IPL 2016, SRH vs RCB Playing 11: Today's Probable XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore have lacked consistency this season

The 27th match of the VIVO IPL 2016 will see an encounter between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad. Even though RCB has easily been the best batting side in the tournament, they have struggled to win matches. Contrastingly, the Sunrisers have been exceptional with the ball but are still stuck in the bottom half of the league table at 5th. Both teams played their first match of the 9th IPL against each other and it was the Bangalore side that had flexed its batting muscle to overpower SRH by 45 runs. It will be an important game for both Bangalore and Hyderabad as they will want to achieve consistency.

Here's our prediction on how Royal Challengers may line up for the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Batting

RCB's batting in the 2016 IPL has been all about skipper Virat Kohli and master batsman AB de Villiers. Between them, the duo has amassed an astonishing 636 runs, which is nearly 70 per cent of the runs scored by the team. Kohli heads the Orange Cap contenders list with 367 runs in just 5 innings at a phenomenal average of 91.75 whereas de Villiers has 269 runs at an average of just under 54.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore batting will also receive a major boost following the return of Chris Gayle to the line-up. There has not been much to talk about in terms of other batsmen barring a fifty from KL Rahul in the previous game and a few cameos from Sarfaraz Khan and Shane Watson.

Batting has not been Bangalore's problem in this season and they will be hopeful that it remains this way.

All-rounders

There has not been much to cheer about on the all-rounders front for Royal Challengers Bangalore this season. Watson may have bowled pretty well but he has failed to make enough impact with the bat. Stuart Binny, on the other hand, hasn't got too many chances to perform in his new team.

Some of the other all-rounders in the team like David Wiese and Parvez Rasool have also not played too many matches so far. The Challengers would require at least one or two of their all-rounders to play a big role for them going forward.

Bowling

The Bangalore bowling attack has been their primary cause for concern in the 9th edition of the IPL. Watson has been the only bright spot with 7 wickets in 5 matches and an economy rate of just over 8. Fast bowler Kane Richardson has picked up 5 wickets too but has been way too expensive, giving away his runs at 9.10 per over.

The spin attack, led by leggie Yuzvendra Chahal, has also struggled to get going with him and Iqbal Abdulla claiming just 3 wickets each. New recruit Tabraiz Shamsi has been impressive, though, with 2 wickets in 2 matches. RCB desperately need to get their bowling combination sorted if they intend to perform well enough to qualify for the playoffs.

Probable Playing XI

Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, KL Rahul (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Kedar Jadhav, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Abu Nechim, Tabraiz Shamsi.