Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings are up against each other in the 48th match of the Indian Premier League 2021 in Sharjah. RCB are looking to seal a playoff berth with a win while PKBS needs to win this game to stay alive in the competition.
Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat first. He named an unchanged playing XI for this game. KL Rahul, on the other hand, made three changes in their team that won against Kolkata Knight Riders. Fabian Allen, Nathan Ellis and Deepak Hooda made way for Harpreet Brar, Sarfaraz Khan and Moises Henriques.
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Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal took RCB to a flying start and scored 55 runs inside the powerplay. Both batsmen got early reprieve during the over of Ravi Bishnoi when KL Rahul spilt chances. Padikkal in particular was batting with intent and scored 34 runs in the powerplay.
However, runs dried up as soon as the powerplay ended. Virat Kohli tried to up the ante and perished against Moises Henriques in the 10th over. The ball stayed low and sneaked under Kohli’s full-blooded hoick.
Daniel Christian got promoted to number three as a pinch-hitter but his stay lasted only one ball. He got out for a golden duck as Henriques bagged back-to-back wickets in the 10th over with RCB being 69/2. Padikkal and Glenn Maxwell are currently batting in the middle.
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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, George Garton, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
