Welcome to Match 28 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) face the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at home. Kings XI suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Mumbai at Wankhede a few days back while RCB are coming to the fold after a five-day break, prior to which they had lost six on the trot and are possibly out of the playoff race.

Here are the five players who might play an important role in the contest.

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#5 Mohammed Shami

India’s premier bowler in Tests has been in such a fine form since the last few months that he has made himself equally effective in the shortest version of the game as well. With 9 wickets in 7 matches, he stands fifth on the wicket-takers list this season. What is more impressive this season has been impeccable line and length that the batsmen are finding difficult to get away with in the later stages of the innings.