Shreyas Gopal, the Rajasthan Royals all-rounder spinner reckons that the game against tough opponent Royal Challengers Bangalore will a great contest between bat and ball.
RCB have won two games out of their three matches so far losing against KXIP. The Virat Kohli led side had clinched victory in their last game after defeating Mumbai Indians in the super over. Rajasthan Royals too have won two games out of their three losing only against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Shreyas Gopal, Steven Smith, Rajasthan Royals. (Image Credit: Google)
Shreyas Gopal Looks Forward As Rajasthan Royals Play Against Royal Challengers Bangalore
Rajasthan have the upper hand against Bangalore as they have won 10 matches and lost 8 while 3 matches have produced no result. Shreyas Gopal played 14 games for the Rajasthan Royals in 2019 and picked as many as 20 wickets, including a hat-trick against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has picked up 1 wicket so far in 3 games.
“RCB has always been a good team, a tough opponent. This year they’ve started off pretty well and won good games. It’s going to be a great game I’m sure,” said Shreyas in an official release issued by Rajasthan Royals.
Virat Kohli. Photo Credit: IPL/BCCI.
“It’ll be a great contest between bat and bowl and am really looking forward to playing against them, hopefully, we can put our third win on the board and take things forward for us as a side,” he added.
Rajasthan Royals will lock horns with RCB on Saturday at 3.30 pm IST. All eyes will be on RCB skipper Virat Kohliand it will be interesting to see if he ends the run drought so far in IPL 2020 as he had scored only 18 runs in 3 matches. Chris Morris if fit and Moeen Ali of RCB may be considered for selection in RCB’s starting XI while David Miller, Andrew Tye, or Oshane Thomas may get the nod if RR plans to change their squad.
Shreyas Gopal: RR Need To Assess Conditions As It Will Be First Day Match
The match will be the first day game of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2020. The day game is likely to make things interesting with the intense heat becoming a bigger factor and the possible absence of dew.
“It’s our first day-game, so honestly, we’ll need to assess the conditions when we go there and get to the ground. We can’t really estimate anything sitting here, we’ve practiced during the day a few times in the ICC academy so we’ll go there and take a call there itself,” said Shreyas.
Shreyas Gopal. Image Credit: Getty Images.
“It shouldn’t be too different. There might not be dew other than that I feel it’ll be a really good wicket and a good contest,” he added.
Delhi Capitals play Kolkata Knight Riders on the evening of 3rd October. Rajasthan Royals won 3 matches against RCB out of 4 in 2018 and 2019 while 1 was no-result. Rajasthan Royals were banned for 2 years in 2016 and 2017.
