Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will take on the Punjab Kings in match 34 of IPL 2024 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday, April 18. The match starts at 7:30 PM, and RCB is seeking their first win at home this season.
Punjab Kings are heading into this contest after a thrilling win over KKR at Mullanpur in their previous game. Shreyas Iyer, leading PBKS, earned a 16-run win over his former franchise. In the process, the Kings defended the lowest total ever (111 runs) in the IPL.
RCB is third in the IPL 2025 points table. They can reach 10 points if they beat PBKS at home. The Kings, on the other hand, are fourth on the table and can also reach 10 points if they beat the hosts. Thus, this is a crucial game for both teams, with everything to play for.
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RCB vs PBKS Pitch Report at Chinnaswamy Stadium
The Chinnaswamy Stadium is among the best batting grounds in the IPL, along with the Wankhede Stadium and Eden Gardens. However, for some strange reason, RCB has not won any games here at this venue this season. The visiting teams like batting on this wicket and especially prefer chasing.
In the two games Bengaluru lost, they first posted 169 runs against GT and could not defend it. In the second game against DC, they posted just 163 runs. Thus, the hosts might have to rethink their approach with the bat if they bat first. The presence of dew has made chasing easier for visiting teams. The captain generally will prefer chasing, with the venue having a 100 percent win record in chases this year so far. RCB has to find a way to win at home.
RCB vs PBKS Weather Report
The match starts at 7.30 pm in Bengaluru. The temperatures are expected to be around 30-35 degrees in the evening. Humidity will be over 60 percent, and there is almost a 20 percent chance of rain during the match. There has been some rain in Bengaluru in the past few days as well, and some scattered showers are expected during the game as well.
RCB vs PBKS Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Pyla Avinash, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis
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