The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be playing their last game in the 54th game of the league stage in IPL 2019 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) after facing a close loss in super over against Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to the brilliance of Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya on Thursday. On the other hand, RCB will come into the weekend as the only team to have eliminated from the reckoning for the playoffs in the IPL Points Table.
In spite of having several talented individuals in their squad, it hasn’t come off for Virat Kohli and his men as there are certain chances that they will be finishing at the last-place in this season. In spite of a disappointing campaign, RCB would love to avenge their mighty loss in their last game against SRH in which Jonny Bairstow and David Warner notched up centuries.
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Let us, try and churn out the best possible XIs of both the teams in the game:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
RCB might be looking a few changes to give their squad members some game time as they try and plan for the next season. Shimron Hetmyer or Colin de Grandhomme could get a match with Marcus Stoinis also unavailable for them while Heinrich Klaasen should keep hold of his place as the designated finisher. Gurkeerat Singh is also one who is in danger of losing his place in the side with Shivam Dube waiting while Kulwant Khejroliya might get replaced by Tim Southee.
Possible XI: Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat (c), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Henrich Klaasen, Gurkeerat Singh/ Shivam Dube, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Tim Southee/ Kulwant Khejroliya
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Abhishek Sharma should make way for Deepak Hooda considering their lack of power hitters in the slog over which they missed against Mumbai Indians (MI). Manish Pandey has been the most dependable batsman for them and he has now started justifying his lofty price tag. Basil Thampi had a forgettable outing to forget in the corresponding fixture in 2018 and should ideally make way for Sandeep Sharma, who has done a decent job against RCB.
Possible XI: Martin Guptill, Wridhhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson (c), Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma/ Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
