Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI vs Lucknow Super Giants: Will RCB Make Any Changes To Their Side?

10.04.2023 - 08:19 sports.ndtv.com

After beginning their campaign with a memorable eight-wicket win over Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore faced a terrible defeat by 81 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in their previous IPL 2023 match.

The Faf du Plessis led-side will now be going up against Lucknow Super Giants for their next match on Monday. In their previous match, RCB went ahead with England pacer David Willey as Reece Topley got ruled out of the tournament due to injury.

As Willey impressed everyone with his two wickets, there are chances that RCB might go with their same Playing XI against LSG. Here's what we think could be RCB playing XI against LSG It's early days in the tournament but RCB's death bowling has been a major concern for the team.

RCB looked on course to register their second win of the season but the script went awry after the 12th over. They had the game in the palm of their hands, reducing the opposition to 89 for 5 before KKR went on to post 204/7.

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Kolkata Knight Riders conjured up a spin magic after Jason Roy's sterling fifty as they snapped their four-match losing streak with a 21-win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The English opener led the show with a 29-ball 56 as Kolkata Knight Riders batters fired in unison to notch up a fighting 200/5 after RCB captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl at their home den. But the spin duo of Varun Chakravarthy (3/24) and rookie Suyash Sharma (2/30) created a top-order mayhem, before Andre Russell (2/29) broke Kohli's resistance to restrict RCB to 179 for eight.

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Eyeing three wins on the bounce, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. RCB, who were beaten by KKR earlier during the reverse fixture, eye revenge against the Nitish Rana-led side. A win would take RCB upto third in the points table, ahead of Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants, who are third and fourth, respectively, in the points table. For RCB, Josh Hazlewood was seen pracitising in the nets and is available for selection.

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