Both the teams have managed only one win and that too against the same team -- Mumbai Indians -- and it will be more of a fight for honour as the two sides battle for supremacy.

With their tottering top order becoming a matter of concern, the Bangalore Royal Challengers will rely a lot on Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq, who replace Ross Taylor, to strengthen the batting line up.

Jacques Kallis, who hit a blistering fifty in their last match, has to ensure that he continues to contribute with both bat and bowl, while skipper Rahul Dravid also has to prove a point.

The visitors, who lost Kings XI Punjab yesterday, will have to pull up their socks and ensure that Adam Gilchrist and the newly-inducted Herschelle Gibbs fire on all cylinders, with some firework from out-of-form Pakistani swashbuckler Shahid Afridi and Rohit Sharma, who scored a brilliant 42-ball 76 in the last outing.

Deccan Chargers, who are placed higher than the Bangalore team in the chart, have a decent bowling line-up with R P Singh and Zoysa leading the pace attack.

However, the hosts, will be hoping for the return of ace spinner Anil Kumble, who is nursing a groin injury, to add teeth to the bowling attack lead which also has Kallis and Zaheer Khan.

In fact, both teams will have to put their problems behind them ahead of their important clash to get back into the victory mode in the high-profile Twenty20 championship.

Teams:

Deccan Chargers: VVS Laxman (Captain), Sanjay Bangar, Haldhar Das (wk), H Gibbs, Scott Styris, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Andrew Symonds, D Kalyan Krishna, Pragyan Ojha, D Ravi Teja, PM Sarvesh Kumar, Shahid Afridi, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, P Vijay Kumar, Arjun Yadav, Nuwan Zoysa.