It will be a clash between two strong sides but RCB have just fallen behind in the race with their latest defeat. RCB sit 8th in the table while PBKS are currently 5th in the table with 6 points. India stalwart Shikhar Dhawan is leading Punjab while South Africa’s Faf du Plessis is leading RCB this season.
PBKS and RCB Squads
PBKS Squad: 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
RCB Squad: 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 27 Team News, Injury Update
PBKS Team News vs RCB: Punjab Kings have all players fit for the tie against RCB except Liam Livingstone and Shikhar Dhawan. His arrival is ambiguous but the Englishman is expected to play for them soon.
Punjab left out Shikhar Dhawan in the last game due to injury and will undergo a fitness test on Wednesday. It looks like these two will be the only changes and PBKS may stick with the same team as last match if both Dhawan and Livingstone are unfit.
Sikander Raza played an outstanding inning in the LSG match to take them over the line and looks set to start again, while Matthew Short, Sam Curran and Kagiso Rabada may complete their overseas picks.
RCB Team News vs PBKS: Royal Challengers Bangalore do have a full squad available against Punjab on Thursday. The batting has been their forte while bowling has been their achilles heel for them.
And RCB can tweak the lineup and bring a spinner in a relatively bigger Mohali stadium. Their four overseas players look settled – Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga and Wayne Parnell.
RCB can make a change as Shahbaz Ahmed can be left out and Manoj Bhandage can come in.
PBKS vs RCB IPL 2023 Match 27 Predicted Lineup – PBKS vs RCB Playing 11
PBKS Playing 11 vs RCB: Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran (C), Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
RCB Playing 11 vs PBKS: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Manoj Bhandage, Dinesh Karthik, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj
PBKS vs RCB Impact Players
PBKS Impact Players – Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Singh
RCB Impact Players – Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai
