The sixth match of the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League will has Royal Challengers Bangalore facing Punjab Kings. Get our latest expert RCB vs PBKS match betting tips, predictions and picks below. You can start betting on the IPL 2024 by opening your account with 1xbet here.
Bangalore vs Punjab Match Information
- Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Date: Monday, March 25
- Time: 7.30 pm local (2 pm GMT, 10 am EDT)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore will hope they can turn things around after their almost inevitable opening defeat at the hands of their nemesis Chennai Super Kings.
What would have bothered Bangalore is the manner in which their middle-order capitulated under some pressure from Mustafizur Rahman and while Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat did their best to push RCB to a competitive score, it was never going to be enough on that kind of a pitch.
And it’s not even as if they can make a lot of changes to a batting line-up that consists of Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green as their top five. In essence they will just need to bat with a lot more conviction.
Punjab, on the other hand, took advantage of what looked like a slightly rusty-looking Delhi Capitals in their opener.
Again, Delhi looked to have done well to get to 173 but Punjab can pat themselves on their backs to have restricted them to a mere 173 after they were 94/2 in the 10.3.
Harpreet Brar’s 1/14 from three and Arshdeep bagging 2/28 from his four helped, but more vitally it was Sam Curran who looked to have gotten the hold of the way to bat on the pitch with a 47-ball 63.
And might have even justified his price tag of INR 18.5 crore!
What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
RCB are on 0 points from the one match they have played but what was also a bit of a worry is the easy manner of their defeat, giving them a hefty negative net run-rate of -0.779.
Punjab Kings have two points from their opener and are on +0.455 thanks to another convincing victory.
Check the latest, updated IPL 2024 points table here.
Interesting RCB vs PBKS Stats
- RCB vs PBK Head-to-head: Royal Challengers Bangalore have a decent record against Punjab, having won 17 of their 31 matches, to go with 14 defeats.
- In 2023, Bangalore defeated Punjab at Mohali by 24 runs while not facing off in their return fixture.
Possible Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Bangalore will need a lot more out of their middle-order. Siraj will hope to lead their attack and run through the top-order but more vitally, du Plessis will hope the Bangalore pitch can aid someone like Dagar, who did look like he can get some spin off most pitches.
Bangalore Playing XI:
Kohli, du Plessis, Patidar, Maxwell, Green, Karthik, Rawat, Karn, Joseph, Dagar, Siraj
Punjab Kings
Punjab have a combination that seems suited even for the high-scoring Bangalore pitch, especially their pace bowling department. They might struggle a little though if they bat first and went in with the same XI as the previous game because that would mean they are a batter short and might need to make an immediate Impact Player sub.
Dhawan, Bairstow, Prabhsimran, Curran, Jitesh, Livingstone, Shashank, Brar, Arshdeep, Rabada, Chahar
RCB vs PBKS Predictions with Latest Odds*
- Prediction 1: Royal Challengers Bangalore to win: 8/11 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Prediction 2: Top RCB Batter – Virat Kohli: 9/4
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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