VIVO IPL Match 26: PBKS VS RCB 2021 Match Preview

VIVO IPL Match 26 RCB Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore are in red hot form performing well in all the departments. The batsmen are in form, the bowlers have done extremely well in restricting the opponent. They have a dream run in the IPL 2021. In a close encounter last match, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Capitals by one run. AB de Villiers played a brutal inning towards the end to take the match away from DC. Devdutt Padikkal’s recent form has been excellent and scoring his maiden hundred against RR would have boosted his confidence. Glenn Maxwell’s looked good after a long time in the IPL. After a poor IPL2020, he performed extremely well for RCB and has played some match-winning knock already in the tournament. Kohli’s form is a bit of concern and has not looked in shape in this tournament.

VIVO IPL Match 26 RCB Preview: Bowlers have done a magnificent job this year. Bowling has been a concern for RCB for years. But this year their bowling has won games for them. The bowlers have executed their plan perfectly mainly depth bowling has been exceptional. They have bowled good yorkers and slower ones to deceived the batsmen and restricted them from scoring freely.

VIVO IPL Match 26 PBKS Batting Preview: Punjab Kings looks like a promising team on paper but has not performed as per their potential. The batting has not been consistent and has struggled to put runs consistently. In the last match, the team tumbled down to a low score of 123 against the weak Kolkata Knight Riders. KL Rahul who has scored consistently in the tournament failed to score in the last. Mayank struggled his way scoring 31 at a strike rate of 91.18. Chris Gayle has looked in shape. The Universal Boss is yet fire. Has played well in two matches but a big inning is still to arrive. Deepak Hooda after the first game has done well. Nicholas Pooran is having a bad run with 19 runs as his highest score this season so far. The lower order has shown some resistance with Shahrukh Khan with a couple of good knocks and Chris Jordan in the last match,

VIVO IPL Match 26 PBKS Bowling Preview: Bowling has looked somewhat better from initial matches after the inclusion of Ravi Bishnoi. Mohammed Shami has done well for the team picking up wickets at crunch time. The young pacer Arshdeep Singh is having a great season and has bowled extremely well doing the job for the team. The big-ticket players like Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith had failed to impress with their bowling.

PBKS VS RCB : Head to Head

PITCH REPORT

Conditions will be humid, with temperatures hovering about 40 degrees Celsius.
However, the humidity will be on the low side. There is absolutely no risk of rain.

WEATHER REPORT

SQUAD – PBKS VS RCB 2021

Punjab KIngs

Probable Playing XI: KL Rahul (C & WK), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Moises Chris, Jordan, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Henriques, Shahrukh Khan,

Rest Squad: Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Sarfaraz Khan, Harpreet Brar, Saurabh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh, Ishan Porel, Jalaj Saxena, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Fabian Allen, Utkarsh Singh, Riley Meredith

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Probable Playing XI:  Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), Washington Sundar, AB de Villiers (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Daniel Christian

Rest Squad: Suyash Prabhudessai, Sachin Baby, Pavan Deshpande, Rajat Patidar, Mohammad Azharuddeen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, KS Bharat, Daniel Sams

DREAM 11 PREDICTION: PBKS VS RCB 2021

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Winner Prediction

Royal Challengers Bangalore Capital looks like a better team to win the match with a balanced team combination

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