IPL Updates: Kochi vs Bangalore ( 3 Match)

Kochi Tuskers have won the toss and elected to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kochi on Saturday. Match starts 8 pm on Saturday.

Squad:

Kochi Tuskers Kerala: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Brendon McCullum(w), Brad Hodge, Balachandra Akhil, Deepak Chougule, Gnaneswara Rao, Raiphi Gomez, John Hastings, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Klinger, VVS Laxman, Chandan Madan, Sushant Marathe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Steve O'Keefe, Prasanth Padmanabhan, Parthiv Patel, Thissara Perera, Ramesh Powar, Owais Shah, RP Singh, Steven Smith, S Sreesanth, Tanmay Srivastava, Vinay Kumar, Yashpal Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Daniel Vettori (c), AB de Villiers(w), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mayank Agarwal, Sreenath Aravind, Arun Karthik, BN Bharath, Raju Bhatkal, Nuwan Pradeep, Muralidharen Gautam, Mohammad Kaif, Abrar Kazi, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Charl Langeveldt, Abhimanyu Mithun, Dirk Nannes, Ryan Ninan, Asad Pathan, Luke Pomersbach, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rilee Rossouw, Saurabh Tiwary, Johan van der Wath, Jonathan Vandiar

Preview

Debutant Kochi face Bangalore (RCB) in their first game of the the Indian Premier League-4.

Kochi has hardly witnessed big-time cricket over the years so the prospect of watching international players is very appealing to the Kerala fans.

Mahela Jayawardene will captain Kochi and the team looks capable enought to beat Bangalore. It will also be a respite from all the controversies that engulfed this team in the recent past.

RCB top-order consists of big names like AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli and the very talented Saurabh Tiwary. The quartet is one of the best among 10 teams and it will be a real test for Kochi bowlers to restrict this line-up for a modest score.

Dilshan is expected to open the batting and one can imagine a lot of fireworks.
Get set for a remarkable game!

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