Qualifier 1 (Gujarat Lions vs Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
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| Tuesday, May 24, 2016 (D/N) |
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| Time : 08:00 IST | 14:30 GMT |
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April 24, 2016
IPL 2016 Playoffs round Qualifier match No.1 will be played between Gujarat Lions and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 24th May, 2016 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore at 8:00 pm.Looking at the past performances, Both GL and RC won each 1 match at their home ground in total 2 matches played in IPL. One more thing also interesting that, V Kohli smashed century in both the matches played and at home RCB made 248 runs and won the match by huge margins. Bangalre team will play qualifier 1 match at their home ground so, RCB wil have huge support of home croud as well. RCB will tried to cash this advantage while, Gujarat Lions will have to play level best cricket to knees down Royal Challengers at their home.
Rajkot based team Gujarat Lions has good players to make better start of IPL 2016 with winning knock. Rajkot has good players like : Skipper Suresh Raina, RA Jadeja, BB McCullum (NZ), James Faulkner (Aus), KD Karthik, DJ Bravo (WI), Aaron Finch (Aus), Dwyne Smith (WI), Dale Steyn (SA), Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni and Pravin Tambe, with with good Indian capped and un-capped player to make best eleven to play.
On other side, Having world class aggressive players, Royal Challengers Bangalore performed well and entertained most in past IPL editions. Once again in IPL 2016 Bangalore team likes to made good start with winning this match. Royal Challengers (RCB) has good aggressive batsmen like : Skipper Virat Kohli, CH Gayle (WI), AB de Villiers (SA), & Mandeep Singh and good bowlers like : Mctchell Starc (Aus), Varun Aaron, David Wiese (SA), Travis Head (Aus), Samuel Badree (WI) and Kane Richardsen (Aus) along with good all rounders like : SR Watson (Aus), Kedar Jadhav, STR Binny and Y S Chahal with good Indian capped and un-capped players to make best eleven to play.
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| Played : 2 | |
| Rajkot Won | Bangalore won |
| 1 | 1 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore will have an advantage to play at their home croud, while Gujarat Lions Rajkot needs to play their level best cricket to overcome home team with best performances. Team who perform well will win the match. Let's hope for the good game of cricket at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
| Gujarat Lions Rajkot Squad | Royal Challengers Squad | |
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