KL Rahul has been the key man for Punjab Kings throughout this year’s campaign. So far, he has hit three half-centuries and 240 runs in total with only Faf du Plessis and Shikhar Dhawan above him on the runs list. With the ball, Mohammad Shami and Arshdeep Singh both have 7 wickets from 6 games. Ravi Bishnoi took 2 wickets in his first game of the tournament and followed up by conceding only 19 runs from 4 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
RCB have come through their two top of the table clashes with a heavy defeat against CSK and a tight win over Delhi Capitals. Glenn Maxwell continues to top the tournament runs for RCB with 223, although AB de Villiers’ unbeaten 75 from 42 balls against Delhi has him on his tail with 204. Harshal Patel is the top bowler of the tournament so far and took wicket numbers 16 and 17, Prithvi Shaw and Marcus Stoinis, against Delhi.
Punjab finally gave a first game of the season to Chris Jordan against KKR but as yet have resisted playing the ICC T20I number 1 ranked batsman in Dawid Malan. RCB are yet to select New Zealander Finn Allen and now have his compatriot Scott Kugeleijn available as a replacement for Kane Richardson.
PBKS vs RCB Win Probability
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PBKS vs RCB T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, IPL 2021
Punjab Kings face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 7th game for both teams in the 2021 IPL. This means that after this fixture, both sides will have played against all seven other sides in this year’s competition. RCB come into this game with only Chennai Super Kings keeping them off the top by virtue of a stronger run-rate, Punjab Kings are one of the cluster of teams with two wins from six games. The game will get underway at 19:30 local time and will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Punjab Kings will be looking to channel the energy from their 9-wicket win against current holders Mumbai Indians in this game. Their other victory came against Rajasthan Royals in their opening match of the tournament. A score from KL Rahul will always give them a chance.
After a 69 run defeat against CSK to end their 100% winning record, RCB bounced back with a 1 run win against Delhi Capitals. Virat Kohli will be delighted that it only took one game to return to winning ways and they should be full of confidence in this fixture.
PBKS vs RCB T20 Match Live streaming
Tv Channels: The match can be watched live on Star Sports in India, Sky Cricket in the UK and Willow TV in the USA
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on Disney+ Hotstar.
PBKS vs RCB Match Toss Prediction
In the two games in the 2021 IPL so far at Ahmedabad, both captains have elected to field first after winning the toss.
PBKS vs RCB Match Pitch Report
The spin bowlers have kept the scoring rate down in the games in Ahmedabad so far. Totals of around 170 would appear to be the par score at the ground.
Weather Report
Although it will be partly cloudy, the game will begin with the temperature around 40 degrees before dropping by a few degrees during the contest.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2021.
PBKS Team News & Playing 11
PBKS Team News
With only two wins from their opening six games, it may well be that coach Anil Kumble and captain KL Rahul feel that Dawid Malan could add some valuable runs to the team. After contributing only 28 runs from five innings, it may well be that Nicholas Pooran makes way for Malan.
PBKS Key Players
KL Rahul - Punjab Kings’ captain and talisman averages 48.00 in the tournament so far. He’ll be looking to push that average back above 50 which is where it has finished across the last three IPLs.
Chris Jordan - an experienced campaigner across multiple T20 leagues and internationals for England, Jordan hit 30 from 18 balls late on in the innings. Also a very useful bowler and exceptional in the field.
Ravi Bishnoi - after being left out of the early games, the Ravi Bishnoi from the 2020 IPL is clearly still in the minds of the opposing batsmen. KKR’s played him with immense care, taking only 19 runs from his 4 overs.
PBKS Team Form
You never really know which Punjab Kings are going to turn up although their form has generally been poor so far this year in IPL 2021. Two wins from six games is not the type of run which gets you into the latter stages of the tournament.
PBKS Predicted Playing 11
KL Rahul (c) (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Dawid Malan, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
PBKS vs RCB Dream11 Prediction
Wicket-keeper
AB de Villiers (10) and KL Rahul (10.5) will be our wicket-keepers. They have 440 runs between them in the tournament so far.
Batsmen
Virat Kohli (10.5), Glenn Maxwell (9.5), Dawid Malan (8.5) and Shahrukh Khan (8) are our batsmen. Kohli and Maxwell have looked unstoppable for RCB.
All-rounders
Washington Sundar (8) will be our all-rounder. He has chipped in with cameo performances so far but is due a bigger role at some point.
Bowlers
Harshal Patel (9), Yuzvendra Chahal (8.5), Arshdeep Singh (8.5) and Ravi Bishnoi (8.5) make up our bowling attack. Patel just can’t stop taking wickets this year.
Captain/Vice-captain
Harshal Patel will be captain, AB de Villiers his deputy
Bowler:Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi
PBKS vs RCB Match Prediction
RCB Team News & Playing 11
RCB Team News
Virat Kohli announced two changes ahead of their crucial win against Delhi Capitals with Rajat Patidar coming in for Navdeep Saini and Daniel Sams replacing Dan Christian. Patidar made a useful 22-ball 31 with Sams making 3 not-out and sending down 2 overs for 15 runs. We expect the same XI in this game.
RCB Key Players
Virat Kohli - the high standards he demands of his players are resulting in excellent team and individual performances. It won’t be long before he adds to his top score of 72* in this year’s IPL.
Glenn Maxwell - reborn this year, he can’t stop scoring runs and looks well worth his price of 142.5 million INR. Surrounded by other talented batsmen, he is averaging 44.60 so far this tournament.
AB de Villiers - still going strong at 37 years of age, he already has scores of 48, 76* and 75* this campaign. The runs coming at a strike-rate of 174.35.
RCB Team Form
A heavy defeat followed by a 1-run win would imply that their form has somewhat cooled in recent games. However, five wins from six games is matched only by CSK. Both teams at the top of the tree are looking very strong.
RCB Predicted Playing 11
Virat Kohli (c) , Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
PBKS vs RCB Team Form in Last Five Matches
PBKS : LWLLL
RCB : WLWWW
PBKS vs RCB Head to Head
After 26 matches, Punjab Kings have the edge by 2 victories
PBKS vs RCB Head to Head Stats in IPL T20
Matches Played
PBKS Won
RCB Won
Tie
No Result
26
14
12
0
0
PBKS vs RCB Betting Odds
RCB are expected to make it six wins from seven in this year’s IPL.
Who will win PBKS vs RCB IPL T20 Match?
KL Rahul and Virat Kohli are the batsmen expected to make the significant scores
We are backing KL Rahul, Chris Gayle and Dawid Malan with the bat for Punjab Kings. Rahul is due another bog score and Malan’s numbers in international cricket merit a call-up.
For RCB we are backing Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers. It would be incredible if none of them made a big score but completely plausible that all three do.
We are backing Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi to cause the most problems for the RCB batsmen. If players start taking risks against Bishnoi then they could come to regret it.
For RCB we have gone with Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Siraj. Patel showed real character to return from his pounding against Jadeja to pick up two wickets in the win against Delhi.
Punjab have surprised the pundits in a couple of games so far but it would be a stretch too far to predict a victory for them against Virat Kohli’s side of match winners. We are expecting a convincing win for RCB to leave them with six wins from their opening seven games.
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Atif
Punjab need some serious changes in their batting lineup and its kind of now or never situation for them
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Mashud
Bring in Dawid Malan in place of Nicolas Pooran for Punjab.
Apr 30, 2021
19:30 IST / 14:00 GMT
Narendra Modi Stadium - Ahmedabad, India
Punjab need some serious changes in their batting lineup and its kind of now or never situation for them
Bring in Dawid Malan in place of Nicolas Pooran for Punjab.