Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have their last shot at remaining in the playoffs hunt when they face off in the 58th match of the Indian Premier League. Get our latest expert PBKS vs RCB match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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Punjab vs Bangalore Match Information
- Venue: HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
- Date: Thursday, May 9
- Time: 7.30 pm local (2 pm GMT, 10 am EDT)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
Both Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have eight points from 11 games with only net run-rate separating them on the IPL 2024 points table. While the winning team will still be in with a chance here, the team losing can get only up to a maximum of 12 points and that would mean they would be knocked out of the playoffs hunt.
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Royal Challengers were all but out of the reckoning for a place in the final four. While they still have little to no chance of making it, they have done their chances no harm by winning their last three games.
As a result, a team that had won just one match from their first eight, have made a late run and now have eight points from 11 matches.
The turnaround came against Hyderabad, where they batted first and put up a decentish score before making a concerted effort with the ball to restrict the opposition. In their next two games, they overcame Gujarat Titans by chasing down their targets with ease.
In fact Bangalore showed signs of wanting to up their net run-rate in their previous game and while they lost a few quick wickets, they chased it down with some ease in the end – more than six overs to spare.
Punjab would be a tad disheartened with the way things went last game. They looked like they were in the running for a playoffs berth after having defeated Chennai in Chennai and then having restricted the same opponent to 167/9 in Dharamala.
Unfortunately for Punjab Kings, they failed to get going and fell short of the modest total. A win there could have enhanced their chances greatly given that it would have also pushed Chennai down the points table.
With that kind of deflation, it might become difficult for the Punjab side in this one.
PBKS vs RCB Head to Head Stats
- Overall PBKS vs RCB Head-to-head: There have been 32 meetings between these two sides in the past and Punjab are merely 17-15 ahead on head to head.
- Their only meeting at this ground came in the 2011 season and the Punjab Kings had won that by a whopping 111 runs.
- They had met earlier this season too and Bangalore had edged out Punjab by four wickets with four balls remaining.
Possible Playing XIs/XIIs
Punjab Kings
Bairstow, Prabhsimran, Rilee, Curran, Shashank, Jitesh, Ashutosh, Brar, Rabada, Harshal, Chahar, Arshdeep.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Kohli, du Plessis, Jacks, Patidar, Green, Maxwell, Karthik, Swapnil, Siraj, Karn, Vyshak, Dayal.
PBKS vs RCB Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: Bangalore to win: 5/6 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: Kohli to be top Bangalore batter: 12/5
PBKS vs RCB Toss Prediction
RCB to win the toss: 10/11
PBKS vs RCB Score Prediction
First Innings Under 185.5 runs: 10/11
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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