Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Punjab Kings in the sixth match of the Indian Premier League 2024 at their home venue of M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Monday. RCB lost their opening match against Chennai Super Kings whereas PBKS won their opener against Delhi Capitals.
RCB’s top order could not deliver the goods and they posted an under-par score despite a fine batting effort from Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat at the fag end. The three-time runners-up will want their batting to fire as they don’t have a potent bowling unit. RCB could not get the momentum on their side in the first half of the innings and they will look to come up with a better batting display.
The likes of Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and Cameron Green will need to come good for RCB. Furthermore, RCB’s fielding was not up to the mark, which led to their downfall.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings were able to get over the line against Delhi Capitals by four wickets. Arshdeep Singh was right on the money as he bagged two wickets whereas Sam Curran scored a crucial knock of 63 runs. Furthermore, Liam Livingstone added the finishing touches with a 21-ball 38.
Match Prediction: Royal Challengers Bangalore will enter the contest as favorites against Punjab Kings.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
PBKS IPL 2024 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma.
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw (SA), Shashank Singh.
All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (ENG), Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Shivam Singh, Chris Woakes (ENG), Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harshal Patel.
Bowlers: Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada (SA), Nathan Ellis (AUS), Rahul Chahar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Prince Choudhary.
