PBKS vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction IPL 2023

PBKS vs RCB Match Preview

Punjab Kings have played five matches in IPL 2023 and have registered wins in three games. They are placed fifth on the points table. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore have also played five games, winning two and losing three.

Punjab Kings are coming into the match having picked up win in the last game. Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by two wickets in their previous outings while RCB lost to Chennai Super Kings by a close margin. PBKS’ batting looks over-reliant on Shikhar Dhawan, however, with Liam Livingstone back, they look far more stable. Meanwhile, RCB are a good team on paper but somehow have been inconsistent.

PBKS vs RCB Match Pitch Report and Weather Report 

Pitch Report

Mohali surface generally offers good pace and bounce for the pacers. However, the wicket stays true and batters get full value for their shots, but the execution is key on a surface like Mohali.

Weather Report

There is around a 50 per cent chance of rain on the match day. The drainage system is good in Mohali so if it doesn’t rain during the match, there should not be much delay.

PBKS vs RCB Playing 11s

Punjab Kings

Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short/Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar 

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

PBKS vs RCB Team News

Shikhar Dhawan and Liam Livingstone will have to pass a fitness test ahead of the match to be available for selection. Meanwhile, RCB are unlikely to make many changes to the team.

PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head Records

PBKS have dominated RCB in the history of IPL, winning 17 of the 30 games.

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Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has been in good form in IPL 2023. Kohli has scored three fifties in five matches and is RCB’s second-leading run scorer with 220 runs in 5 matches. Virat Kohli has been in great form over the last few months and will be looking to make it big in IPL 2023.

Faf du Plessis

Faf du Plessis has also been in decent touch for RCB. He too has hit a few fifties for the team in this year’s IPL. Du Plessis is the leading run-scorer of the IPL 2023 with 259 runs in five matches.

Shikhar Dhawan

For PBKS, Shikhar Dhawan has been brilliant. Dhawan has scored 233 runs in four matches, including a magnificent 99 against SRH. The veteran batter should be back in the playing 11 and will be eyeing a big score against RCB.

Mohammed Siraj

Siraj has been brilliant for RCB as he has taken early wickets in every game, putting RCB on top early The pacer has taken eight wickets in five matches and is RCB’s leading wicket-taker.

Kagiso Rabada

The Mohali wicket will offer pace and bounce and Rabada will pose a big threat to the Faf du Plessis-led team in the coming game.

PBKS vs RCB Dream11 Team Prediction