After ending what seemed an unending series of defeats at Hyderabad a couple of days ago, Royal Challengers Bengaluru must be hoping its turnaround story continues in Sunday’s sweltering heat. It is up against a home side that should want to put behind it the four-run loss to Delhi Capitals in its last match.
Despite that defeat at New Delhi, Gujarat Titans is still in the race for a place in the IPL playoffs, with eight points from nine games. RCB has just four points from as many games and is placed right at the bottom of the pile.
Against Sunrisers Hyderabad, however, RCB had one of its more gratifying days with the bat, as the middle-order clicked, with Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green scoring 50 and 37 not out respectively off the 20 balls they each faced. The RCB batting this season had been mostly about opener Virat Kohli (430 runs).
