Preview: It's the battle of Royal's in Mumbai. It will be the first match for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai coming after straight three wins from slowish wicket of Chennai, whereas Rajasthan Royals has played three games in Mumbai and has lost two of it. The difference between both the team is their death over bowling where RCB seems to aced it and RR is still concerned after unavailability of their oversees player and have second worst economy rate in death this ipl.

  Pacers will be the key in Wankhede since pacers have got 69 wickets of 81 wickets this ipl until now. Consistency have been problem with Sanju Samson he has score 4 and 1 after scoring a century in the first match. 

   

Match Details: 

When- 7:30 PM IST

Venue- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Pitch Report:  Average score in Wankhede is 167 but given the situation it would be below par score on this ground. Temperature would be around 30 degree Celsius. Dew has always been the greatest factor in Wankhede which makes the toss crucial. It's no brainer that captain winning the toss would prefer to chase. Another high scoring game is on the card considering the pitch to be belter and some serious power hitters both team have. 

Team News:

RCB -  Daniel Sams is now available for selection who will give an allround value to the team but is unlikely to play. Finn Allen a fierce power hitter can also be considered on this wicket or will RCB give another go to Rajat Patidar who has failed to display his talent yet.

Probable XI: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.

RR- Liam Livingstone has opted out and RR are left with only 5 overseas player at the moment. Shreyas Gopal can be only candidate for change considering his record against RCB but will he be effective on this pitch?. He can replace Jaydev Unadkat.

Probable XI: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson(C & Wk), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal/ J Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman.

Head To Head :
Total Matches - 23 
RCB - 10                
RR - 10
No result- 3

Stats: RCB vs RR (H2H)
RCB
V Kohli - 22M, 482 Runs, 26 Avg, 72 HS
D Paddikal - 2M, 98 Runs, 49 Avg, 63 HS
AB de Villiers - 20M, 648 Runs, 46 Avg, 79HS
Glenn Maxwell- 8M, 161 Runs, 26 Avg, 89HS
Y Chahal- 11M, 16 Wickets
M Siraj - 2M, 2 Wickets
RR
Jos Buttler - 8M, 220 Runs, 31 Avg, 59 HS
M Vohra - 5M, 72 Runs,18 Avg, 34HS
S Samson - 15M, 259 Runs, 20 Avg, 92 HS
C Morris - 9M, 41 Runs, 15Avg, 24 HS + 10Wickets
S Gopal - 6M, 14 Wickets

Players Battle:
V Kohli vs S Gopal- 28 Balls, 47 Runs, 3 Out
ABD vs S Gopal-  34 Balls, 30 Runs, 4 Out
G Maxwell vs Morris- 18 Balls, 23 Runs, 2 Out
S Samson vs Chahal- 42 Balls, 40 Runs, 5 Out
J Buttler vs Chahal- 58 Balls, 82 Runs, 2 Out
D Miller vs Chahal - 22 Balls, 35 Runs, 3 Out

Players Stats At Venue:
RCB
V Kohli - 13M, 597 Runs, 85 Avg, 92 HS
AB de Villiers - 8M, 274Runs, 45 Avg, 133HS
Glenn Maxwell- 6M, 147 Runs, 24 Avg, 47HS
Y Chahal- 5M, 6 Wickets
RR
Jos Buttler - 14M, 436 Runs, 33Avg, 94 HS
M Vohra - 6M, 70 Runs,14Avg, 34HS
S Samson - 9M, 344 Runs, 38Avg, 119HS
S Gopal - 6M, 2Wickets


Dream 11 team and Fantasy Picks:
   

For the last two spot you can go with Padikkal and either of Miller or Vohra and there is credit issue so you have to take risk on one big player(Can be Samson). If either of Allen or R Patidar plays you can consider them, they can be a good credit save.

Top Captain & Vice Captain Choice:
Virat Kohli- Virat Kohli can be your top choice for captaincy while chasing and since ball would be spinning much S Gopal would not be that a bigger threat. You can expect him to score big on this ground. He has an average of 85 in Wankhede.
Ab de Villiers - Ab can be one of safest choice for C/Vc while batting first and can do some real damage at the death . He will also give some value wicket Keeping and have a good record against RR bowlers except S Gopal which he is unlikely to face considering his batting position.
Jos Buttler - Jos Buttler played a good knock in the last game and looked very good and was timely the ball very perfectly until he got out to Jadeja. He can be player to watch out for .
Sanju Samson - Sanju Samson failed twice scoring 4 and 1 after hitting the century and you can expect him to score today and to lead from front. Can be good choice while batting first.
Glenn Maxwell -Maxwell played some exceptional innings on turning tracks and played responsibly which he is not known then imagine what can he do in Wankhede. He can also chip in few overs against Miller and Dube.
Punt Pick: 
Devdutt Padikkal : Devdutt Padikkal was in  excellent form before the start of ipl and has not score big till now but today can be his day. You can try him as captain in Grand Leagues while batting first.

M Vohra - Manan Vohra has got start in every match and has looked good but has unable to convert the start. If he plays a bit responsibly he can give you some good points.



*Disclaimer - No team assure you 100% win and these team is based on author's understanding, analysis to provide you with best chance of winning. Try to make your own team with the analysis provided.