Punjab Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 27 20 April 2023

27th T20 • Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium • Chandigarh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

174/4 (20)

Punjab Kings

150/10 (18.2)

RCB won by 24 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Date & Time

20 Apr, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

27th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Anil Chaudhary(India), Sadashiv Iyer(India), Chris Gaffaney(New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Prakash Bhatt(India)

Weather

Partly cloudy with 20% chance of rain

Pitch Report

High scoring pitch with some help for pacers

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bowl

Pitch Report

1st Innings

162Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

148Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PBKS

5- 5

RCB

Venue Stats T20

Pitch Type High Scoring Some help for pacers

Highest Score 240/5 (CSK) VS PBKS (2008)

Lowest Score 67 (DD) VS PBKS (2017)

Highest Chase 192/4 (GL) VS PBKS (2017)

Best Batting 120* VS CSK P Valthaty (PBKS), 2011

Best Bowling 5/21 VS PBKS M Patel (MI), 2011

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Punjab Kings

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Faf du Plessis

RCB . BAT

259 Runs

5 Matches

Virat Kohli

RCB . BAT

220 Runs

5 Matches

Glenn Maxwell

RCB . ALL

176 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Arshdeep Singh

PBKS . BOWL

8 Wkts

5 Matches

Mohammed Siraj

RCB . BOWL

8 Wkts

5 Matches

Harshal Patel

RCB . BOWL

6 Wkts

5 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

M Short

V Kohli

Expert Team 2

V Kohli

G Maxwell

Venue Details

Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

1st Innings

162Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

148Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Faf Du Plessis is in a destructive form in this IPL season. He is a fiery opening batter and is a stable batter when it comes to scoring runs. He has scored 259 runs in 5 matches and is a must pick in fantasy team.

Glenn Maxwell is a valuable RCB player. He is an all rounder and can change the game with his bat as well as bowl. He has scored 176 runs in 5 matches.

Shikhar Dhawan is leading the team and is consistent with scoring runs for the team. He is a fiery batter and scores more runs in the powerplay. He is must pick in fantasy team.

Arshdeep Singh is a consistent bowler. He is good at taking wickets as well as maintaining a good economy rate. He is good at death bowling and has picked 8 wickets in 5 matches.

Hot Picks: Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli

Safe Picks: Wayne Parnell, Jitesh Sharma

Stay Aways: Harshal Patel

Grand League Picks: Faf Du Plessis, Shikhar Dhawan

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Punjab Kings

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PBKS

5- 5

RCB

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

162

Average Score

181

192/7

Highest Score

226/6

142/9

Lowest Score

123/10

Player of the Match Mohammed Siraj

4/21

Royal Challengers Bangalore

PBKS

Info

Royal Challengers Bangalore

174/4 (20)

Batters

Virat Kohli

(C)

125.53

c J Sharma b H Brar

Faf du Plessis

150.00

c S Curran b N Ellis

Glenn Maxwell

0.00

c A Taide b H Brar

Dinesh Karthik

140.00

c A Taide b A Singh

Mahipal Lomror

77.78

Not out

Shahbaz Ahmed

166.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 8, NB: 1, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.7)

174/4

Did not Bat

Suyash Prabhudessai, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak

Bowlers

EXT

8.50

10.33

10.25

6.75

6.00

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Virat Kohli

c J Sharma b H Brar

1-137

16.1

Glenn Maxwell

c A Taide b H Brar

2-137

16.2

Faf du Plessis

c S Curran b N Ellis

3-151

17.3

Dinesh Karthik

c A Taide b A Singh

4-163

18.6

Punjab Kings

150/10 (18.2)

Batters

Atharva Taide

200.00

lbw b M Siraj

Prabhsimran Singh

153.33

b W Parnell

Matthew Short

114.29

b W Hasaranga

Liam Livingstone

50.00

lbw b M Siraj

Harpreet Singh Bhatia

144.44

runout (M Siraj)

Sam Curran

(C)

83.33

runout (W Hasaranga)

Jitesh Sharma *

151.85

c S Ahmed b H Patel

Shahrukh Khan

140.00

st D Karthik b W Hasaranga

Harpreet Brar

100.00

b M Siraj

Nathan Ellis

50.00

b M Siraj

Arshdeep Singh

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(18.2 Ov, RR: 8.18)

150/10

Bowlers

EXT

5.25

10.67

9.75

9.67

5.00

3.2

6.60

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Atharva Taide

lbw b M Siraj

1-4

0.2

Matthew Short

b W Hasaranga

2-20

2.1

Liam Livingstone

lbw b M Siraj

3-27

3.2

Harpreet Singh Bhatia

runout (M Siraj)

4-43

5.3

Sam Curran

runout (W Hasaranga)

5-76

9.5

Prabhsimran Singh

b W Parnell

6-97

11.3

Shahrukh Khan

st D Karthik b W Hasaranga

7-106

12.5

Harpreet Brar

b M Siraj

8-147

17.3

Nathan Ellis

b M Siraj

9-149

17.6

Jitesh Sharma

c S Ahmed b H Patel

10-150

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

20 Apr, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

27th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Anil Chaudhary(India), Sadashiv Iyer(India), Chris Gaffaney(New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Prakash Bhatt(India)

Weather

Partly cloudy with 20% chance of rain

Pitch Report

High scoring pitch with some help for pacers

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bowl

Player of the Match Mohammed Siraj

4/21

Commentary

Right, a terrific win for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and that's something that they needed too! They've capitalised on the key moments in this contest and they'll be pleased with what they've done at Mohali today. As for the Punjab Kings, they will need to tinker with a few matters before they take the field for their next game, an important one against MI. But that's for another day. That's all we have for you from this contest! The second game of the day has been delayed due to rain but nonetheless, switch tabs and catch all the updates from Delhi! Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for the latest news and live coverage of matches from all across the globe. Until next time then, this is the duo of Maanas Upadhyay and Pratyush Rohra, bidding you adieu!

Mohammed Siraj (Player of the Match): My length was a little short and I bowled fuller because there was some swing. I thought that picking wickets early puts pressure on the opposition side. The lockdown was most important for me because before that, I used to always get hit for runs. In the lockdown, I focused a lot on my fitness and skills. Even now when I played ODI, my rhythm was really well and I carried that confidence here! I am a good fielder but I misfield sometimes (laughs). I always look to improve because I don't want myself to get replaced due to any deficiency in my skills.

Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore captain): This doesn't make us invincible and the position on the table didn't make us a bad team. The tables can't define your mood, if you've played just 5/6 games. After 12/13 games you can look at the table and see where you are. I think we assessed the conditions really well. The conditions changed drastically. Faf batted outstandingly well on that pitch. We thought that new guys would find it difficult to bat so me and Faf decided to play it long. There was not enough water there. The ball wasn't skidding on. The slower balls were difficult to get away. When the ball was getting scuffed up, we decided to change our strategy. After over 8, we decided that 175 was a good enough total. I told them that with the conditions there, we can just hold the ball in hand and get the win here. When you have 7 wickets down, you need to get them all out. It lets you win by 20/25 runs instead of 4/5 runs which boosts your net run-rate as well. At the halfway stage, set the intensity and take the game to the opposition. We have been an excellent side in the powerplay. We were good in the field as well, with Siraj and Hasaranga getting those direct hits. We need to be present out there and take every opportunity.

Wanindu Hasaranga: I tried to bowl stump-to-stump. That's my strength and I try to stick to that. When we were batting first, I saw the wicket was gripping. So I tried to stick to my wicket-taking options (the googly). That was unbelievable (runout). I wasn't thinking about it then, I didn't think it was out but it worked out. (How it feels being back) RCB family is a good franchise, so I'm enjoying it.

Sam Curran (Punjab Kings captain): I thought we bowled really well as a group. The way Faf and Virat played was really good but I feel they didn't get us away from us too much. We didn't bat well enough. They bowled pretty well as well but we lost wickets in ways we wouldn't with two runouts. The conditions were strange. We expected some rain at the back end, there was a bit of lightning. It was a good wicket, with balanced boundaries. We did a lot of things right but a couple of things with the bat, we'll look back on and regret. We go again on Saturday. We're back to Mumbai. It's not about panic and staying together. It should be a really good wicket there for our batters.

Royal Challengers Bangalore 174/4 (20) beat Punjab Kings 150/10 (18.2) by 24 runs

Faf du Plessis 84(56) | Harpreet Brar 2-31(3)
Prabhsimran Singh 46(30) | Mohammed Siraj 4-21(4)

RCB have held their nerve! Virat Kohli leads RCB to a win on his captaincy return! It was a contest where they always had their noses ahead, but were never in a position where they thought that they could win easily. The Bangalore bowlers started it off terrifically in the powerplay and set the tone for the rest of the innings to follow. They snared four wickets within the first six overs and kept the Punjab Kings on the back-foot.

Taide departed to an lbw decision that was overturned and the same happened to Livingstone too, who couldn't impress on his return to the side. Prabhsimran played a valiant knock but he kept running out of partners. Finally, in an attempt to accelerate, he got his off stump sent cartwheeling by Parnell. Just when RCB were starting to feel good about this game, on came Jitesh Sharma.

The young wicket-keeper batter took the bowlers to the cleaners and kept PBKS in the hunt. However, he couldn't find a suitable partner who could hold up the other end. Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar and Nathan Ellis departed without contributing too much and finally, with the pressure building, it was Jitesh who perished as well. Not the greatest of batting performances by the Punjab Kings and the couple of run outs in their innings certainly did not help matters.

Siraj was simply exceptional with his bowling and the cloud cover and overcast conditions game him plenty of assistance on what was perceived to be a slow pitch for the spinners. Hasaranga picked up a couple of wickets too and his contributions should certainly not be overlooked. All-in-all, quite a comprehensive performance by RCB and they switch positions with the Punjab Kings on the points table, moving up to the fifth position now! Punjab will have to go back to the drawing board and will be hoping that their skipper recovers quickly, they certainly seem to be missing his services!

18.2 Harshal Patel to Jitesh Sharma, TAKEN! This time Shabaz holds on! It's Harshal Patel to finish things off with the slower one wide outside the off-stump. Jitesh threw the kitchen sink at it and lost his shape, ballooning one off the toe-end to find Shahbaz at backward point. He makes sure he makes no mistake. RCB hold their nerve and win by 24 runs!

The long on and the mid off fielders have been kept pretty straight.

18.1 Harshal Patel to Jitesh Sharma, so full toss on the off-stump and Jitesh bunts it straight back down the ground, hitting the stumps at the non-striker's end. That cost him two runs, at the very least

18.1 Harshal Patel to Jitesh Sharma, wide. Slower one at the back of a length but it's on the wrong side of the tramline. Jitesh will get another go

PBKS need 26 runs from 2 overs

Arshdeep Singh joins Jitesh at the crease. He will be at the non-striker's end.

Siraj is on fire here and he's single-handedly pulled the game back in favour of RCB! He finishes with a 4-fer and boy, he's just been sensational tonight! He produces his best figures in the IPL! Punjab Kings are down to their last wicket now and Jitesh is the only obstacle that stands between RCB and victory!

overs

149 /9 score

runs

Nathan Ellis *

1 (2)

Jitesh Sharma

41 (25)

Mohammed Siraj

4 /21

17.6 Mohammed Siraj to Nathan Ellis, BOWLED! FOUR FOR SIRAJ! He's pumped alright, and why shouldn't he be? It was on the good length at the leg-stump line to follow Ellis as he backed away and got nothing on it in the end. The leg pole is flattened. PBKS spirits dampened. This is RCB's game to lose now.

17.5 Mohammed Siraj to Jitesh Sharma, searching for the block hole once more. Jitesh shovels it out to deep mid-wicket to pick up a single

17.4 Mohammed Siraj to Nathan Ellis, it's all happening! On the good length around the off-stump and Ellis taps it towards cover. Slight mix up between him and his partner before he is sent back, putting in the dive to survive the direct hit. Unfortunately for RCB, it ends up resulting in overthrows

Nathan Ellis, RHB, walks out to the middle
Oh he's pumped up all right! He picks up his third wicket of the evening and he finds his target! Jitesh is slowly running out of partners now! He should be looking to play most of the deliveries from here on!

17.3 Mohammed Siraj to Harpreet Brar, TIMBER! Sends the zing bails flying! Pitched up on the stump-to-stump line, crashing into the wickets before Brar knew it. He cleared his front leg for the big heave but didn't get anywhere near in the end. This is a lovely over from Siraj so far!
Harpreet Brar b Mohammed Siraj 13 (13b, 1x4, 0x6)

17.2 Mohammed Siraj to Jitesh Sharma, byes. Good length slower ball outside the off-stump, Jitesh swings and misses. A misfield from DK allows a bye to be sneaked