RCB Vs PBKS Match, IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has registered its first win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. In the match played on the Bengaluru ground on Monday (25 March), RCB defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) captained by Shikhar Dhawan by 4 wickets.
In this match, Virat Kohli played a half-century in a stormy manner. In the end, the match seemed to be going towards Punjab, then Dinesh Karthik turned the tables by scoring unbeaten 28 runs in 10 balls and snatched the victory from the jaws of Punjab.
In response to the target of 177 runs, RCB won the match in 19.2 overs after losing 6 wickets. For the team, Kohli played the highest innings of 77 runs in 49 balls. Apart from these, no other batsman could leave his mark. Kagiso Rabada and Harpreet Brar took 2-2 wickets for Punjab team.
Dhawan played captaincy innings
In this sixth match, after losing the toss and batting first, Punjab team scored 176 runs for 6 wickets. Captain Dhawan scored the highest score of 45 runs in 37 balls for the team. While Jitesh Sharma scored 27 runs, Prabhsimran Singh scored 25 runs and Sam Curran scored 23 runs. Whereas for RCB, Mohammad Siraj and Glenn Maxwell took 2-2 wickets.
Punjab has the upper hand in head-to-head
If we talk about the competition between the two teams in IPL, then Punjab seems to have the upper hand in the last 5 matches. In the last 5 matches between these two teams, Punjab team has won 3 times. Whereas RCB has won 2 matches.
If we look at the overall record, then Punjab seems to have the upper hand in this also. Till now a total of 31 matches have been played between the two teams. During this period, Punjab has won 17 matches, while RCB has won 14.
Bengaluru-Punjab squad in IPL 2024
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj and Yash Dayal/Mahipal Lomror (impact player).
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh/Arshdeep Singh (impact player), Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Rahul Chahar.
