Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will face Punjab Kings (PBKs) on Friday in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7:30 pm.
This will be the first match of both teams this season. Both teams came face to face on the Bengaluru field last year. The RCB won by 4 wickets in that match. While PBKS has not won here for 8 years. The team won the last win in 2017.
RCB has won 4 matches in Rajat Patidar's captaincy and lost in 2. The PBKs, led by Shreyas Iyer, have also won 4 and defeated in 2.
Match Details, 34th Match RCB VS PBKS Date- 18 April Stadium- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Time: Toss- 7:00, Match starts- 7:30 pm
The distance of only one match in the Head to Head
So far 33 matches have been played in IPL history between RCB and PBKs. The RCB has won 16 and Punjab in 17 matches. So far 13 matches have been played between the two teams at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Bengaluru has won in 8 and Punjab in 5th.
Virat scored the highest runs for RCB
Royal Challengers is the highest scorer for Bangalore Better Virat Kohli. He has scored a total of 248 runs in 6 matches. He played 67 runs against Mumbai. Earlier, he scored an unbeaten 59 against Kolkata. He played an unbeaten 62 against Rajasthan in the last match. Josh Hazelwood is at the top of the team in the wicket tens. He has won a total of 9 wickets in 6 matches.
Captain Shreyus PBKs No Top Scorer
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored a total of 250 runs in 6 matches. In the first match of the season, he played an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls against Gujarat Titans. Arshadeep Singh is the highest wicket for the team in bowling. He has taken 8 wickets in 6 matches.
Pitch report The pitch at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is bat-friendly. Here the batters make a lot of runs. When spinners get some help on this pitch. So far 97 matches of IPL have been played at this stadium. The first batting team has won 41 and the chassmer team 52 matches. When the result of four matches did not come out. So the team who wins the toss will choose to chase. The highest team here is 287/3, which Sunrisers Hyderabad made against Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
Weather condition There is a possibility of rain in Bengaluru on Friday. In the afternoon, there may be cloudy weather and rain in some places. On the day of the match, the temperature here will be 22 to 32 degrees Celsius. When the wind will blow at 11 km / h.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB): Rajat Patidar (Captain), Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdatta Palikal, Liam Livingston, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Karnal Pandya, Tim David, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Josh Hazelwood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyanka Arya, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Josh English, Javier Bartlett, Marco Yansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshadeep Singh, Harpreet.
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