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The cash rich league is all set to start from April 9, 2021 with RCB facing Mumbai Indians in the opening encounter in Chennai. The first phase of the tournament will initially be held behind closed doors due to rise of covid cases in the country. The tournament will be held in five venues- Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore with no team getting the home advantage.
Lets have a look on the best possible playing XI of the teams in the tournament:
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Bangalore based franchise is one of the popular teams in the tournament. They have one of the strongest batting line-ups in the tournament. They will be playing Mumbai Indians in their opening encounter on Saturday. RCB is yet to win a IPL trophy. The team has reached IPL final 3 times but couldn’t get past line. With the team they have, they will surely look to end their title drought.
Royal Challengers Bangalore best playing XI
Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Dan Christian, Kyle Jamison, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mohammad Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals is surely one of the team to watch put for in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. They have a well mix of Indian and Foreign players in the team. Although they have finished at the bottom of the table last year, they will surely look to up their form in the upcoming edition.
Rajasthan Royals best playing XI
Jos Butler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tewatia, Jyadev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Mayank Markhande, Mustafizur Rahman.
SunRisers Hyderabad
SRH is one of the most consistent teams in the tournament. They have a quality player in their squad who can easily help the team get past the line in any situation. They have a settled team going into the tournament and doesn’t need to make any changes in the squad.
SunRisers Hyderabad best playing XI
David Warner, Jason Roy, Manish Pandey, kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Wriddhiman Saha, Rashid Khan, Bhubneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Abishek Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders
The Kolkata based franchise has picked some key players in the 2021 auction. With the likes of Sakib Al Hasan, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting joining the team has really boosted the confidence of the team. Their attempt to get backups for the key position has also been successful. The middle order of the team is one of the best with Eoin Morgan as the captain. They surely have high chances of wining the tournament for the third time.
Kolkata Knight Riders best playing XI
Subhman Gill, Rahul Tripathy, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russel, Sakib Al Hasan, Dinest Karthik, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkotti/Shivam Mavi/Prasidh Krishna, Harbhajan Singh, Varun Chakravarthy/Kuldeep Yadav.