Ahead of their do-or-die play-off clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB will hope Washington Sundar and Chris Morris continue to be economical in the powerplay.
MI's Hardik Pandya and RCB's Chris Morris have been reprimanded for breaching the IPL code of conduct.
With 343 runs in 11 matches, Padikkal (20) is RCB's second-highest run-scorer this season behind captain Virat Kohli and has consistently given them good starts at the top of the order
On a year that is 2020, IPL has witnessed a different RCB side, a more settled team with specific roles assigned to the players, all that has led to the team winning five out of their first seven games as many as defending champions Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals
Morris took 3/19 in four overs against CSK while he returned with figures of 2/17 against KKR on Monday night. His confidence has rubbed on to young pacer Navdeep Saini who has also done well to contain the batsmen.
Chennai have dropped Kedar Jadhav after his poor show with the bat in two chases - against SRH and KKR - both of which resulted in a defeat for CSK.
Morris has a better economy rate than Kagiso Rabada and Jofra Archer in the death overs in the last three IPL seasons. Morris's economy rate of 8.28 since IPL 2017 has been only behind Jasprit Bumtrah's 7.99.
Morris, who was bought for Rs 10 crore by RCB in a bid to strengthen its weak death bowling department, had also missed the team's opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The RCB shared a video on their official social media profile where AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Shivam Dube and Chris Morris could be seen in action.
The Bangalore franchise posted a video of the players' arrival at the team hotel on Saturday.
Kagiso Rabada has pulled out of the event due to the a death of immediate family member.
While Chris Morris was running towards the bowling crease to deliver the ball, it slipped out of his hand following which the he stopped and warned Marcus Stoinis.
As many as eight players were roped in by RCB in Kolkata on Thursday with RCB spending INR 21.5 crores on Thursday.
South African all-rounder Chris Morris was sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs. 10 crore at the IPL 2020 Auction.
All-rounders will once again be the toast of the town when the hammer goes down on December 19 in Kolkata for the IPL 2020 auction.
Delhi Capitals have retained only three foreign players ahead of the IPL 2020 auctions.
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