Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
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27th Match:
The match between PBKS and RCB is the twenty-seventh meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Punjab Cricket Association Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh on April 20th 2023.
PBKS vs RCB History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 30 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 17 times, whereas RCB won 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RCB are WWLWW.
@ PBKS Backyard:
The teams faced each other 10 times at the home ground of PBKS. The host won 5 times. On the other hand, the visitors won 5 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RCB are LLWLW.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (PBKS):
The team completed 228 games, out of them the team won 108 times and lost 120 times.
The team is at the fifth place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 6 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the top three places with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the fifth (same) to seventh place with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are WLLWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for PBKS are LWWLW.
The Visiting Team (RCB):
The team completed 250 games, out of them the team won 118 times and lost 126 times with 6 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (current) in the table (IPL 2023) with 4 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the second to seventh place with 6 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the eighth (same) or ninth place with 4 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB are LWLLW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for RCB are LLWWL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Chandigarh shows the weather would be partly cloudy for the first hour, then isolated and scattered thunderstorms would be expected till the last hour and then partly cloudy till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be 24% as of now for non-thunderstorms hours, so there would be very less chance of rain, but 31% to 38% during thunderstorms time and there would be almost less to mid chances of rain. The temperature would be between 24 to 29 Celsius. The wind would be between 9 to 13 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate during the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 18 times in 72 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 6 times and lost 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLLLW.
The teams never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2016.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 32 times including a win in a tie and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLWWL.
The first batting team won the matches 27 times, Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 45 times including a (1) victory in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 37 times including a tied outing and lost 35 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWWL.
The Home Side (PBKS):
The team won the toss 28 times in 62 played games. The team won 16 times and lost 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWW.
The team never lost any battle after winning the toss since 2017.
The side never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2018.
The team never lost any encounter after choosing to bat first since 2016.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWLWL.
The side has never been sent to the field after losing the toss since 2016.
The team has never lost any outing after being sent to the field since 2015.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 123 runs (according to run rate) in 2013. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 191 runs (twice) in 2012 and in 2013.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2017, and the highest total was 240 runs in 2008. For the second inning, the lowest total was 97 runs (according to run rate) in 2011, whereas the highest was 207 runs in 2008.
The batting average of the first innings is 25.68 and 30.10 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 7 times at the venue. The home side won thrice and the foreign team won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against RCB at the venue are LLWWL.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (PBKS):
The team has a good record at the venue. The team won 36 times and lost 26 times out of 62 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LWWLW.
The Visiting Unit (RCB):
The team has an above average record at the venue. The team won 4 times and lost 3 times out of 7 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RCB at the venue are WWLLW.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with S. Dhawan, if fit, in place of A. Taide and L. Livingstone in place of M. Short
Punjab Kings Eleven: S. Dhawan, + P. Singh, H. Singh, L. Livingstone, S. Raza, J. Sharma, S. Curran, M. Shahrukh Khan, H. Brar, K. Rabada, + R. Chahar, A. Singh,
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
The team may go with A. Deep in place of V. Vyshak.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Eleven: V. Kohli, F. du Plessis, M. Lomror, G. Maxwell, + S. Prabhudessai, D. Karthik, S. Ahmed, W. Hasaranga, H. Patel, W. Parnell, A. Deep, + M. Siraj
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: “+” indicates an impact player. *Notes: https://www.cricwindow.com/Venues/punjab-cricket-association-mohali.html *Notes: https://hindi.thevocalnews.com/sports/pbks-vs-rcb-ipl-2023-virat-kohli-shikhar-dhawan-punjab-kings-royal-challengers-bangalore/210908/
