New Delhi: Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) skipper Sam Curran won the toss and decided to bowl first against Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Thursday, April 20 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Thursday.
Lead by Shikhar Dhawan, Punjab Kings are on 5th position on the points table with 6 points. On the other hand, Faf du Plessis’ RCB are on the 8th position with 4 points.
🚨 Toss Update 🚨@PunjabKingsIPL win the toss and elect to field first against @RCBTweets.@CurranSM & @imVkohli are leading their respective sides today.
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What did captains say?
After winning the toss, Curran said, “We will bowl first, did well in the last game and we’ll take some confidence, conditions will not change a lot. Shikhar is getting closer, but he’ll miss out today. He’s a quality player, but the younger lot will have to shape up, Livingstone is back and we have Ellis back in place of KG.”
Meanwhile, Kohli said, “Faf potentially can’t be fielding today, so he’ll be playing as a impact player, switching with Vyshak. We got to do what we wanted, we would have batted first, the pitch could get slow, some scruff marks will help the bowlers going deep into the game. Taking one game at a time, focussing on our own game, make the most of crunch situations, we haven’t done that so far in the tournament. No other changes for us.”
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Last 5 meetings
1. PBKS (209/9) beat RCB (155/9) by 54 runs – May 13, 2022
2. PBKS (208/5) beat RCB (205/2) by 5 wickets – Mar 27, 2022
3. RCB (164/7) beat PBKS (158/6) by 8 runs – Oct 3, 2021
4. PBKS (179/5) beat RCB (145/8) by 34 runs – Apr 30, 2021
5. PBKS (177/2) beat RCB (171/6) by 8 wickets – Oct 15, 2020
Take a look at the Playing XIs in the #PBKSvRCB contest 👌👌
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Playing XIs
PBKS: Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
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RCB: Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj
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