Published 21:57 IST, September 13th 2020

RCB fans rejoice as Adam Zampa finds fiery form against England just before IPL 2020

RCB have been delighted more than anyone with Adam Zampa's fiery form as the franchise announced the spinner their replacement for Kane Richardson

Reported by: Jitesh Vachhatani
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As Australia's Adam Zampa continues to strike continuously against England, Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore have been delighted more than anyone as franchise anunced spinner ir replacement for Kane Richardson. Zampa has picked 7 wickets in two matches of ODI series, with one more game to go. leg-spinner will fly to UAE on September 18, a day after England series concludes. 

Zampa has accounted mostly for all big guns of England, including wicket of skipper Eoin Morgan twice in two matches. leg spinner will look forward to partner with Yuzvendra Chahal and be instrumental for RCB with some assistance from turning pitches in UAE. Here's how RCB fans reacted as Zampa struck thrice in second ODI: 

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Zampa strikes severe blows

Continuing his spree of stellar performances, Australian spinner Adam Zampa spun a web around Englishmen as he grabbed three important wickets in second ODI at Manchester. In his very first over after being introduced into attack, Zampa gunned well-set Joe Root down and n went on to trap skipper Eoin Morgan. leggie n claimed wicket of centurion Sam Billings. 

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Zampa made a strong comeback in first ODI as well, as he bagged four wickets. spinner accounted for Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes, leading Australia to victory after a defeat in T20 series. Australian had bowled his quota of 10 overs and had given away on 55 runs. 

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IPL 2020 schedule anunced 

Defending champions Mumbai Indians will face MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in opening clash of tournament on September 19 in Abu Dhabi. RCB will be facing Sunrisers Hyderabad in ir first match of tournament on September 21. Compared to regular 8 pm IST start, games will start half an hour earlier in upcoming edition. afteron matches are set to begin at 3:30 PM IST while evening games will commence at 7:30 PM IST. In all, 24 matches will be held in Dubai, 20 in Abu Dhabi and 12 in Sharjah, while venues for playoffs will be anunced later.

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RCB Full Squad

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahamad

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21:57 IST, September 13th 2020