Match Details
Date: March 25, 2024
Time : 7:30 PM IST
Venue : Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
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Preview
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will compete against Punjab Kings in the sixth match of the IPL 2024 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Following a tough defeat against their near-rivals CSK, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be looking to improve on their performance in the upcoming league match at home. Meanwhile, PBKS will arrive in Bengaluru to play their second match of the IPL, with a belief to upstage the hosts.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru generally allow the batters to dominate in the T20 format, but the quality bowlers do have a say in the proceedings too. The average first innings score at this venue in the IPL is 166, which might not be enough to defend for either of Royal Challengers Bengaluru or Punjab Kings bowling attacks.
Team Analysis
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB looked set to put a big score on the board with the quality start from captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli at the top of the order, but after losing a few quick wickets, they could only get past 170, thanks mainly to the low order resurrection from Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik. In their bowling effort, Cameron Green did pick up a couple of wickets, but the rest of the bowlers were poor in defending the total against CSK.
SportsTiger Playing XI for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat (wk), Mayank Dagar, Karn Sharma, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Siraj
Impact Substitute - Yash Dayal for Dinesh Karthik
Punjab Kings
The captain Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, and Arshdeep Singh are some of the top players, who will be needing to play a major role for Punjab Kings to be successful in their IPL 2024 campaign. Meanwhile, the likes of Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma could contribute immensely in the new season for PBKS as well.
SportsTiger Playing XI for Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Impact Substitute - Harpreet Brar for Atharva Taide
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the only match played against Punjab Kings in the last IPL, and in front of the home fans, they will be slightly ahead in regard to registering another victory over them.
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