IPL 2017, RCB v SRH: 5 winning factors

Modified Apr 25, 2017 20:30 IST

Virat Kohli will have to lead from the front to raise the morale in the RCB dressing room after their debacle in the last game

#3 Strategy

Warner had rare failures in the last two games

The two teams know each other very well and must have already chalked the game plans. For RCB, it will be a question of handling Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan and they should look to play out both of them without giving too many wickets.

SRH do lack a quality fifth bowler and the batting-heavy RCB will look to make the best of that weakness of SRH. If RCB can get Warner out cheaply, they could put the relatively weak middle-order of SRH under pressure.

The game plan for SRH will be much simpler - get the top three of RCB as quickly as possible. Time and again we have seen how RCB crumble when they lose wickets in the powerplay. Bhuvneshwar and Nehra will look to swing the new ball and make early indoors.