By pulling off a blinder against Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator, courtesy Rajat Patidar’s ton of 112. The Royal Challengers march onto the second qualifier against Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
The go to bowler Harshal Patel has recovered from his hand injury and is all set to roar. Dinesh Karthik is also in top form with 324 runs so far and his heroics will be much crucial to get the RCB on featuring in the final.
Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga will be a good weapon against the RR as he can crunch the top order likes of Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson. The spinner had dismissed Samson five times in six T20 innings with only conceding 18 runs of 23 balls.
Although, leading wicket taker Yuzvendra Chahal will be a threat to Karthik as he dismissed the wicket keeper batsmen three times in ten innings. The game on Friday will also mark the century of T20 games for Hasaranga.
RCB spinners have scalped a total of 35 wickets so far in this IPL.
