With just a few days left to start the ‘festival’ of the IPL. It will start in Chennai from April 9 and the finals will be played on May 30 at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Virat Kohli, will face five-time champions Mumbai Indians in the first match of the Bangalore IPL 2021. RCB’s squad managed to earn a spot in the IPL 2020 playoffs in the UAE last season.
The first match of the Virat team will start at 7.30pm. The team will play their last match of the tournament against three-time champions Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata on May 23. RCB have added T20 specialists Glenn Maxwell and Kyle Jamison to this year’s IPL auction. With the addition of players such as Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, the team appears to be in the balance of need. Take a look at the team’s possible XI.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore XI’s likely to play: Glenn Maxwell, Devadath Padikkal, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar, Adam Jampa, Mohammed Azharuddin, Kyle Jamison, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Team: Virat Kohli (captain), Devadatta Padikkal, Josh Philip, AB de Villiers, Pawan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Symes, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Jampa, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Gayan Richardson Mohammed Azharuddin, Kyle Jamison, Daniel Christian, KS Bharat, Suyesh Prabhushai.
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