RCB vs PBKS Match Prediction and Playing 11

RCB and PBKs are clashing today for the 32nd time in the history of IPL where RCB will host the game at Chinnaswamy Stadium as their first home game.

RCB had started the tournament with a loss against CSK in an inaugural match of the 2024 edition by 6 wickets whereas Punjab had started with a win against Delhi Capitals. 

RCB will be looking for their first win in the tournament. If we take a look over the stats between RCB and PBKS in 31 previous head-to-head encounters Punjab has an edge over RCB with 17 wins while RCB stands with 14 wins against Punjab But in Chinnaswamy Stadium, teams had played 11 matches against each other where RCB seems to have an advantage with 6 wins out of 11. Last time they had battled in Mohali where Bengaluru won the match by 24 runs.

According to Google’s win predictor, there’s a 56% chance of RCB getting their 1st victory in Chinnaswamy and getting off the marks.

Here’s the predicted Playing 11 of RCB

1. Faf du Plessis (C)
2. Virat Kohli
3. Rajat Patidar
4. Glenn Maxwell
5. Cameron Green
6. Anuj Rawat
7. Mayank Dagar
8. Dinesh Kartik/Yash Dayal
9. Alzarri Joseph 
10. Karn Sharma 
11. Mohammad Siraj 

Here’s the predicted Playing 11 of PBKS

1. Shikhar Dhawan(C)
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Sam Curran 
4. Jitesh Sharma
5. Liam Livingstone 
6. Shashank Singh 
7. Harpreet Brar
8. Harshal Patel 
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Arshdeep Singh /Prabhsimran singh
11. Rahul Chahar