Royal Challengers Bangalore after a marginal defeat against their Arch-rivals CSK will now travel to Mohali as they lock horns against Punjab Kings in match number 27 of IPL 2023 at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on 20^th April,2023.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be coming into the contest after being outclassed by CSK in their previous game by margin of 8 runs. All the three reliable have stood-up for RCB in their batting department, with skipper Faf du Plessis aggregating 259 runs in as many as five games at an impressive average of 64.75, he currently holds the orange cap of the ongoing edition. Both Glenn Maxwell and Virat Kohli have accounted to two and three fifties respectively. Mohammed Siraj has been brilliant with the ball for RCB with 8 scalps in 5 games. They would look to bounce back the winning ways.

Punjab Kings, on the other hand, will be coming into the contest after defeating Lucknow Super Giants in their last game courtesy of sublime batting from Sikandar Raza and Sharukh Khan’s power-hitting masterclass. With three wins out of five games they sit at fifth position in points table due to poor net-run-rate compared to other teams. Sam Curran registered the best bowling performance by a captain in IPL in their last game. Shikhar Dhawan has been the go-to man for PBKS, he has aggregated 233 runs in as many as four games at a phenomenal average of 116.50.  Arshdeep Singh has been impressive with the ball, accounting to 8 wickets in five games so far. They would look to carry the winning momentum going.

Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Head-to-Head, IPL 2023:

In as many as 30 games played between the two sides, Punjab Kings have dominated the contest with 17 and RCB have won the rest 13.

2 -Virat Kohli (598) requires two fours to get to 600 fours in IPL

10 -Glenn Maxwell (990) requires 10 runs to complete 1000 runs for RCB in IPL

6 -Shikhar Dhawan (144) is six sixes away from reaching 150 sixes in IPL.

96 -Sam Curran (1904) requires 96 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20s

60 -Bhanuka Rajapaksa (2940) needs 60 runs to complete 3000 T20 runs

21 -Dinesh Karthik (6979) requires 21 runs to complete 7000 runs in T20

4 -Glenn Maxwell (146) requires 4 sixes to complete 150 sixes in IPL