Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 27th match of IPL2023 dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 27th match of IPL2023

Venue : PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

Date & Time : 20th April, Thursday at 3:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 30
PBKS won - 17
RCB won - 13
NR - 00
Tied - 00,

Pitch Report :

The surface at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium is a batting-friendly surface, and is expected to assist the batters once again here. Pacers might get some help towards the latter half of the match while spinners may come in handy in the middle overs. If the first few overs batsmen get out with patience without losing wickets, then they can score runs at a fast pace in the middle overs and the end overs. Along with this, the due factor is often seen in the field of Mohali. In such a situation, whichever team wins the toss tomorrow can decide to bowl first.

The average first innings score on this wicket is 170 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 38°C on the Thursday with 30% humidity and 8-10 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.

Probable XI :

Punjab Kings :

Shikhar Dhawan, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran(C), Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore :

Faf du Plessis(C), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj, Vyshak VijayKumar.

Preview :

Punjab Kings will lock horns with the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 27th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 at Punjab’s home ground I.S Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Thursday.
The Kings, who started the season with a string of victories, suffered a few losses in between, but they are back in the winning zone after defeating the Lucjnow Super Giants by two wickets on Saturday.
On the other hand, RCB is experiencing another roller-coaster competition with only 2 victories in 5 games and 3 defeats. RCB played well with the bat in virtually every game, but it was the bowling unit that moved the team to the losing side.

Punjab Kings had played a total of five matches with three wins to their name. They had lost two matches and are holding the fifth position on the points table. They are tied in points with Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai Super Kings, and Gujarat Titans and another win in this match will move this team to the second position of the points table. The performance of Royal Challengers Bangalore had not been much impressive in this edition of IPL. They had won just two out of three matches played so far. They had lost three matches and are situated in the 7th position on the points table. This match is very important for both teams to better their position on the points table.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

Punjab Kings :

Jitesh Sharma :

Jitesh Sharma is the talented batter who's showing great potential in last years smashed 234 runs at an average of 29.25 with the healthy strike rate of 163.64. He has a magnificent record batting at five in T20s, with 431 runs in 15 innings at an average of 53.8 and strike rate of 189.14. Punt pick.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa is an attacking batter, he has managed to play an essential batting role for his team with a total of 206 runs in 6 matches last year along with his consistent contributions behind the stumps. He was top run getter for PBKS in first match scored 50 runs off 32 balls. Punt pick.

Shikhar Dhawan :

Shikhar Dhawan an excellent inexperienced opener for PBKS, who's the going through a magnificent form and now he's third highest run getter in his tournament with 233 runs at an impressive average of 116.5. He's played 25 game against the RCB and managed to scored 720 runs at an average of 32.70. Dhawan also accumulated 487 runs at an average of 30.43 at the Mohali. Default c/vc pick.

Shahrukh Khan :

Shahrukh Khan is the big hitter of the ball in Indian domestic circuit. He has played 22 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 304 runs, with an average of 19.30, with his highest IPL score being 47 runs. Shahrukh hit match winning 23* off 10 in the last game. Punt pick.

Liam Livingstone :

Liam Livingstone is especially known for his strong hitting ability. He was the 2nd highest run scorer of his team behind Shikhar Dhawan in last season with 437 runs at an impressive average of 36.42, SR is 182.10, which includes four half-centuries and also taken 6 wickets with the ball. Livingstone will be our vice-captain because of his ability to help the side with consistent batting and bowling efforts.

Sikander Raza :

Sikander Raza is the one of the best allrounder from associated nations, who's the man of the match for his match winning allround performance in last game scored magnificent 57 runs and gets a wicket. He was played his 1st IPL match for Punjab Kings against the KKR and succeed to given impact ful allround performance ( 16 runs + 1 Wkt) in the first game. He is in his prime. He was one of the most dangerous all-rounders of the T20 World Cup 2022. And the condition of India will suit him and he's coming from decent PSL2023 were he's scored 223 at an average of 31.86 and also gets 4 wickets. Must have pick if plays.

Sam Curran :

Sam Curran is the star allrounder who's becomes the most expensive player in IPL history. In 17 T20s this year, he has scored just 173 runs and taken 14 wickets at an economy of 8.10. A big lift in form is needed. He was the star performer in the last game picked three crucial wickets for his team. Safest c/vc pick.

Matthew Short :

Matthew Short is the BPL star, and he's a very talented all-rounder and will contribute with both bat and ball. He was the second leading run getter with 458 runs an impressive average of 35.23 in 14 BBL matches & also gets 11 wickets in the last season of BPL. He was batted well in the last game scored valuable 34 runs and also bowled two overs. He is a must-have pick if plays.

Arshdeep Singh :

Arshdeep Singh is the wicket taking pacer who's starts new season with the bang 3/19 & 2/47 and he was managed to find 10 wickets in 14 matches in the last season and he has get 3 wickets in 4 match against RCB at an economy of 9.23 also he has since managed to make his way to the national team with a strong T20 World Cup that should keep him motivated to start this campaign with a similar attacking threat. Good pick.

Rishi Dhawan :

Rishi Dhawan is an underrated allrounder who's picked up six wickets in as many matches in last season. He was picked up 2/36 against the RCB in last season. Punt pick.

Kagiso Rabada :

Kagiso Rabada is the quality pacer, who was the leading wicket-taker from his side with 23 wickets in 13 matches last season added with his ability to score decent runs to help the tail end of the batting order. Rabada was destroy RCB's batting order in last meat took 3/21 in last season also he's bowled well in the last game took 2/34. Must have pick.

Nathan Ellis :

Nathan Ellis is the an excellent pacer who has taken 61 wickets in 44 T20s since the start of 2022, took 3/30 for Australia against India last year and he was the man of the match for his incredible bowling performance (4/30) against the Rajasthan but unfortunately gone wicketless in the last game. Good pick.

Rahul Chahar :

Rahul Chahar is the frontline spinner for PBKS who's known for his wickets taking attitude. He was took 1/12 against KKR first match & 1/28 in the third game. He has managed to get six wickets in a game vs RCB at an average of 40.00 and strike rate of 28.00. Must have pick.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Dinesh Karthik :

Dinesh Karthik is an ultimate finisher for RCB who created a sensation last year which earned him a spot back in the Indian T20 side. In 16 matches, he has struck 330 runs at an average of 55 with a strike rate of 183.33 and scored 28 off just 14 balls in the last game. Punt pick.

Virat Kohli :

Virat Kohli is the all time great, who has been in good touch in this tournament with 220 runs at an average of 55.00, SR is 147.65 in five matches, which includes three half-centuries. We all know how capable Virat is and what he can do when on song. Virat has the decent record on this ground in 92 innings, smashed 343 runs at an average of 42.87, SR 135.5. Virat Kohli is one of the best batters in IPL history, if not the best. He has 6844 runs in 228 IPL matches at an average of 36.60 and played a match winning inning of unbeaten 82* runs in the first game. Kohli has scored 782 runs at an average of 30.07 against the Punjab. Default c/vc pick.

Faf du Plessis :

Faf du Plessis has been in exceptional form in franchise cricket. The orange cap holder accumulated 259 runs at an average of 64.75 in just five matches in this season so far. In 2023, he has scored his T20 runs at an average of 44.5 with a strike rate of 153.2 in 17 innings. Faf has a decent record against the Punjab smashed 701 runs at an impressive average of 53.92 in 15 innings and he was the man of the match for his knock (73 off 43) in the first match & smashed unbeaten 62 off just 33 in the last game. Faf's averages at the Mohali is 72.7 in three IPL innings. Must have pick.

Michael Bracewell :

Michael Bracewell is the decent allrounder who's impressed in both matches. He has been very impressive for the Black Caps and will look to continue that in the IPL as well. Bracewell will bowl 3-4 overs and he’s very aggressive with the bat. He scored a century in RCB’s practice game and also bowled well in the last game picked up a wicket. Punt pick.

Glenn Maxwell :

Glenn Maxwell coming from incredible allrounder performance against the CSK in the last game, smashed 76 off just 36 balls & also gets a wicket. He has hammered 2495 runs and took 29 wickets in his 115 matches IPL career so far. The explosive allrounder also had a good record against the PBKS scored 104 runs at an average of 20.8& gets a wicket in just 5 matches. Maxi dominate PBKS with 35(22)+1wkt in last season. Good pick.

Shahbad Ahmed :

Shahbad Ahmed is the 28-year-old all-rounder was one of the best performers for RCB last season. He scored 219 runs in 11 innings while batting in the lower middle order at a strike rate of 120.99. Shahbaz will be a key player for RCB this season in his regular position.

David Willey :

David Willey is the hard hitting bowling allrounder who was coming from decent performance in the his first game were he's scalped 2 wkts & scored unbeaten 20* runs. Willey had played just 9 IPL matches so far and scored 38 runs at an average of 19.00 & gets five wickets in these. Punt pick.

Reece Topley :

Reece Topley is the quality left-arm pacer was the fourth-highest wicket-taker for England last year in T20Is. Topley picked 17 wickets in 16 games at an average of 28, an economy of 7.8, and a strike rate of 21.5. He will be one of the players to watch out for from RCB's camp this season and gets a wicket in last match. Good pick.

Harshal Patel :

Harshal Patel has been RCB's best bowler in the last two seasons, picking up over 40 wickets. In IPL 2022, Harshal accounted 11 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 28.70 against the PBKS. He's managed to gets 3 wickets in 4 matches at an average of 34.00 at this Vanue. Harshal was the picked up a wicket in the previous match. Must have pick.

Mohammed Siraj :

Mohammed Siraj is top ranked Indian right-arm medium fast bowler from Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has hunted 67 wickets in his 70 matches IPL career so far. Mohammed Siraj is expected to lead the RCB bowling attack this season with a lot riding on his shoulders. Siraj has picked up 8 wickets with the average of 17.50 is ongoing tournament. He's bowled amazingly in the last game took 1/30 and picked up 4 wickets in 7 matches against the PBKS. Good pick.

Vijaykumar Vyshak :

Vijaykumar Vyshak made dreamy debut for RCB in recently against the DC. The seamer’s variations were on show against DC (3/20), and took 1/62 in the last game, with his knuckle ball sure to test PBKS as well. Punt pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat Sheet

Punjab Kings

WK :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa -

2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn,
20(16), 1(1), 50(32), 28(18)*, 41(25), 24(14), 1(3), 6(6), 0(1), 3(4), 9(9),

Jitesh Sharma -

5dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
2(4), 25(23), 4(9), 27(16), 21(11), 46(24)*, 15(11), 14(14)*, 3(6)*, 50(21)*

Prabhsimran Singh -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
4(4), 0(1), 0(1), 60(34), 23(12), 8(10), 4(6), 64(36), 80(49)*, 23(20)

Batter :

Shikhar Dhawan (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
8(8), 99(66)*, 86(56)*, 40(29), 37(27), 39(32), 19(16), 21(15), 12(16), 62(43)*, 5(13), 88(59)*,

Shahrukh Khan - Right Arm Off-break

6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 7dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn
23(10)*, 22(9), 4(3), 11(10), 11(7)*, 9(5), 5(9), 1(5), DNB, 11(9)

Harpreet Singh - Right Arm Medium

2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, DNB
22(22), 27(24), 47(37), 13(22), 60(42)*, DNB

Atharva Taide - Left Arm Orthodox

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
0(3), 29(22), 1(4), 4(8), 31(28), 30(17)

Shivam Singh -

Domestic
(5dwn, 6dwn), (4dwn, 4dwn), (4dwn), (5dwn, 5dwn,
(18, 45), (0, 11), (110), (9, 13)

All-rounder :

Liam Livingstone - Legbreak

5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
1(1)*, DNB, 4(6), 20(14), 1(2)*, 29(21)*,
0/16(1), 0/21(3), 0/16(2), 0/26(3), 3/17(3), DNB,

Sam Curran - Left Arm Fast Medium

4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn,
6(6), 22(22), 22(15), 1(2)*, 26(17)*, 4(6), 12(16), 6(11), 2(5), 5(8),
3/31(4), 1/25(4), 0/14(4), 0/44(4), 1/38(3), 0/28(4), 1/15(3), 0/18(2), 2/26(4), 3/26(4),

Sikandar Raza - Right Arm Off-break

3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
57(41), 5(6), 1(2), 16(13), 1(2), 23(14), 1(3), 1(4)*, 20(7), 14(8),
1/19(2), DNB, 0/24(2), 1/25(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/14(1), 0/21(1), 1/10(1),

Rishi Dhawan - Right Arm Medium

7dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 2dwn
1(1), DNB, 1(3), 7(4)*, 9(3)*, DNB , 4(7)*
DNB, 0/15(1), 2/26(4), 3/25(4), 2/40(4), 0/2(1), 2/31(4)

Matthew Short - Right Arm Medium fast

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
34(22), 36(24), 1(3), 0(3), 0(4), 40(24), 39(30), 20(9)
0/10(2), 0/8(1), DNB, 1/26(3), 0/23(3), 1/16(2), 0/12(1), 0/14(2)

Raj Bawa - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 5dwn, 1dwn, DNB, 3dwn
30(31), 40(17)*, 8(11)*, DNB, 11(13)
DNB, 0/57(4), 2/16(4), 1/13(2), DNB

Bowler :

Kagiso Rabada - Right Arm fast

2/34(4), 1/36(4), 2/50(4), 0/39(4), 0/27(3), 1/34(4), 3/22(4), 0/49(4), 3/34(4),

Arshdeep Singh - Left Arm Fast Medium

1/22(3), 1/33(4), 1/20(3), 2/47(4), 3/19(3), 2/16(3), 2/7(2), 1/51(4), 3/20(4), 0/37(2), 4/37(4),

Rahul Chahar - Legbreak

0/28(3), 0/24(3), 1/28(3), 0/31(4), 1/12(2), 2/20(4), 1/26(3), 2/18(4), 0/26(3), 0/27(4)

Nathan Ellis - Right Arm Medium

0/28(3), 4/30(4), 1/27(3), 2/26(4), 1/27(4), 1/42(4), 0/33(4), 4/27(4)

Harpreet Brar - Left Arm Orthodox

1/10(2), 1/20(4), 0/26(4), 0/15(2), 0/7(1), 1/28(2), 0/32(3), 0/13(3), 1/30(4), 1/16(4)

Baltej Singh - Right Arm Medium

1/43(4), 1/46(4), 3/20(4), 3/26(4), 1/17(4)

Vidwath Kaverappa - Right Arm Medium

3/44(4), 2/26(4), 1/21(4), 3/22(4), 5/11(4)

Mohit Rathee - Legbreak

0/29(2),
Domestic
2/28(10), DNB, 1/18(5), 2/38(8), 2/22(8), 1/22(7)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

WK :

Dinesh Karthik -

4dwn, 5dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
28(14), 0(1), 1(1)*, 9(8), 0(3), 7(10), 7(5), 6(15), 1(2), 20(14),

Finn Allen -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
3(4), 11(10), 35(23), 78(37), 33(20)

Anuj Rawat -

6dwn, 6dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, DNB, Open, Open
15(22)*, 1(5), 11(11), 1(2), DNB, 6(9), 3(8)

Batter :

Virat Kohli -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
6(4), 50(34), 61(44), 21(18), 82(49)*, 50(40), 26(25), 64(44)*, 12(11), 62(44)*

Faf du Plessis -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
62(33), 22(16), 79(46)*, 23(12), 73(43), 0(1), 92(61), 113(58)*, 37(28), 51(22),

Rajat Patidar -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn
52(32), 35(24), 3(5), 92(43)*, 23(13)

Mahipal Lomror -

1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
0(5), 26(18), 14(12)*, 5(7), 46(33), 12(11), 50(44)

Suyash Prabhudessai - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn
19(11), DNB, 4(6), 24(13), 64(49), 12(16)
0/13(2), DNB, 0/23(4), 0/6(1), DNB

All-rounder :

Glenn Maxwell - Right Arm Off-break

2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, Open
76(36), 24(14), 59(29), 5(7), 12(3)*, 54(32)*, 13(9), 13(12), 28(20), 8(9)
1/28(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/16(1), DNB, 2/14(3), 1/5(1), DNB, 0/21(2)

Wanindu Hasaranga - Legbreak

7dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, DNB, DNB, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn,
2(2), DNB, 31(20), 14(12), 6(13), DNB DNB, DNB, 0(1),
1/21(2), 1/37(3), 3/36(4), 1/25(4), 3/13(4), 0/21(2) 1/47(4), 2/21(3), 3/18(4),

Michael Bracewell - Right Arm Offbreak

1dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn*, 5dwn,
19(18), 8(8), 14(22), 1(2), 11(11), 1(4)*,
1/34(3), 1/16(2), 1/8(1), 1/13(4), 2/31(4), 0/9(1), 2/14(4),

Shahbaz Ahmed - Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn
12(10), 20(12)*, DNB, 1(5), DNB, 59(32), 15(10), 48(28)*, 43(33), 42(37)*
DNB, 0/11(1), 0/15(1), 0/6(1), DNB, 1/37(4), 0/29(3), 2/22(4), 1/22(3), 3/14(3)

Manoj Bhandage - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, DNB, 5dwn
25(9), 2(2)*, DNB, DNB, 41(23)
0/19(2), 0/11(1), 1/14(2), DNB, DNB

Bowler :

Josh Hazlewood -Right Arm Medium fast

2/33(4), 0/24(3), 1/26(4), 2/41(4), 1/36(3),

Harshal Patel - Right Arm Medium

1/36(4), 1/32(4), 2/48(4), 1/38(3), 1/43(4), 2/41(4), 1/28(4), 1/30(3)*, 0/49(4), 0/45(4), 2/26(4),

Mohammed Siraj - Right Arm Medium

1/30(4), 2/23(4), 3/22(4), 1/44(4), 1/21(4), 4/17(4), 2/24(4), 0/44(4), 0/31(3), 1/41(4)

David Willey - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/32(4), 2/16(4), 0/7(1), 0/15(2), 1/26(3), 1/21(3), 2/22(4), 2/32(4), 2/23(4)

Wayne Parnell - Left Arm Fast

1/48(4), 1/28(4), 3/41(4), 0/43(4), 2/43(4), 0/25(3), 0/9(1), 1/3(2), 3/14(3),

Reece Topley - Left Arm Fast Medium

1/14(2), 1/21(4), 2/20(2), 0/28(4), 1/19(4), 0/13(1), 1/43(4),

Siddarth Kaul - Right Arm Medium

0/30(4), 1/32(4), 2/29(4), 1/31(4), 5/12(4)

Karn Sharma - Right Arm Off-break

1/48(3), 2/26(3), 2/32(4), 1/33(4), 3/10(4), 1/26(4), 0/43(4), 0/21(4)

Akash Deep - Right Arm Medium

0/30(2), 1/29(3), 1/44(3), 1/14(3), 2/18(4), 1/16(3), 1/28(4)

Vyshak Vijay Kumar - Right Arm Medium

1/62(4), 3/20(4), 0/46(4), 2/19(4), 0/41(4), 0/31(3),

Sonu Yadav - Right Arm Medium fast

1/29(4), 1/27(4), 3/14(4), 1/41(4), 3/31(4)

Avinash Singh - Right Arm Fast

0/27(4), 1/22(4),

Rajan Kumar - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/42(4), 2/12(3), 2/32(4), 0/26(4), 3/17(3)

Himanshu Sharma - Legbreak

Domestic
4dwn, DNB, 8dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
23(39), DNB, 9(13), 62(78), 68(61)
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB

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