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

#5 How will the Chinnaswamy surface play?

Ben Cutting will be a very useful bowler in the slow Chinnaswamy surface

One of the reasons why RCB have struggled this year is because they have failed to chalk out strategies and plans to use at the Chinnaswamy and the surprisingly slow nature of the pitch. It’s certainly not the same flat deck that produced high-scoring games in the IPL in the past.

It will be interesting to see how the pitch will play which could also decide the combinations of the squads. SRH might look into bringing in the big-hitting all-rounder, Ben Cutting, in place of Bipul Sharma. Cutting, who won the Man of the Match award in the final last year could be very handy with his pace variations if the surface is on the slower side.

RCB would have learnt from their mistakes and should put up a better performance this time around. It is going to be a cracker of a contest, this one.