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Royal Challengers Bangalore will face the Punjab Kings at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Friday in match number 60 of IPL 2022
RCB have played 11 matches so far this season where they registered 7 wins and 4 losses.
They are currently placed at the 4th spot on the points table.
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings have won only 5 games from their 11 matches and they are standing at the 8th position on the points table of IPL 2022.
Performance in the previous match:
Punjab Kings:
Punjab Kings suffered a 6 wicket defeat against Rajasthan Royals in their previous match.
PBKS posted a big total of 189-6 on the board but they failed to defend it.
Jonny Bairstow scored a superb half-century while the wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma smashed 38 runs from just 18 deliveries.
Rajasthan Royals chased down this total in the final over with 2 balls left.
Arshdeep Singh grabbed 2 wickets for PBKS in that match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore completely outplayed the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last match.
RCB posted 192-3 on the board.
Faf du Plessis remained unbeaten on 73 runs while Rajat Patidar scored 48 runs from 38 deliveries.
In reply, Hyderabad lost both of their openers in the first over that jolted their run chase from the beginning.
Wanindu Hasaranga stunned the middle-order of SRH with his devastating spell as he claimed an excellent 5-wicket haul.
Sunrisers Hyderabad was bowled out for only 125 runs and they lost the game by 67 runs.
Match Details
Teams: RCB vs PBKS
Venue: Brabourne Cricket Stadium
Date: 13th May, Friday
Time: 7:00 pm IST
Average 1st innings score
The average 1st innings total at this venue is 170
Head to head record
Here is the head-to-head record between these two sides in the history of IPL.
Total Matches Played: 29
RCB won: 13
PBKS won: 16
Tie/no results: 0
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Brabourne Stadium assists the batters but the bowlers can also get benefit early on with the new ball and the spinners can prove match-winners in the middle overs.
The batters can freely score runs here because the ball will come nicely onto the bat.
Defending the total will be difficult due to short boundaries and both teams will like to bowl first on this pitch.
RCB Probable Playing 11
Faf du Plessis ©, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
PBKS Probable Playing 11
Mayank Agarwal ©, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match
Wanindu Hasaranga claimed a brilliant fifer in the previous game and he is currently the second-highest wicket-taker of this season with 21 wickets in 12 games.
Hasaranga will be the key bowler for RCB in this game.
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match
Faf du Plessis is the third-highest run-getter of this season and he scored a superb 73-run knock in the previous match.
He is expected to score another brilliant knock today against Punjab Kings.
Jeetbig star Wicketkeeper of the match
Dinesh Karthik has been exceptional in the death overs for RCB this season.
He smashed 30 runs off just 8 balls in the last match including 4 sixes.
Karthik will be the star wicketkeeper in match 60 of this season.
Jeetbig star all-rounder of the match
Liam Livingstone has played some outstanding knocks for his side with the bat in this edition.
He is also a quite handy spin bowler who can pick up wickets in the middle overs.
Who will win?
Royal Challengers Bangalore are keen to strengthen their position in the top 4 to make it into the Playoffs.
They will be high in confidence after that outstanding win against SRH.
Both the batting and bowling departments are looking in great touch with the likes of du Plessis, Hasaranga, and Hazelwood.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings need to win all their remaining games to stay alive in this competition.
They have a good record against RCB but the conditions are very different and hard now.
The team combination of RCB is looking better than Punjab Kings.
Hence, our prediction for match 60 is that Royal Challengers Bangalore will beat Punjab Kings.
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