Punjab Kings will tackle the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a do-or-die conflict in the 2024 version of the IPL in Dharamsala on Thursday, May 9. The desk has been such that there is perhaps a risk of a staff sneaking into the playoffs with simply 14 factors and the staff successful the conflict will keep on that path and the staff shedding is perhaps completed for the season, just like the Mumbai Indians with eight losses in the competitors.
Both groups have performed related form of cricket with them displaying indicators of being a champion staff in a few video games whereas being not there in the struggle in others. RCB are on an upsurge whereas Punjab have been cold and warm like their entire season. With Shikhar Dhawan nonetheless not obtainable, Punjab would possibly stick with the identical line-up however will want their batters to fireplace, if the monitor spins once more, prefer it did in opposition to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the primary sport at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala pitch report
There had been loads of unknowns with the hybrid pitch, a primary in India, in Dharamsala in the primary match of the season at the picturesque HPCA Stadium amid the Himalayas. It performed loads slower than anybody anticipated as 167 was defended fairly simply. There was assist for the bowlers, each the seamers and the spinners because the likes of Simarjeet Singh had been taking the ball from close to the top excessive of the batters whereas Ravindra Jadeja and Rahul Chahar bought buy off the wicket. Expect a really related surface for the RCB sport as effectively, nonetheless, there will be one distinction between the 2 video games.
The CSK sport was a day sport and this one is in the night and therefore a bit extra assist for the bowlers in the second half and for the batters too as below the lights the ball may skid on and are available higher on the bat. With the decrease temperatures, there may be an expectation of dew as effectively and the captain successful the toss is anticipated to area first. It might not be a 200 wicket and won’t be a 150-160 one as effectively, 180 might be a superb rating right here.
