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. 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 Playing XI for Punjab Kings Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh Impact Substitute - Harpreet Brar for Atharva Taide