RCB vs PBKS, Brabourne Stadium. Punjab Kings need to win all the remaining matches to qualify for the playoffs. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore needs to rely on mathematics and a bit of luck. RCB needs at least two wins to seal its place in the playoffs. PBKS is struggling to get a win in the recent matches, but RCB looks weaker against them in this game!
First, Kagiso Rabada and Sandeep Sharma have excellent matchups against Virat and Faf. If we consider the venue stats of Faf and Virat, it looks like RCB will lose their opening pair to either Sandeep or Rabada. In contrast, Virat and Faf are the leading run-scorers against the PBKS from the RCB squad, and that is the only positive point from the stats.
While Bairstow and Dhawan have struggled against the leg-spin, Livingstone and Rajapaksa have been smashing leg-spinners all over the ground. So, RCB needs to bowl with Hasaranga in the powerplay. Both the openers have been dismissed by Hasaranga once.
It is time for RCB to replace Mohammad Siraj with Siddarth Kaul. Siraj has been expensive in the powerplay and death as well. It is the right time for a bowling change. Just like Rajat Patidar and Mahipal Lomror, Siddarth Kaul will bring stability to the team.
At Brabourne Stadium:
| Matches | Won | Lost | |
| RCB | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| PBKS | 4 | 1 | 3 |
H2H Team Stats:
| Batting 1st Won | Batting 2nd Won | |
| RCB | 7 | 6 |
| PBKS | 6 | 10 |
The Last Match:
| Plessis – 88(57) | Chahar – 1/22 | Rajapaksa – 43(22) | Siraj – 2/59 |
| Kohli – 41(29) | Arshdeep – 1/31 | Dhawan – 43(29) | Patel – 1/36 |
| Karthik – 32(14) | Mayank – 32(24) | Deep – 1/38 | |
| Rawat – 21(20) | O Smith – 25(8) | Hasaranga – 1/40 |
H2H Player Stats:
| M | I | R | 100 | 50 | 30 | Avg. | SR | |
| V Kohli | 28 | 28 | 782 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 31.28 | 127.57 |
| Faf du Plessis | 16 | 14 | 748 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 62.33 | 145.81 |
| S Dhawan | 26 | 24 | 699 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 33.29 | 122.85 |
| D Karthik | 27 | 25 | 612 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 34.00 | 145.02 |
| M Agarwal | 8 | 8 | 227 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28.38 | 143.67 |
| J Bairstow | 3 | 3 | 187 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62.33 | 166.90 |
| G Maxwell | 4 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17.25 | 146.81 |
| M Lomror | 2 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.00 | 200.00 |
| B Rajapaksa | 1 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.00 | 195.45 |
| L Livingstone | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 138.46 |
| R Patidar | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.00 | 103.33 |
| A Rawat | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 105.00 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| S Sharma | 16 | 16 | 23 | 7.62 |
| K Rabada | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8.70 |
| S Kaul | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8.34 |
| H Patel | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10.30 |
| K Sharma | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8.32 |
| R Chahar | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8.46 |
| M Siraj | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11.00 |
| H Brar | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7.55 |
| A Singh | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10.33 |
| R Dhawan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5.33 |
| A Deep | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.67 |
| W Hasaranga | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.00 |
Venue Stats:
(Overall T20 stats)
| M | I | R | 100 | 50 | 30 | Avg. | SR | |
| S Dhawan | 9 | 9 | 274 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30.44 | 131.10 |
| L Livingstone | 3 | 3 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42.00 | 203.23 |
| J Sharma | 3 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 158.82 |
| V Kohli | 3 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | 113.64 |
| K Sharma | 3 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34.50 | 176.92 |
| R Chahar | 3 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 135.29 |
| G Maxwell | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 | 155.17 |
| Faf du Plessis | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.33 | 129.03 |
| D Karthik | 5 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 74.47 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| R Chahar | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8.29 |
| K Rabada | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9.80 |
| S Ahmed | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8.67 |
| W Hasaranga | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7.00 |
| L Livingstone | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9.25 |
| K Sharma | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8.86 |
| V Arora | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8.60 |
| O Smith | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9.80 |
| H Patel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8.83 |
Probable Playing 11
RCB: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj/Siddarth Kaul, Josh Hazlewood
PBKS: Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (C), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma
Fantasy Picks
WK – J Bairstow
Batters – S Dhawan, F Plessis, R Patidar, B Rajapaksa
AR – G Maxwell, L Livingstone
Bowlers – K Rabada, S Sharma, W Hasaranga, J Hazlewood
Punt picks – R Patidar, M Lomror, R Dhawan, R Chahar
Common C/VC – Faf du Plessis, S Dhawan, L Livingstone, G Maxwell
Punt C/VC – R Patidar, W Hasaranga, J Bairstow, S Sharma
RCB Batters vs PBKS Bowlers
Faf du Plessis:
vs Rabada – 3W
vs Chahar – 1W
vs Arshdeep – 1W
vs Sandeep – 2W
vs R Dhawan – 1W
Virat Kohli:
vs Rabada – 3W
vs Chahar – 1W
vs Sandeep – 7W
vs Brar – 1W
Glenn Maxwell:
vs Rabada – 3W
vs Chahar – 2W
vs Sandeep – 1W
Dinesh Karthik:
vs Rabada – 1W
vs Arshdeep – 1W
Mahipal Lomror:
vs Rabada – 1W
vs Chahar – 1W
vs Arshdeep – 1W
Rajat Patidar:
vs Chahar – 1W
Anuj Rawat:
vs Chahar – 1W
PBKS Batters vs RCB Bowlers
Mayank Agarwal:
vs Siraj – 2W
vs Hasaranga – 1W
vs Kaul – 2W
Shikhar Dhawan:
vs Siraj – 1W
vs Kaul – 1W
vs Hazlewood – 1W
vs Harshal – 2W
vs Maxwell – 2W
vs Ahmed – 1W
vs Hasaranga – 1W
vs Behrendorff – 2W
Jonny Bairstow:
vs Hasaranga – 1W
Liam Livingstone:
vs Maxwell – 1W
Bhanuka Rajapaksa:
vs Hasaranga – 1W
vs Siraj – 1W
Interesting Records:
- Sandeep Sharma has dismissed Virat Kohli seven times in the T20s.
- Kagiso Rabada has dismissed Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis three times each.
- Plessis and Kohli are the leading run-scorer against PBKS but have poor stats at this venue.
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