Punjab Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 27th match of the season at the IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali on Thursday. Both of these two teams have done a good job with the bat and their bowlers will also want to follow suit.

PBKS had missed the services of their skipper Shikhar Dhawan in the previous game against LSG and it will be interesting to note if he will be available for the contest.

Meanwhile, the two matches which have been played at the IS Bindra Stadium have seen two contrasting pitches. The home team scored 191 runs in their opening game against KKR whereas they could only manage 154 runs against GT.

On the other hand, RCB lost their previous game against Chennai Super Kings by eight runs and they will look to get back to winning ways.

Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – Stats Preview

Virat Kohli has scored 6844 in 228 IPL matches and thus he is 156 runs away from becoming the first player in the IPL to score 7000 runs in the tournament.

RCB’s veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik has amassed 4414 runs in 234 IPL matches at an average of 26.43. Karthik is 86 runs away from reaching the 4500-run mark in the IPL. He will become the second wicket-keeper in the IPL to do so after MS Dhoni.

Punjab Kings ace fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has snared 48 wickets in 42 matches and thus he is two wickets away from the milestone of 50 scalps.

PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan has mustered 6476 runs in the IPL. The southpaw needs another 24 runs to become the second player in the IPL to score 6500 runs after Virat Kohli. Dhawan has also smashed 144 sixes in the tournament and needs another six sixes to reach 150 sixes.

RCB skipper Faf du Plessis has scored 3662 runs in the IPL and the right-hander needs another 338 runs to complete 4000 runs in the tournament.

Glenn Maxwell has scored 2495 runs in the tournament and needs another five runs to reach 2500 runs.