The M Chinnaswammy stadium in Bangalore will host the 43rd game of the IPL between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders and in more ways than one, this is a must-win game for both the sides. With the clutter in the middle of the points table it could mean that only one of these may actually go on to qualify for the semi-finals and that is what both the sides will need to do; win!

Royal Challengers Bangalore had a good run of victories in the tournament so far before they lost their way a little. Currently, they have ten points from the games that they have played but the problem is with the two losses in the previous three games that would have pegged them back in the tournament. This also means that the side will need to revamp the playing eleven in order to try and get back to their winning ways.

For one, they need to strengthen their bowling line-up. Bangalore cannot expect to go into the game with only 4 bowlers, and have to get Dale Steyn back into the line-up. What that means is that is a foreign player comes back into the side, another foreign player will need to go out, and in all probabilities that will be Cameron White. White hasn't had the best of performances in the tournament so far, and he was shuffled to the top of order, where he struggled to put bat to ball.

With Ross Taylor back into the fold, the side will look to make the best of his presence, and give White the axe.

On the other hand, the Knight Riders have many more problems than the rest of the sides. Their batting has never looked like it is a struggle, but it has not scored enough runs on many of the occasions. This means that the side will probably look to go after the bowling from the start, as the pair of Sourav Ganguly and Chris Gayle have been doing, but also, in all probabilities, include Brendon McCullum in the middle order in order to get the momentum going.

If McCullum comes in, the side will need to reshuffle their foreign players a tad, and that would mean that David Hussey could get the axe, whereas one also gets the sense that the bowling has been a tad underdone by the presence of Shane Bond. Instead, I would go in for Charl Langevedlt who can bowl well in the death overs as well.

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