Royal Challengers Bangalore v Gujarat Lions betting tips & preview IPL 2016

The first qualifier of the Indian Premier League playoffs will be played between the Gujarat Lions and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match will be played at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday, May 24 Online Cricket Bet tips.

While the Gujarat Lions finished the league stage on top of the league standings with nine wins from 14 matches, the Royal Challengers were close on their heels with eight wins in the league stage.

Both teams are coming into this fixture on the backs of league wins. While the Lions defeated the Mumbai Indians on Saturday evening, the Royal Challengers beat the Delhi Daredevils on Sunday evening.cricket bet tips

Nitish Rana’s outstanding innings of 70 runs from just 36 deliveries saw the Mumbai Indians post 172/8 in the first 20 overs. There were decent contributions from Rohit Sharma and Jos Buttler along the way as well with Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dwayne Smith, and Dwayne Bravo all picking up a couple of wickets each. Live Cricket Bet Tips

The Lions finished the chase with just over a couple of overs to spare as Brendon McCullum and Suresh Raina hit the ground running after Aaron Finch’s dismissal on a duck. McCullum missed out on a fifty by a couple of runs while Raina hit 58 off 36 deliveries. Dinesh Karthik missed out but Dwayne Smith and Ravindra Jadeja were on point as the duo took their team across the line.

The other game saw the Royal Challengers bowl really well in the first 20 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal notched up three wickets while Chris Gayle picked a couple as well. Sreenath Aravind and Chris Jordan each had a wicket to show for their efforts as Quinton de Kock top-scored for the Delhi Daredevils with 60 runs off 52 deliveries. The side finished with 138/8 in the first period of play. Online cricket bet tips

After the dismissals of Gayle and AB de Villiers early on in the chase, Virat Kohli and Lokesh Rahul had a 66-run stand for the third wicket that saw the Royal Challengers get on top of proceedings. Even after Rahul’s dismissal, the side were always in the game with Kohli at one end and the skipper hit the winning runs in the first delivery of the penultimate over with Stuart Binny at the other end.Live Cricket bet Tips

While the Gujarat Lions have been the most consistent team in the IPL this year, which is proved by the fact that they have topped the league standings, the Royal Challengers have succeeded in making the playoffs thanks to a late push led by their inspirational skipper Kohli.

He has hit the most number of sixes in this tournament this year and is the leading run-scorer by some distance. Kohli has managed to dig his team out of tight spots on more than one occasion. Gujarat Lions on the other hand have seen a lot of their players perform in patches across the season. They really are a collective unit.

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Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore betting tips & preview IPL 2016

The Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the setting on Monday, May 16 as the Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the ongoing Indian Premier League.

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The hosts are currently in second spot in the league standings with 14 points from 11 matches. The visitors are sixth with 10 points from 11 matches.

Both sides were winners of their respective matches at the weekend. While the hosts beat the Rising Pune Supergiants via the Duckworth-Lewis method by eight wickets, the Royal Challengers recorded a 144-run win which is the biggest margin of victory ever recorded in the IPL. Online Cricket Bet tips

The Kolkata Knight Riders had bowled superbly throughout the innings, picking up wickets at regular intervals right from the beginning when Andre Russell sent Ajinjya Rahane packing after he pulled one onto his own stumps. Shakib Al Hasan and Piyush Chawla bowled really well while Sunil Narine conceded just 10 runs in 3.4 overs before play was stopped by rain with the score at 103/6 in 17.4 overs. Cricket Bet tips

After a prolonged period of rain, the hosts were set a target of 66 runs in 9 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin claimed a couple of wickets in the first over but the Supergiants were sucked of any joy by Yusuf Pathan, who belted 37 runs off 18 deliveries to take the Knight Riders across the line with four overs to spare.Live Cricket bet tips

The other game had seen the Royal Challengers Bangalore put 248/3 on the board after Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers both posted tons and shared a 229-run partnership for the second wicket. The two hit a combined 20 sixes and 15 boundaries. Kohli brought up his third ton of the ongoing IPL posting 109 off 55 deliveries while de Villiers was unbeaten on 129 off 52 deliveries at the end of the first period of play. Cricket Bet tips

The Gujarat Lions were never really in the chase but they surrendered rather meekly for a side that has played some good cricket this season. Chris Jordan claimed four wickets while Yuzvendra Chahal notched up three. Sachin Baby got a couple of wickets as well as skipper Dhoni used nine different bowlers. Online Cricket Bet tips

Both sides will be high on confidence heading into this one. While the Royal Challengers will hope for an encore, performances such as the one we saw the other day do not come around very often. That being said, the consistency that Kohli has shown has been amazing and he will again hold the key.

The Knight Riders did their job the other day after what was an underwhelming defeat at home to the Gujarat Lions. It would have helped the confidence of the team and Pathan’s form in particular has been a positive for the side.

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