IPL 2020 Match 9 – RR vs KXIP Betting Preview

It’s Match 9 of the IPL 2020 season and we have Rajasthan Royals playing Kings XI Punjab in Sharjah. Both teams have 1 win each so far in IPL 2020 and Punjab begins as favourite, at odds of 1.73 with 1xBet but we know better than to just go ahead and bet on such low odds pre-match. Instead, we should try and bet on both sides during the game as and when we get the chance.

Talking about live betting, it’s a belter of a pitch in Sharjah, so you may want to back the team batting first to score 170-180 and more. Rajasthan is the underdog for the day at 1.87 with 1xBet. We’ve noticed one trend so far in IPL 2020 and that’s of teams batting first and winning, with 6 out of 8 games so far going to the team batting first. However, we are seeing a majority of teams winning the toss and fielding first!

IPL 2020 Match 9 - RR vs KXIP Betting Preview

Batting picks

Like we mentioned, it’s a fabulous pitch where RR scored 217 in the previous game here and CSK also scored 200 in the chase. Batting picks are important but you have many in-form players like Sanju Samson, Steve Smith and others to pick from. However, Jos Buttler is fresh out of quarantine and he’s favourite today to top score at 3.24 with 1xBet, who has 8 fifties in his last 21 IPL games!


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For Punjab, they have KL Rahul as high favourite to top score especially after his century in the last game, up at 3.24 with 1xBet but we won’t be backing him as there’s not too much value. Instead, look at an option like Mayank Agarwal who is up at 4.98 to top score for Punjab especially after scores like 89 and 26 so far in IPL 2020. Glenn Maxwell has been poor so far, but he’s also good value at odds of 5.5!

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Bowling picks

In the previous game here, it was a good outing for the pacers as well as spinners, so we’re not seeing any one sided advantages here. For Rajasthan, Jofra Archer is the clear favourite to be their top bowler at 3.24 with 1xBet while Jaydev Unadkat is another option but we don’t see him being among the wickets! Rahul Tewatia picked 3 scalps in the last game and if you think he can strike again, he’s up at odds of 6.5!


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With 17 wickets in 6 games at the U-19 World Cup and 4 wickets in 2 games in IPL 2020 so far, Ravi Bishnoi is someone to watch out for, expected to be one of the top bowlers at 4.5 with 1xBet! We’re expecting Mujeeb Rahman to also be a good bet in case he makes the playing eleven while Mohammed Shami seems to be in great rhythm to, up at odds of 3.24 to be their top bowler!

Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab Betting

Overall, we think it could be a close encounter where Rajasthan Royals may end up victorious today. Regardless, we’ll be playing ‘Over’ on all the 20-over session bets since both teams have a solid top order and we don’t think 180 is a safe score on this pitch. For more updates, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com


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