Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday. The match will be played at 7:30 PM IST at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
This will be the first match of both the teams this season. Both the teams faced each other last year on the ground of Bengaluru. In that match, RCB won by 4 wickets. On the other hand, PBKS has not won here for 8 years. The team’s last win was in 2017.
Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, RCB has won 4 matches and lost 2. PBKS led by Shreyas Iyer has also won 4 and lost 2.
Match details, 34th match
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings
Date- 18 April Stadium- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Time: Toss – 7:00 PM, Match start – 7:30 PM
Difference of one match in head-to-head
So far 33 matches have been played between RCB and PBKS in IPL history. RCB has won 16 matches and Punjab has won 17 matches. So far, 13 matches have been played between the two teams at Bengaluru’s home ground, M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Bengaluru won 8 and Punjab won 5.
Virat scored the most runs for RCB
Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer for the team. He has scored a total of 248 runs in 6 matches. He played an innings of 67 runs against Mumbai. Before that he scored an unbeaten 59 against Kolkata. He played an unbeaten innings of 62 against Rajasthan in the last match. The team’s Josh Hazlewood is at the top among wicket takers. He has taken a total of 9 wickets in 6 matches.
Captain Shreyas is the top scorer of PBKS
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored a total of 250 runs in 6 matches. In the first match of the season, he played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs in 42 balls against Gujarat Titans. At the same time, in bowling, Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket taker for the team. He has taken 8 wickets in 6 matches.
Pitch Report
The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore is batting-friendly. Batsmen score a lot of runs here. On the other hand, spinners get some help on this pitch. So far 97 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. The team batting first won 41 matches and the team chasing won 52 matches. While the result of four matches could not be decided. In such a situation, the team winning the toss would prefer to chase. The highest team score here is 287/3, which Sunrisers Hyderabad made against Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
Weather Conditions
There is a possibility of rain in Bengaluru on Friday. It will be sunny in the afternoon and it may rain at some places with clouds covering the sky. The temperature here on the day of the match will be 22 to 32 degrees Celsius. The wind will blow at a speed of 11 kilometers per hour.