Punjab Kings will square off against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 58th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala on Thursday. When these two teams met earlier in the season, RCB registered a four-wicket win after Virat Kohli scored a match-winning knock of 77 runs at Bengaluru.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: W W W L L
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won their last three matches but their fans must be wondering if it is too late for them. RCB could not bring their best in the first half of the tournament and it will be a miracle if they qualify for the playoff.
Punjab Kings: L W W L L
Punjab Kings haven’t been able to get consistent wins in the ongoing IPL 2024 and thus they are in the bottom half of the points table. Shikhar Dhawan is expected to return to action for PBKS.
Head to Head: Matches: 32, Won by RCB: 15, Won by PBKS: 17.
PBKS has little advantage against RCB in H2H.
Players to watch out for: Mohammed Siraj, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, and Glenn Maxwell will hold the key for RCB.
Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Shashank Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, and Arshdeep Singh will hold the key for PBKS.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
PBKS IPL 2024 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw (SA), Shashank Singh.
All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (ENG), Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes (ENG), Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel.
Bowlers: Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada (SA), Nathan Ellis (AUS), Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.
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