Playing XI
Jason Holder - Since his entry in the playing XI, the Hyderabad team looks much balanced and Holder has never been wicket less so far this series with performances of 2/25, 2/27, 1/46, 2/27 and 3/33; Thus giving guaranteed fantasy points in every match.
Chris Morris - He might be wicketless in the last 2 matches but in crucial matches he has always performed well. In the 3 playoff matches that he has played in the IPL, he has taken a wicket each.
Washington Sundar - In the last few matches he has scored well with the bat and also has picked up crucial wickets (2 wickets and 31 runs in the last 3 matches). Also, he has a more than decent record against Hyderabad in the last 3 matches picking up 4 wickets and scoring 21 runs.
Rashid Khan - He has been amongst wickets in each of his last 6 matches picking up 9 wickets. A look at his performances at Abu Dhabi this season: 1/28, 3/14 and 1/25; again amongst wickets in every match which guarantees fantasy points.
Yuzvendra Chahal - He might have been wicketless in the last match against Delhi but before that he had picked up at least a wicket in each of his last 8 matches (total 12 wickets in these). He also has a great record at Abu Dhabi this season picking up 7 wickets in 4 matches.
Sandeep Sharma - With performances of 3/34, 2/20, 2/27 and 2/29 in the last 4 matches are itself justifying why Sandeep Sharma is a must in your team. Also what makes him a must pick is his record against Bengaluru in the IPL (23 wickets in just 14 matches).
David Warner - With scores of 85*, 8, 66, 35, 4 and 47* in the last 6 matches, Warner proves why he is consistent. He also has a knack of scoring big in crucial matches as his scores in IPL play-off matches while representing Hyderabad are: 37, 69, 93*, 28
Devdutt Padikkal - With 472 runs this season in 14 matches (average of 34 runs per inns) Padikkal is again a player who can give you guaranteed fantasy points as he has single digits score in only 3 out of his 14 matches which proves his consistency.
Virat Kohli - He has performed well at Abu Dhabi this season scoring 128 runs in 4 matches (avg. of 32 runs per match). As context, the only time Kohli played against Hyderabad in a play-off match, he scored 54 from 35 balls.
Preview
Virat Kohli’s Bangalore will face David Warner’s Hyderabad for the third time in IPL 2020 but this time it's the Eliminator.
Hyderabad are the only team to win the IPL title from the Eliminator stage. David Warner has stressed that they are looking to replicate the momentum of IPL 2016 when they had to win five matches and clinch the title.
For Virat Kohli, his quest for an IPL title will be made or broken in the match against Hyderabad.
Probable XI
Hyderabad : David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
Bangalore : Joshua Phillipe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj/ Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Toss : Hyderabad won the toss and have opted to bowl first