Sunrisers Hyderabad when on Monday will enter at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad to play against Royal challengers Bangalore, the home side will aim for another win to seal their place in the top four of this edition of Indian Premier league.
Kane Williamson led SRH has impressed everyone with their performance this season winning seven of nine games played so far. They are currently sitting at the top of league table with 14 points in their bag winning all of their last three games.
On one side, Surnisers will be focusing to continue their rich form to strengthen their top position, it'll be a tough challenge for RCB to keep their hopes alive of first silverware.
Virat led RCB is trailing at sixth position with 6 points from nine games.
The biggest positive for Sunrisers in this edition has been the ravishing performance of their bowling unit. Despite the unavailability of two times defending purple cap holder Bhuvneshwar Kumar the team performed brilliantly and successfully defended 132 runs against Kings XI Punjab and 152 versus Rajasthan Royals.
Afghan spinner Rashid Khan and Siddarth Kaul leads the wicket taking list with 12 each, while Shakib has eight dismissals in his name. Bhuvneshwar and Sandeep Sharma have also made their presence felt with six wickets each.
However, their concern lies in the batting front, apart captain Kane Williamson, who has 354 runs from nine games at an average of 50. 57 no other batsman has contributed from the other end making it difficult for the right hand New Zealand skipper at critical situations.
Star Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has failed to justify his caliber. 32-year old former SRH skipper has managed to score 184 runs in the tournament so far from eight games. While big buy Manish Pandey have also disappointed with his performance of 179 runs.
Other batsman Yusuf Pathan (174), Shakib al Hasan (123) and Wriddhiman Saha (79) have also been fairly unimpressive.
While the visitors led by Indian skipper Virat are struggling for survival. They need to win each of their remaining five games and also hope other favorable results to remain in contention for the play-offs.
On Monday in the tough away game, star duo of Kohli and AB de Villiers will have to create some magic with their bat to make it tough for SRH, whose bowlers have proved to be headache for all teams.
Despite having likes of de Kock and McCullum in the top front with Virat and Ab supporting them in the mid, RCB has failed to put mammoth total on the board which their bowlers could defend.
But now it's time for them to bring out something different since because one more defeat would spell their ouster.
RCB's bowling so far has remained ordinary . Umesh Yadav (13 wickets) and Yuzvendra Chahal (7 wickets) have got wickets but Hyderabad-lad Mohammad Siraj and Washington Sundar also need to come up with a solid show on Monday.