Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently fifth in the points table - two points behind fourth-placed Kolkata Knight Riders. Bangalore lead head-to-heads 2-0 against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Follow live updates of the match here.
Sunrisers Hyderabad host Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal in Hyderabad. Follow live updates of the the match here: (Live Scorecard | Text Commentary | Points Table | Fixtures )
After a hard-fought win over Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to brighten their prospects of earning a playoffs berth with a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League today.
RCB, with five wins from 11 games, need to win all their remaining matches to remain in contention for top-four spot. For Hyderabad, a loss to Bangalore will draw the curtains on their chances of a playoff spot.
Sunrisers are virtually out of the race following their seven-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders here on Sunday, but would like to achieve a win over RCB and salvage some pride.
The Bangalore side has been erratic, but A B de Villiers' 14-ball 28 cameo and Yuvraj Singh and Chris Gayle's decent outings is good news for the team.
In the bowling department, RCB's pacer Mitchell Starc and the seasoned Muttiah Muralidharan have been delivering the goods and they would be called upon to rise to the occasion again.
Sunrsers Hyderabad have been inconsistent this season and are having a poor run on their home ground, losing all the three matches in a row so far. (Read more )
Relieving Shikhar Dhawan of the burden of captaincy, Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday appointed West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy as the new captain of the side for the rest of the Indian Premier League season, hoping that the move will help the Indian bat more freely. Dhawan, however, failed to make an impact again, getting out for 19 against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.
"We are hoping for a lot from Shikhar the batsman," VVS Laxman, mentor of the SRH side, said. (Read more )
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that Virat Kohli should take it easy while leading the Royal Challengers Bangalore side in the Indian Premier League, which in turn would help him focus on his primary duty scoring as many runs as possible.
"Probably, it's time he needs to sit back and think about his captaincy," Ganguly said, adding, "I had a word with Gautam Gambhir a few days back asking him to look at captaincy in a different way and I feel it is time for Virat also to do the same." (Read more )
SQUADS
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Rana, Mitchell Starc, Abu Nechim, Varun Aaron, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Shadab Jakati, Ravi Rampaul, Sandeep Warrier, Albie Morkel, Harshal Patel, Tanmay Mishra, Yogesh Takawale, Rilee Rossouw
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Aaron Finch, Naman Ojha, David Warner, Lokesh Rahul, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Karn Sharma, Dale Steyn, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Brendan Taylor, Moises Henriques, Venugopal Rao, Jason Holder, Srikkanth Anirudha, Manpreet Juneja, Parvez Rasool, Prasanth Parameswaran, Amit Paunikar, Ricky Bhui, Ashish Reddy, Chama Milind
Story first published on: Tuesday, 20 May 2014 13:12
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