th IPL Fifty.
• Since 2017, no bowler has a better economy rate than Rashid Khan’s 6.30 (min. 30 balls bowled).

Predicted Playing XI

Devdutt Padikkal is set to return to opener. So, Shahbaz Ahmed is likely to be left out.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1. Virat Kohli (c), 2. Devdutt Padikkal, 3. Rajat Patidar, 4. Glenn Maxwell, 5. AB de Villiers (wk), 6. Daniel Christian, 7. Washington Sundar, 8. Kyle Jamieson, 9. Harshal Patel, 10. Mohammed Siraj, 11. Yuzvendra Chahal

For SRH, Kane Williamson has been pronounced “match fit”. However, how they fit him into this side presents a challenge given Bairstow’s great form and Nabi’s key overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1. David Warner (c), 2. Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3. Manish Pandey, 4. Jonny Bairstow (wk), 5. Vijay Shankar, 6. Mohammad Nabi, 7. Abdul Samad, 8. Rashid Khan, 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10. Sandeep Sharma, 11. T Natarajan

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Chepauk Chennai Pitch Report & Weather Conditions

Matthew Hayden, in his pitch report said ” It’s the third game of the season here, but it’s a new track. A black-soil surface, so it’s similar to the wickets used earlier this week. It’s a dry surface, so it’ll be slightly difficult to bat during the middle stages of the game. Need to make the most out of the powerplay overs, reckons Hayden. Win the toss and bowl first.”

Traditionally, the wicket at Chepauk is considered to be a good one for spinners, but things have been slightly different this season. Rahul Chahar, before yesterday, and Varun Chakravarthy proved to be expensive. But now that both these teams have got an idea of the wicket and the ground dimensions, you can expect the young spinners to adjust their length accordingly and put up a better show tonight.

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Match Prediction

RCB has the momentum with them going into this match, whereas SRH has a couple of issues to address in their batting line-up.

SRH, with their good record vs RCB and favourable bowling lineup, can be backed to pick up a win here. However, a very interesting game awaits.

Written by Shekhar Singh. Follow Shekhar on Twitter today.