Punjab Kings are internet hosting Royal Challengers Bangalore in the twenty seventh match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mohali. While PBKS got here into this match with a win over LSG, RCB misplaced to CSK in their earlier outing. RCB are anticipated to come onerous on the opposition in order to acquire two essential factors however forward of the sport, followers had been in for a pleasing shock as Virat Kohli walked out for the toss as an alternative of Faf du Plessis.
Kohli, on the toss, confirmed that the common RCB skipper is scuffling with a rib damage and won’t be able to discipline. However, Faf du Plessis might be enjoying as an Impact Player opening the innings swapping with the bowler Vyshak Vijaykumar. “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,” Kohli mentioned on 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,” Sam Curran who’s main PBKS in place of Shikhar Dhawan mentioned throughout the toss.
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
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 Sing
