Punjab Kings will square off against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala in the 61st match of the ongoing IPL 2026 on Sunday. PBKS have lost their last five games on the trot and it would be imperative for them to return to winning ways.
RCB, on the other hand, are looking all set to qualify for the playoffs and they would aim to carry the good form.
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PBKS all-rounder Marcus Stoinis needs four wickets to complete 50 scalps in the IPL.
Prabhsimran Singh needs eight sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL.
Shashank Singh needs three sixes to complete 50 maximums in the IPL.
PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer needs eight fours to complete 350 boundaries in the tournament.
Rajat Patidar needs one six to complete 100 maximums in the IPL. He needs six fours to complete 100 boundaries in the tournament. The RCB skipper needs 52 runs to complete 1500 runs in the IPL.
Krunal Pandya needs 111 runs to complete 2000 runs in the IPL.
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Jacob Duffy, Swapnil Singh, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thushara, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal

