Royal Challengers Bangalore bid to extend their winning start to the 2020 Indian Premier League when they take on Kings XI Punjab as both teams play their second matches of the tournament. The match takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 24 and gets underway at 19:30 local time.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad first up, with Devdutt Padikkal hitting 56 in a total of 163/5. In reply, Yuzvendra Chahal’s 3-18 helped limit Sunrisers Hyderabad to 153 all out.

Kings XI Punjab, meanwhile, recovered well thanks to Mayank Agarwal’s 89 from 60 balls to post 157/8 and tie with Delhi Capitals. Mohammed Shami had earlier taken 3-15 with the ball for them too. They lost in the super over, however.

Date- 24 Sept 2020

Time-  19:30:00, GMT +5:30

Venue- Dubai Cricket Stadium – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Winner-Royal Challengers Bangalore

Toss Prediction

Teams have stuck to the norm of fielding first in the UAE so far.

Weather Report

More typically hot and sunny Dubai weather is on the way on Thursday, before a warm and clear evening.

Pitch Condition

The wicket turned a little last time out but it would still be a surprise to see anything less than good strike rates again.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted Playing 11

Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Shivam Dube, Josh Philippe (wk), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav

Kings XI Punjab Predicted Playing 11

KL Rahul (c), Mayank Argawal, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Mandeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Ravi Bishnoi

Dream 11 Team