Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) in match number 48 of the second leg of IPL. The current season of IPL has been rollercoaster one for both the teams so far. Royal Challengers Bangalore with 7 wins is still not sure whether their place will be in the next stage where their net run rate is very poor.
Talking about Punjab Kings (5 wins) , it will be the luck that can take them from here to playoffs’. While Punjab Kings still have 2 matches left and Royal Challengers Bangalore have to play 3 more matches from here. Four teams are fighting for the number four spot of playoffs and they all have 5 victories in 12 games and 2 matches are yet to be played by all these teams.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad are all out of the race of the playoffs completely and Chennai super kings alongside Delhi Capitals are into the playoffs already. Royal challengers Bangalore with 7 wins in 11 games still have 3 more games left to play but again their net run rate and they need just one victory to confirm their place in the playoffs or else they will be watching the Playoffs from the dug out. Having said, Let’s see three players battle to watch out in the game.
KL Rahul vs Harshal Patel
Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul is the second-highest run-scorer in the tournament so far. Skipper KL Rahul scored 489 runs in 11 matches at an average of above 50 which included 5 half-centuries. Of course, Rahul may not have got the support of the team yet, but he has impressed everyone with his batting knocks in the league phase. KL Rahul has been able to give the team a good start on several occasions and the team wants him to provide that once again.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Harshal Patel is the most successful bowler of the tournament with 26 wickets in 11 matches so far. Harshal Patel would like to maintain his recent form and moreover would like to end the journey of Punjab Kings with the initial jolts in this match. Interesting to watch out how this clash goes on.
- Glenn Maxwell vs Mohammad Shami
In the presence of Virat Kohli, the most successful batsman of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the season, Glenn Maxwell has scored 350 runs in 11 matches so far. Will the Maxwell magic work out this time when his team plays against Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings fast bowler Mohammed Shami has proved to be a successful bowler in the opening overs and would like Bangalore’s dangerous top order to be piled up before the opposition’s build up the momentum. In the season so far, Shami has picked up 15 wickets in 12 matches.
- Virat Kohli vs Arshdeep Singh
The tournament is almost on the verge of being over and Virat Kohli would like to end this decade-old saga and win the trophy this time around. The current season has also not been special for captain Kohli so far. So will the flamboyance of the old Virat Kohli be seen from here and that Virat Kohli, who with his stubbornness took his team to the finals in 2016 single handily?
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Arshdeep Singh, the most successful bowler of Punjab Kings has taken 16 wickets in 10 matches. Arshdeep Singh has troubled the batsmen a lot throughout the season and the team will hope that he will continue to do so in the coming matches.
