The Punjab side managed to win their last game in a thriller against Lucknow Super Giants, while Royal Challengers Bangalore fell at home yet again, this time in the hands of Chennai Super Kings.
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – PBKS vs RCB IPL 2023 Match 27 Details
Match Date, Time and Venue: The IPL 2023 match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be played at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Thursday (April 20). The match will start at 3.30 pm IST.
Live Stream and Telecast: The IPL 2023 Match 27 between PBKS and RCB will be broadcast live on Star Sports network in multiple languages. Indian viewers can also enjoy the live stream of the match through the JioCinema app and website.
The viewers can enjoy the commentary in 12 Indian languages in the live stream, namely in English, Hindi, Bengali, Odiya, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi and Gujarati.
Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore Squads
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow (injured, replaced by Matt Short), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks (injured, replaced by Michael Bracewell), Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, R Sonu Yadav
PBKS vs RCB IPL 2023: Match Prediction
Punjab Kings are coming on the back of a morale-boosting win over Lucknow Super Giants. They have shown enough depth and resilience to grind out some positive results and will aim to rise again as they take on a depleted RCB side.
RCB’s recent upsurge took a major hit yet again as they failed to register a win against Chennai Super Kings. RCB’s bowling was below par, while the batting had many positives to build on. It is to be seen how they cope against a strong Punjab side in an afternoon match on Thursday.
RCB have some gigantic names of modern cricket on their side, while PBKS have acted excellently as a unit so far, with fantastic leadership from the veteran Shikhar Dhawan. In this match, we believe Punjab have the upper hand and they may just edge past RCB.
PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head in IPL
Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have met 30 times in IPL. Bangalore have won 13 times while Punjab have tasted victory 17 times.
RCB’s record in the recent past against the Kings is dismal, as Virat Kohli’s team have managed only one win in their last six meetings. Last year, PBKS won both matches by 5 wickets and 54 runs respectively.
