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Lucknow Super Giants vs RC Bangalore Best Bet
Tuesday, April 19th, 3pm (UK time)
KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants will square off against Faf Du Plessis’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in Tuesday’s encounter at the DY Patil Stadium.
Lucknow arrive following a comprehensive 18-run victory over the Mumbai Indians’ on Saturday, in which Rahul struck a magnificent century in his 100th IPL match. Marcus Stoinis has also returned to further bolster their power-packed batting lineup.
RCB have matched their opponent’s strong start to the season, picking up eight points from six matches, but have relied heavily on runs from the willow of Dinesh Karthik’s bat (197 runs at a strike rate north of 200).
With an increasing bias placed towards the toss in evening games, I’m swerving the outright market, and instead siding with Lucknow paceman Avesh Khan in the Top Team Bowler Market.
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The Indian seamer, who was released by Delhi Capitals despite prizing 24 wickets last season, has hit the ground running in IPL 15, claiming 11 already, and topping his side’s wicket charts.
He now sits just one wicket off the purple cap, and he was again influential versus Mumbai (3/30), where he picked up the key scalp of Rohit Sharma alongside overseas duo Dewald Brevis and Fabian Allen.
Khan has already claimed the top bowler market for the Super Giants on two occasions this season, and has remained a consistent performer throughout, picking up wickets in all but one match (3,1,0,4,2,1).
For this reason, the paceman tops the market at 3.25, with Andrew Tye, Dushmantha Chameera and Jason Holder just behind him. However, these three seamers have amassed just 11 wickets this season and have all travelled at economies above nine.
I think that Khan will relish the opportunity to bowl at RCB’s underperforming top order, which after a strong start to IPL 15, has struggled for consistency.
If given the new ball, I’m hoping Khan can crack open this batting line-up early on, but if unsuccessful, his skill at the death should still provide an abundance of opportunities to win this market.
- Selection: Avesh Kahn – Team Top Bowler
- Best Odds: 3.20 (bet365)
- Stakes: 7/10
Odds as at 6pm April 18th 2022. Odds may now differ.
