RCB vs KXIP Dream11 Prediction | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab IPL 2019

It’s time for another batting battle – Kohli-de Villiers Vs. Gayle-Rahul! Royal Challengers welcome ex-RCB players Chris Gayle and KL Rahul at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday’s IPL showdown.

The home team have pulled back things a little, winning three games out of last four but can they add another here? There are qualms about RCB’s batting studded with the likes Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali. The addition of Dale Steyn has given their batting some hope but the South African alone can’t do it all.

Kings XI Punjab have slipped from a comfortable position on IPL Points Table, with three losses in the last four games. With four fixtures remaining, Ashwin & Co. would want to climb up from the current fifth position.

Captains react after last games

Feels good to win a game by a small margin. We’ve lost a couple by small margins.

– Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain

We have played quite well in the 10 games, won a few and lost a few. This tournament is all about stringing wins together and we need to catch the momentum now.

– Ravichandran Ashwin, Kings XI Punjab captain

Pitch conditions: On the last occasion, the surface was slightly spongy and the new batsmen found it difficult. There will be little assistance for the slow bowlers in the first innings but dew will take effect later to make things difficult for the bowlers.

RCB vs KXIP IPL 2019 preview: A confident RCB a threat to Punjab

RCB vs KXIP Match Schedule: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru at 8:00 PM on April 24

RCB vs KXIP Team News

Toss Update:

• Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and will bowl first
• Two changes – N Pooran replaces Sam Curran and Ankit Rajpoot comes in for Harpreet Brar
• Two changes for RCB – Dale Steyn is missing out from RCB. Tim Southee comes in for his place & Washington Sundar comes in for Pawan Negi

RCB vs KXIP Playing 11

RCB – Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Akshdeep Nath, Marcus Stoinis, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel (wk), AB de Villiers, Tim Southee

KXIP –  Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Murugan Ashwin, Hardus Viljoen, Nicholas Pooran, Ankit Rajpoot

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab squads

Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2019 squad: Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Murugan Ashwin, Hardus Viljoen, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar Karun Nair, Ankit Rajpoot, Agnivesh Ayachi, Darshan Nalkande, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Andrew Tye and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Kings XI Punjab IPL 2019 squad: Virat Kohli (c), Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pawan Negi, Akshdeep Nath, Marcus Stoinis, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel (wk), AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Kulwant Khejroliya, Devdutt Padikkal, Prayas Barman, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme, Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Milind Kumar.

RCB vs KXIP Dream11 Team

Kohli, de Villiers and Gayle will be our captain choices – Virat Kohli has mauled KXIP attack in the recent outings, scoring 113, 6, 21, 48* and 67 (recent last) in his last six innings. Meanwhile, AB de Villiers has scores of 64, 0, 89*, 10, 57 and 59* (recent last) against KXIP in last six outings. The last time these two sides met, Chris Gayle scored 99*

Miller, the X-factor? – The swashbuckling South African has a hundred against RCB and that’ll boost his confidence.

Chahal loves to bowl at KXIP batsmen – Chahal has 19 scalps in 11 outings against Kings XI Punjab.

Rahul’s struggles against RCB – KL Rahul doesn’t boast convincing numbers against his former side. He has registered 18, 21 and 47-run scores in the last three outings against them.

Dale Steyn and Pawan Negi missing out from RCB

Sam Curran and H Brar missing out from KXIP 

Tim Southee and W Sundar are back in playing11 for RCB

N Pooran and Ankit Rajpoot are back in playing11 for RCB