IPL 2017 Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore look to regain momentum against in-form Mumbai Indians at home

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 class="synopsis" itemprop="description" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6b6b6b; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Virat Kohli will be back in the Royal Challengers Bangalore line up as they take on Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians at home..</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjy9poz2CwREOqkYrJ1wm3jJlTzHHdehyP2rFPYIgseWyVUsMvey3f7QEhuaytPeneFmiiar0WMR9K0wCo59KZT-qLiMKu0yD56Oua_OJBCGJDLaXuwdZ8V81hdVizmBjNwyer25NJnJp/s1600/rcb-vs-mi-m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjy9poz2CwREOqkYrJ1wm3jJlTzHHdehyP2rFPYIgseWyVUsMvey3f7QEhuaytPeneFmiiar0WMR9K0wCo59KZT-qLiMKu0yD56Oua_OJBCGJDLaXuwdZ8V81hdVizmBjNwyer25NJnJp/s1600/rcb-vs-mi-m.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="custom-caption" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #747474; display: block; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;">One of the most awaited matches of this season’s Indian Premier League is all set to unfold when Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper</span><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;"> </span><a href="http://indianexpress.com/about/virat-kohli/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #346f99; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Virat Kohli</a><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;">takes the center stage at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The Bangalore franchise suffered a number of set backs prior to the start of cash-rich league. Captain Virat and South African batsman</span><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;"> </span><a href="http://indianexpress.com/about/ab-de-villiers/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #346f99; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AB de Villiers</a><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif;">had to sit out in the initial stages of the competition which saw RCB’s decline in the points table while opener KL Rahul’s ruling out of IPL 2017 was another set back for them. Kohli missed out the first three matches for RCB after sustaining a shoulder injury during India’s Test match against Australia in Ranchi.</span></span><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s in the kitty</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">The RCB side now looks pretty balanced with the return of skipper Virat Kohli and Proteas cricketer AB de Villiers in the top order. Moreover, Bangalore are playing at home and the kind of game play they show at Chinnaswamy Stadium is dominant.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mumbai Indians who generally bank upon their young players are looking in form with players like Nitish Rana, Krunal Pandya and Hardik Pandya stepping up to take the responsibilities. Nitish Rana and Krunal’s form has been outstanding in the contest.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Limitations</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bangalore bowlers haven’t been able to click and produce the kind of stuff that they are capable of. Moreover, the dependence on Kohli and de Villiers can create a lot of pressure on the team and eventually lead to negative results.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Players to watch</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Virat Kohli who makes a comeback in this game will be expected to produce a good knock and announce his comeback in style. In the last edition too, he smashed a hundred after getting stitches on hand and eventually ended up with four tons.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meanwhile, Nitish Rana and Krunal Pandya are silently making a mark in this competition. They have already played some match-winnings knocks for their Mumbai Indians franchise and will be the ones to watch out for.</div></div></div>

IPL 2017 Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore look to regain momentum against in-form Mumbai Indians at home

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