Week 5 - Match 4 - Kochi Tuskers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Welcome to the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, home of the Kochi Tuskers.

Form

KT - DLLL

RCB - LWWL

Pitch Conditions: The slower bowlers will be key on a pitch where the faster deliveries will sit up fairly nicely. Any medium pacers who can bowl cutters will be essential on this pitch. Batting will be hard to start with but once a batsmen gets adjusted to the pace of the pitch he should begin to find it easier.

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Please post tactics below...

Provisional team and tactics:
Kochi Tuskers:
1) V.V.S Laxman
2) Phillip Hughes O, U25
3) Parthiv Patel
4) Tanmay Srivastava U25
5) Brendon McCullum (W) O
6) Steve Smith O
7) Balachandra Akhil
8) Daniel Vettori O, (C)
9) Piyush Chawla U25
10) R.P.Singh U25
11) Muralitharan O

Toss: Bat First

Batting
Laxman gets a chance to anchor the innings at the top of the order, with Hughes given a licence to attack at the other end. McCullum could go in at 3 if there's an early wicket, otherwise he's saved to lead the slog at the end, backed up by Smith and Akhil

Bowling
A spin-heavy attack sees Vettori take the new ball with RP Singh. Akhil's medium pace provides seam backup in the 5th over and at the death, while Murali takes over from Vettori, with Chawla and Smith offering leg-spin options through the middle overs.

R.P.Singh - 3 overs (1,3,20)
Daniel Vettori - 4 overs (2,4,10,12)
Akhil - 2 overs (5,19)
Muralitharan - 4 overs (6,8,14,17)
Piyush Chawla - 4 overs (7,9,16,18)
Steve Smith - 3 overs (11,13,15)

Kiwi just to let you know Steve Smith is U25 as well

Bump.

Tactics needed from RCB

1) Abhinav Mukund
2) Mohammad Hafeez
3) Mohammad Kaif
4) AB De Villiers
5) Manish Pandey
6) Ross Taylor
7) Ravrinda Jadeja
8) Steve O'Keefe
9) Mitchell Johnson
10) Praveen Kumar
11) Vinay Kumar

Batting

Hafeez and Mukund will look to set RCB off to a great start going at 7 a over, the main will not to get out early and play each other in. Kaif will also look to do the same. De Villiers, Pandey and Taylor will look to clear the boundaries with Jadeja, O'Keefe and co there if needed.

Bowling

Johnson and Praveen will open the bowling. Slower balls and slower balls yorkers the key. Vinay will look to follow the effort of Mitch and Praveen. Jadeja and O'Keefe slow spin will keep Kochi under-pressure with wickets falling at relative intervals, Hafeez will also chip in with a few overs. Johnson will be the key at the end as we look to close out the game.

Praveen- 1, 3, 5, 18
Johnson- 2, 8, 17, 20
Vinay- 4, 6, 15, 19
O'Keefe- 7, 9, 11, 13
Jadeja- 10, 12
Hafeez- 14, 16

Toss- Bat first

Weyhey, nice one Liam.

Very sorry it's late.

Not a problem.

no worries mate dont worry about it, there are more importnat things..