Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings
Rcb vs pbks match prediction: In the 34th league of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League, there will be a clash between the team of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. The match between the two teams will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore at 7:30 pm on 18 April. Both RCB and Punjab are playing under the leadership of the new captain this season, in which their performance has been seen much better so far. While the RCB team is at number three with 8 points in the points table, Punjab Kings also have 8 points and they are at number four. In such a situation, in this match, the hand of which team can be heavy, everyone will be eyeing it.
Pitch report of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
This match between RCB and Punjab Kings will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore where it is considered much better for batting if talked about the pitch. Due to the boundary being small, playing big shots for the batsmen is a little easy task here. Although this season, scoring runs for the first batting team in the 2 matches played so far here, it is definitely a difficult task, so the role of the toss is going to be important. The average score of the first innings in Chinnaswamy has been seen close to about 171 runs in the IPL.
Potential playing of both teams for this match
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Phil Salat (wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Liam Livingston, Krunal Pandya, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Punjab Kings – Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Yanson, Xavier Bartlet, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Everyone will be eyeing the performance of Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer
The result of this match will depend greatly on the performance of 2 players in which Virat Kohli’s bat will be very important for the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. If Kohli manages to play a big innings in this match, it can be a little easier for RCB to confirm his victory in the match. Kohli has so far played 32 matches against Punjab Kings, scoring 1030 runs at an average of around 35 and includes 5 half -century innings with a century. On the other hand, when we talk about Shreyas Iyer, his bat has been seen speaking fiercely against RCB. Iyer has scored 393 runs in 14 matches against RCB at an average of 30.23, while he has also managed to play 4 half -century innings.
Which team can name this match
Talking about this match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings, about both teams appear equal in the figures, in which RCB won 16 out of 33 matches, while Punjab has managed to name Punjab on 17th. However, the RCB team managed to name both the matches played last season. Despite this, RCB team will not forget to take Punjab Kings lightly in the current season. In this match, the toss can play an important role in deciding the result, in which the torld -chasing team may be a bit heavy due to the dew. However, cricket is called the game of uncertainty. In such a situation, it is definitely difficult to guess anything in this game.
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