Royal Challengers Bangalore v Chennai Super Kings – Player Comparison
If Bangalore have an advantage in the batting department then the Super Kings have an edge in bowling.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 and company have a great balance and variety in their bowling lineup, as they have proved several times by defending low totals.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 is the man to watch out for the Royal Challengers as he has bowled out of his skin this season. Batsmen from all the teams have found it very difficult to score free runs against the wily off-spinner.
He has grabbed 15 scalps in the tournament so far in 13 fixtures but his economy rate has been astonishing, giving only 6.29 runs per over this year.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shadab-Jakati-c2475 is a seasoned campaigner and has bowled well in the current season.
Majority of the cricket pundits agree that Chennai’s bowling lineup is the best in the current season, although the fans of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians may like to disagree with this.
Bowling is surely the strength of the Super Kings and this department has not let them down often.
On top of that, Chennai is also rated as the best fielding team of the event since we hardly see them drop catches or give out extra runs.
The Chennai’s bowlers feel extremely confident because their fielders save approximately 15 to 20 runs in every encounter.
If we talk about Bangalore’s bowling, they also have some brilliant options like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Mithun-c41242.
However, their bowling has been hampered with the absence of their captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Luca-Vettori-c52306
Vettori is a reliable left-arm spinner because of all his international experience and does not give http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-Muchall-c1499 away to the opposition batsmen.
Apart from his bowling, he is definitely missed as a captain since Kolhi is still very http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Young-c98322 at this level. An experienced captain is like gold, especially in pressure situations.
Zaheer is also in doubt for tomorrow’s match as he is suffering from a small niggle and may be rested against the Super Kings in order to get the best out of him in the play-offs.
It http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 be a huge blow for the Royal Challengers if the left-arm fast bowler does not play tomorrow. Without Vettori and Zaheer, Bangalore’s bowling is going to be very thin and may struggle to contain the strong batting lineup of Dhoni and company.
This fixture has all the makings of a thrilling clash because one team has an edge in the batting department and the other looks a better unit with the ball.
At the end of the day, the team which plays better cricket on the day will come out victorious but if we have to put our money on one team, it would have to be Chennai because of their balance in both departments of the game.
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