Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 3rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Another year and another go at that elusive title for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli's side has finished last, sixth and last again in the past three seasons with the bowling often coming under scrutiny. This year, they have strengthened that department by spending big on Chris Morris while also retaining the services of Dale Steyn. These two will have their task cut out right from the word go as RCB are up against the best opening combination from last season - David Warner and Jonny Bairstow. These two batsmen set the tournament on fire in 2019 with four partnerships in excess of 100 with RCB on the receiving end on one of the occasions.

If they manage to go past the openers, there is a lot of scope for RCB to keep SRH to a moderate total. That middle order looked vulnerable last season. And changes have been made in search of better results this time around. But how will the likes of Virat Singh, Priyam Garg and Abdul Samad fare very early in the tournament remains to be seen. Manish Pandey turned his form around after being promoted to number 3 at the end of the tournament last year and if he can retain that touch, the young middle order can breathe easy.

It will be interesting to see the match-up between Rashid Khan and RCB's dynamic duo of Kohli and AB de Villiers. Teams preferred playing out the leggie last year and that might prompt Warner to use Rashid in different stages of the innings. Once billed the best bowling attack in the IPL, SRH's bowling stocks were on the wane following Bhuvneshwar Kumar's dull returns. If he can regain his mojo, the RCB's batsmen won't have it easy.