The Royal Challengers Bangalore will face the Deccan Chargers in the 40th game of the IPL at Bangalore. The Bangalore side has five wins in the tournament so far, whereas Deccan have only three. In fact, from now, Deccan Chargers will need to win all their games to be able to have any chances of staying back in the tournament, whereas the Royal Challengers need only a couple of wins from their remaining games to ensure a semi-finals berth.

The Bangalore side will know that despite been in a really strong position in terms of the points table, they seem to have lost their momentum. This has led to some successive defeats for them, including a rather lop-sided one against the Delhi team at Feroz Shah Kotla.

One gets the sense that they had made a mistake in changing their order so drastically in the Delhi game. resting of Dale Steyn and getting in an extra batsman meant that the line-up saw the batting till number eight, but unfortunately, the bowlers could not do the job.

The Bangalore team would be advised to bring back Steyn, and in all probabilities, allow Cameron White a break or two given that he hasn't had a great two or three games so far. This will also allow Steyn to bowl on a track which has, through the duration of the tournament, allowed the bowlers much help.

From the batting perspective, there cannot be too much doubt that the side is packed with them; Rahul Dravid's barely getting the opportunities, and he could be seen batting up the order.

For the Chargers, a lot of things need to change including their attitude. After those three successive wins, the Chargers seem to have gone back to that mode in 2008 where they simply could not win despite possessing a line-up which consisted of Gilchrist, Gibbs and Symonds, and not to forget Rohit Sharma.

In the game against the Rajasthan Royals, the Chargers bowling was something that clicked well together, but it was their batting that fell away without too much ado. Except Rohit Sharma, none of the other batsmen made any contributions, and that meant that the Chargers lost a game that they should have won 99 times out of 100. A lot will now depend on how Gilly is able to motivate his side for this game, as the side needs to win almost everything and will be taking on Bangalore on their own home ground.

Tag :- Cameron White   Dale Steyn   Deccan Chargers   Rohit Sharma   Royal Challengers Bangalore