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Stick with us for the running score, or visit the streams listed below to catch the game live on your device.
Team Destinies Today
After a dismal start to their IPL dream, Daniel Vettori’s team simply must start putting numbers in the win column. Having allowed their standards to slip in fielding, catching, and even batting, Bangalore now sits on the threshold of Twenty20 failure – butter fingered fielders and mediocre batsmen are just a commodity this club can no longer afford. Big names or now, someone has to arrive to the Challengers to stay alive in IPL 4. The big question is who?Tillakaratne Dilshan and AB de Villiers have, so far, shown no signs of showcasing their almost legendary talents. And to be honest, Dilshan in particular has disappointed this writer. His capabilities far exceed what he has shown so far. It’s about time to “put up or shut up” for this due. Let’s get real here, as batsmen there is no one to blame when the ball is bowled – no team to drag one down – no “sun in your eyes” rationale.
The Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand, have three big wins and two close defeats to their credit. This talented team is pretty much in the thick of things for IPL 4. Their methodology of holding down opponent’s run totals so Jacques Kallis & Co. can chase them down – this has so far paid off. It’s pretty basic cricket when you get down to it. Their top order batsmen dictate their wins or losses usually, even though Gautam Gambhir has bailed the team out a bit in the middle of the order. He is scheduled to bat earlier today though.
For Kolkata things are pretty simple today – meet your potential, murdalize Bangalore. For Royal Chargers, Friday cricket is almost as easy – wake TF up and play ball, or die. My prediction is – a final awakening for Dilshan – Bangalore will pull this one off somehow.
Reliable Live Streams
To catch the game via stream, we urge our readers to visit the Times of India website and their YouTube aspect (you’ll have to sign up for instructions), the media outlet has made deals to secure free viewing for everyone there. Also, you can check out Samaylive.com for their feed. You can also watch game highlights from this and previous IPL action at the official IPL YouTube Channelhere. We have not tested Cricket IPLTable, but that stream seems valid too. And as always, if you run across reliable feeds for these matches, please let everyone know here.If you want to download the schedule and print it out in PDF form, TheSportsCampus has made that possible here (PDF). There is lots more info on mobile streams and other methods of being made aware of game scores etc., here as well. As a last resort, you might also try LiveCricket 360, it’s a low quality feed, but it seems to work.
The Probable Starters
Kolkata Knight Riders: Manvinder Bisla, Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Iqbal Abdulla, Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia, Lakshmipathy Balaji.Royal Challengers Bangalore: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Asad Pathan, Daniel Vettori, Zaheer Khan, Ryan Ninan, Abhimanyu Mithun.
Sources: http://www.pamil-visions.net
