Pretoria will host the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday and if it ends up being an encounter as close as it was previously, then most of the spectators would be happy. Kolkata Knight Riders are currently languishing at the bottom of the ladder, where as Bangalore needs to win this game to remain in contention for an outside chance of a semi-final berth.
From the Sports Pundit IPL Fantasy experts’ perspective, this could be the match to take some risks if your team is languishing down the points table. To me Morne Van Wyk is a surety, and one can even think of getting in Brendon McCullum. The former, because he looks to be in reasonable touch, and the latter because even amidst the ruins that he finds himself, there needs to be at least one decent inning where he gets to his usual self. Or at least that is what the law of averages say about him.
From the Royal Challengers’ point of view, Reolf van der Merwe continues with this uncanny knack of picking up wickets, though his batting has left lot to be desired. Similarly, Robin Uthappa’s one unbeaten fifty has been followed by some pretty ordinrary batting and that has led to some issues. I would advise the Sports Pundit IPL Fantasy experts to not forget Jesse Ryder who has been out of the side due to indifferent form, but it may need only one inning for him to get back.
Similarly, Dale Steyn had been injured because of which he did not play the previous few encounters. But if he does become fit, there is a chance that the Royal Challengers may play him and he should be raring to go; thus allowing a possibility that the pace-man will run through the batting. Anil Kumble does not spin the ball a lot and his form has been moderate, unfortunately, he has done nothing after that remarkable 5/5 to justify selection in this IPL fantasy game.