The 58th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will be played on Thursday, May 09, 2024, at 07:30 PM Local Time at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala.
RCB has been in decent touch, with a three-game winning streak.
Punjab wins the toss and elect to bowl first.
Toss will play an important role tonight
With spinners like Karn Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Glenn Maxwell, and Will Jacks in the squad, RCB will have a slight upper hand against PBKS in Dharamsala.
Mohammed Siraj highlights the challenges bowlers face in the shortest format of the game – “It’s not easy to switch between red and white ball cricket. In T20s, you need to give your 110% every ball.”
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Latest IPL 2024 points table standings
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and way down in the points table at seventh place, with eight points from 11 matches, winning four and losing 7seven, and an NRR of -0.049.
Punjab Kings are in eighth place, with 8 points from 11 matches, winning 4 and losing 7, and an NRR of -0.187.
The top run scorer for Punjab Kings is Travis Head with 444 runs.
and the top wicket-taker for Punjab Kings is T Natarajan with 15 scalps.
The top run scorer for Royal Challengers Bengaluru is KL Rahul with 431 runs and the top wicket-taker is Yash Thakur with 11 wickets
Betting Odds:
As per the bookmakers, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are favorites heading into this game.
RCB has 1.69 odds of winning this match, whereas PBKS has a bigger task with higher odds of 2.16
Pitch Report:
The pitch in Dharamsala is not the best for batting. Spinners ruled the roost in the previous game between these two teams at this venue. Expect a similar hybrid pitch on offer for this match.
Match Prediction: RCB to beat PBKS in IPL 2024 tonight.
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