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IPL: RCB to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in final today

In IPL Cricket, Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in a high-intensity summit clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today.The match will begin at 8 pm. Both the teams are eyeing for the maiden IPL title.The Challengers will have a slight advantage over Sunrisers as they have the experience of playing in IPL final in 2009 and 2011.They had finished runners-up on both occasions. Sunrisers' best finish was a play-off berth which they managed in their debut season in 2013.The Challengers have built up considerable momentum winning seven of their previous eight matches.Kohli and AB de Villiers have been the cynosure of all eyes for RCB with their batsmanship.Captain Virat Kohli seems to be enjoying the best form of his career so far with 919 runs from 15 games in the tournament.De Villiers, on the other hand, is the third highest scorer in the tournament with 682 runs under his belt.Sunrisers bowling has struck gold for their team this season. Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading the wicket-takers list with 23 wickets from 16 games while Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman has also lived up to his skipper's expectations in this tournament.In fact, it won't be wrong to say that today's match will be a contest between RCB's batting and Sunrisers bowling unit.

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