The 11th game of the Champions League T20 will be played between South Australian Redbacks and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban. Both sides have yet to lose a game, with Bangalore having won and South Australia up with two wins.

Bangalore (4/7 at SkyBet) haven’t played at Kingsmead earlier, while South Australia’s previous game was at this ground and they will understand the conditions much better than the Bangalore side. Having said that, the South Australian (8/5 at Sportingbet) strength on these tracks is their bowling while Bangalore seems to possess the batsmen to both blunt and send the bowlers to cleaners. All in all, an interesting contest in the offing.

Bangalore’s strategy with the bat in the previous game was to have Jacques Kallis (13/5 at bet365) and Rahul Dravid (4/1 at BetFred) open the innings in order to see the initial phase off. The target was only about 100 in that T20, but the question in the fans’ minds is whether the coach will go ahead with the same set of openers while chasing 180. With the hard-hitting likes of Cameron White (8/1 at Paddy Power) and Ross Taylor (5/1 at 888Sport), not to forget the new-found capability of Robin Uthappa (5/1 at Coral) to smash the ball around, it will be a nice poser for the Bangalore think-tank.

One gets the sense that one of Taylor and White will get a promotion up the order to the number three position. And that will be their chance to seize the opportunity to not only bat through the innings but also smash the ball around.

South Australia’s captain Michael Klinger (10/3 at Boylesports) has had some good form going for him. In partnership with Daniel Harris (7/2 at Boylesports), the captain had ensured that the side won their game against Mumbai, and the pair will look to bat through the initial part of the 20 overs. Unlike Kallis and Dravid, the Harris-Klinger possesses a wide range of aggressive strokes that should put them in front. However, it is the middle-order where Bangalore score over the South Australians, unless Callum Ferguson (4/1 at SkyBet) can get to another big one, and get some support from Cameron Borgas (4/1 at Blue Square) and Tom Cooper (12/1 at Blue Square).

Tips:
Favourites: Royal Challengers Bangalore (4/7 at SkyBet)
Top Bangalore batsman: Jacques Kallis (13/5 at bet365)
Top South Australia batsman: Callum Ferguson (4/1 at SkyBet)