Today (May 9) in IPL 2024, Punjab Kings will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru – here is the predicted XI for the match, team news, and today’s IPL match prediction for PBKS vs CSK and LSG vs KKR.

PBKS vs RCB, live score: Follow the live scorecard here

The match will begin at 7:30 pm IST.

PBKS vs RCB: Toss updates

PBKS vs RCB: PBKS won the toss and chose to bowl first.

PBKS vs RCB: Playing XIs

PBKS: Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Sam Curran (c), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma, Harshal Patel, Vidwath Kaverappa, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh. Impact players: Harpreet Bhatia, T Thyagarajan, Rishi Dhawan.

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson. Impact players: Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat.

PBKS vs RCB: IPL 2024 team news

With eight points from 11 games, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (net run rate -0.049) are seventh on the points table and Punjab Kings eighth (-0.187). Whoever loses tonight will be eliminated from the race for the playoffs.

The pitch in Dharamshala surprisingly assisted spinners during Punjab’s last game, against the Chennai Super Kings. Expect them to roll out a similar surface against RCB, the team with the weakest spin attack. Expect the Punjab spinners, Chahar and Brar, to call the shots in that case. Curran will continue to lead Punjab in Shikhar Dhawan’s absence.

Maxwell’s indifferent form has been a concern for the RCB, but he is likely to play a role if the pitch assists turn. If it does not, RCB may opt to go in with three overseas players and use one of Maxwell and Topley as the Impact Player, depending on whether they bat or field first.

IPL 2024: Upcoming match

GT vs CSK– 7:30 pm IST

IPL 2024: Yesterday’s IPL match

SRH vs LSG, Match 57 – SRH won by 10 wickets with 62 balls to spare

PBKS vs RCB: Prediction for today’s IPL match

A fully firing RCB is dangerous. Expect them to make things difficult for PBKS.

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