PBKS vs RCB / RCB all out Punjab for 150 runs and won the match by 24 runs

PBKS vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore have defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 24 runs in the 27th match of the Indian Premier League-2023. This is Bengaluru's third win of the season. Punjab won the toss and elected to bowl at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Chandigarh. Batting first, Bangalore scored 174 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Punjab got all out for 150 runs in 18.2 overs.

Today is the double header-day and the second match of the day will be played between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at 7:30 PM in Delhi.

Punjab's wickets fell like this...

First: On the second ball of the first over, Siraj made Arthav Tayde LBW.

Second: Vanindu Hasaranga bowled Matthew Short on the first ball of the third over.

Third: Mohammad Siraj LWB to Livingstone on the second ball of the fourth over.

Fourth: Harpreet was runout by Siraj on the third ball of the sixth over.

Fifth: Sam Karen was run out on the 5th ball of the 10th over. He was run out by Hasaranga.

Sixth: Prabhsimran Singh was bowled by Wayne Parnell on the third ball of the 12th over.

Seventh: On the 5th ball of the 13th over, Vanindu Hasaranga got Shah Rukh Khan stumped by Dinesh Karthik.

Initial shock to Punjab, scored 49 runs

Punjab got initial setbacks in the powerplay. The team lost four wickets in scoring 49 runs. Mohammad Siraj got two wickets for Bengaluru.

Kohli-Plessis' half-centuries, RCB scored 174 runs

Punjab won the toss and elected to bowl at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Chandigarh. Batting first, Bangalore scored 174 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis gave the team a strong start by sharing an opening partnership of 137 runs, but could not cross the score of 200. Faf du Plessis scored 84 runs and captain Virat Kohli scored 59 runs. None of the remaining batsmen could perform well.

This is how the wickets of Bengaluru fell.

First: On the first ball of the 17th over, Harpreet Brar got Kohli caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma.

Second: On the second ball of the 17th over, Brar got Maxwell caught by Atharva Tayde.

Third: On the third ball of the 18th over, Northern Ellis caught Faf du Plessis by Sam Karen.

Fourth: On the last ball of the 19th over, Dinesh Karthik was caught by Arshdeep Singh at the hands of Arthav Tayde.

Century partnership between Kohli-du Plessis

Captain Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis gave Bangalore a strong start. Both shared a 137-run partnership on 98 balls.

Kohli scored 48th half-century

Virat Kohli, captaining Bengaluru after 556 days, scored his 48th half-century in the league. He completed Fifty on 40 balls. Virat has scored the fourth half-century of the season. Kohli scored 59 runs in 47 balls at a strike rate of 125.53. Kohli's innings included 5 fours and a six. 600 fours were also completed in his IPL.

Du Plessis scored a half-century on 31 balls

Faf du Plessis scored the 29th half-century of his league career. This is du Plessis' fourth half-century in the current season. He completed Fifty on 31 balls. Not only this, Du Plessis has also completed 300 runs this season. He has become the first batsman to do so.

Plessis scored 84 runs in 56 balls at a strike rate of 150.00. This innings included 5 fours and 5 sixes.

Both teams landed without regular captain

Both the teams are playing without their regular captain. Bangalore is captained by Virat Kohli, while Punjab's command is in the hands of Sam Karen. Kohli is captaining after 556 days. There is no change in the Bangalore team, while Punjab has come down with two changes. Livingstone and Ellis are back.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Vanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Wayne Parnell and Suyash Prabhudesai.

Impact Players: Vijaykumar Vaishak, David Willey, Karan Sharma, Akash Deep and Anuj Rawat.

Punjab Kings: Sam Karen (c), Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Tayde, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Mohit Rathi, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza.