IPL 2020: Check RCB vs KXIP playing 11 predictions and head to head here

Considering RCB match winning performance in its previous match at Sharjah, Bangalore may not make any changes in its playing 11 while laggards KXIP is looking to bring in Gayle in place of Maxwell

Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to gain two crucial points, when Virat Kohli-led side takes on laggards Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Sharjah cricket ground on Thursday. KXIP, on the other hand, would take inspiration from a win over RCB previously in IPL 2020. Punjab has failed to lift themselves in the crunch situations and managed to win only one game (against RCB) in Indian Premier League so far. Talking of the playing 11s of both the teams, RCB may bring any changes while Chris Gayle is likely to replace Maxwell in KXIP line up for today's match.
 
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RCB vs KXIP playing 11 prediction 

KXIP’s best overseas buy, Glenn Maxwell, has failed to make any impression in the season so far as a finisher. And in all likelihood he will be replaced by Chris Gayle in KXIP playing 11. KXIP will also look to beef up its spin department, given the pitches in UAE started to get slow and assist spinners.

KXIP tentative playing 11: Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (C), Simran Singh (W), Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammad Shami, Chris Jordan, Arshdeep Singh

 Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore is coming into the match with a win over Kolkata Knight Riders as it easily defended 194 and won the match by 82 runs at the same venue. Virat Kohli and company would also take note that hitting sixes at Sharjah is not easy as it would have been in first half of IPL 2020. 

RCB tentative playing 11: Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (W), Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Isuru Udana, Chris Morris, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal.

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RCB vs KXIP head to head 

• Overall
• Total matches: 25
• RCB won: 12
• KXIP won: 13

RCB vs KXIP head to head since 2018 (including one match in IPL 2020)

• Matches: 5
• RCB won: 4
• KXIP won: 1

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Sharjah pitch conditions
 
Sharjah has been a six hitting venue in IPL 2020 till RCB vs KKR match. It was observed that it is not easy to hit the ball on front foot as bowlers started using cutter and other types of slow deliveries.
 
Here are the squad of both the teams:

Full list of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL 2020 players along with their salaries:

Player	Team	Retained/bought	Price (Rs cr)
Virat Kohli	RCB	Retained	17.00
A B de Villiers	RCB	Retained	11.00
Chris Morris	RCB	Bought	10.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	Retained	6.00
Shivam Dube	RCB	Retained	5.00
Aaron Finch	RCB	Bought	4.40
Umesh Yadav	RCB	Retained	4.20
Kane Richardson	RCB	Bought	4.00
Washington Sundar	RCB	Retained	3.20
Navdeep Saini	RCB	Retained	3.00
Mohammed Siraj	RCB	Retained	2.60
Dale Steyn	RCB	Bought	2.00
Moeen Ali	RCB	Retained	1.70
Parthiv Patel	RCB	Retained	1.70
Pawan Negi	RCB	Retained	1.00
Gurkeerat Mann Singh	RCB	Retained	0.50
Isuru Udana	RCB	Bought	0.50
Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	Retained	0.20
Joshua Philippe	RCB	Bought	0.20
Pavan Deshpande (uncapped)	RCB	Bought	0.20
Shahbaz Ahmad (uncapped)	RCB	Bought	0.20

Here is KXIP’s full squad for IPL 2020:

Player	Team	Retained/bought/traded in	Price (Rs cr)
K L Rahul	KXIP	Retained	11.00
Glenn Maxwell	KXIP	Bought	10.75
Sheldon Cottrell	KXIP	Bought	8.50
Krishnappa Gowtham	KXIP	Traded in	6.20
Karun Nair	KXIP	Retained	5.60
Mohammed Shami	KXIP	Retained	4.80
Nicholas Pooran	KXIP	Retained	4.20
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	KXIP	Retained	4.00
Chris Jordan	KXIP	Bought	3.00
Chris Gayle	KXIP	Retained	2.00
Ravi Bishnoi (uncapped)	KXIP	Bought	2.00
Mandeep Singh	KXIP	Retained	1.40
Mayank Agarwal	KXIP	Retained	1.00
Hardus Viljoen	KXIP	Retained	0.75
Prabhsimran Singh (uncapped)	KXIP	Bought	0.55
Deepak Hooda (uncapped)	KXIP	Bought	0.50
James Neesham	KXIP	Bought	0.50
Darshan Nalkande	KXIP	Retained	0.30
Sarfaraz Khan	KXIP	Retained	0.25
Arshdeep Singh	KXIP	Retained	0.20
Harpreet Brar	KXIP	Retained	0.20
Ishan Porel (uncapped)	KXIP	Bought	0.20
Jagadeesha Suchith	KXIP	Traded in	0.20
Murugan Ashwin	KXIP	Retained	0.20
Tajinder Dhillon (uncapped)	KXIP	Bought	0.20