Bangalore Vs Hyderabad – A Preview

Bangalore team with a long string of defeats is now struggling to make a mark in the T20. Bangalore team desperately needs to find a winning combination to survive in the tournament.

Today they are playing against another struggling team of Hyderabad! There is a similarity between both the teams that both have managed only one win and that too against the same team- Mumbai. So a lot of excitement will be there in the match when both the teams fight for their respective honour.

Hyderabad team boasts of big names in cricket. Team members Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi are world famous for their awesome hits. All these players have the caliber to blow off any bowling attack. Both the teams really need a come back in the tournament. Today’s match will be a fight between two captains under pressure.

Rahul Dravid has done many experiments with the order of the players but has not achieved any favorable results. On the other hand VVS Laxman is also looking clueless.

Hyderabad initially was a favourite in the tournament as it has many attacking batsmen while Bangalore has batsmen with good Test records. Many big names of cricket are involved in today’s match. These names include players like Misbah-ul-Haq, Gibbs, Taylor, Boucher, Dravid and Laxman.

Good performances can be expected from players like Herschelle Gibbs and Misbah. So let’s keep the fingers crossed and expect a good fight from both the teams.

Bangalore : Praveen Kumar, Wasim Jaffer, Misbah-ul-Haq, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid (Capt.), Mark Boucher (wk), Virat Kohli, Zaheer Khan, Dale Steyn, Anil Kumble, R Vinay Kumar.

Hyderabad : Adam Gilchrist, VVS Laxman (Capt.), Hershelle Gibbs, Rohit Sharma, Shahid Afridi, Arjun Yadav, Sanjay Bangar, Nuwan Zoysa, D Kalyankrishna, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha.