Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the 27th match of the Indian Premier League 2023. This match will be played at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a loss against Chennai in the previous match by 8 runs. Chasing a huge target of 226, Faf du plessis and Maxwell kept them in the hunt with a partnership of 126 after losing a couple of early wickets. In the end their effort went in vain as Bangalore fell short of the target by a very small margin. The loss has pushed back to eighth position in the table and they will be keen to bounce back.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings were impressive in the previous match beating Lucknow team despite the absence of their captain Dhawan. Sikandar Raza and stand in captain Sam Curran powered the team through. They are currently fifth in the points table and will be looking to put up another good show. This should be an exciting match between these two sides.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan(C), Shahrukh Khan, SM Curran, Sikandar Raza, R Dhawan, LS Livingstone, P Simran Singh, JM Sharma(wk), RD Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, K Rabada
BENCH : B Rajapaksa, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, A Taide, Harpreet Singh, MW Short, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Rajangad Bawa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli, F du Plessis(C), MK Lomror, GJ Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, WD Parnell, W Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Anuj Rawat, HV Patel, Mohammed Siraj
BENCH : DJ Willey, KV Sharma, SS Prabhudessai, Akash Deep, Michael Bracewell, R Sonu Yadav, RM Patidar, Finn Allen, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, M Bhandage, Josh Hazlewood, S Kaul, RJW Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, WG Jacks
PITCH REPORT
The surface here at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali is usually helpful for pacers and the dimensions of this ground are pretty big on either sides. There will be true bounce and we can expect plenty of runs. There might be dew in the latter half of the game and hence both sides might be tempted to chase at this venue.
