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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lock horns with Punjab Kings (PBKS) as Sam Curran won the toss and opted to bowl first at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Thursday (April 20).
“Faf potentially can't be fielding today, so he'll be playing as a impact player, switching with Vyshak. We got to do what we wanted, we would have batted first, the pitch could get slow, some scruff marks will help the bowlers going deep into the game. Taking one game at a time, focusing on our own game, make the most of crunch situations, we haven't done that so far in the tournament. No other changes for us,” RCB's stand-in skipper Kohli said after the toss.
“We will bowl first, did well in the last game and we'll take some confidence, conditions will not change a lot. Shikhar is getting closer, but he'll miss out today. He's a quality player, but the younger lot will have to shape up, Livingstone is back and we have Ellis back in place of KG,” PBKS' stand-in skipper Curran said after winning the toss.
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches played: 30
Punjab Kings won: 17
Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 13
Last result: Punjab Kings won by 54 runs (Brabourne; 2022)
Last five results: PBKS won - 4; RCB won - 1
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Wanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj.
RCB impact substitutes - Vyshak Vijaykumar, David Willey, Karm Sharma, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
PBKS impact substitutes - Prabhsimran Singh, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza
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