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Updated April 30th, 2021 at 23:13 IST

IPL 2021, PBKS vs RCB Live Score Online: Rahul-Brar shine as PBKS defeat RCB by 34 runs

In a pursuit to get back on the top of the points table, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad

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RCB 145/8 (20)

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RCB 144/7 (19.3)

 

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RCB 144/8 (19.4)

 

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RCB 133/7 (19)

 

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RCB 139/7 (19.1)

 

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RCB 126/7 (18.3)

 

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RCB 108/7 (17.1)

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RCB 102/7 (17)

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RCB 96/7 (15.5)

  

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RCB 96/6 (15.4)

  

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RCB 92/5 (14.5)

 

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RCB 85/4 (14.1)

 

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RCB 77/4 (13.4)

 

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RCB 69/4 (12.4)

 

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RCB 69/3 (12)

 

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RCB 63/3 (11.1)

 

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RCB 62/3 (10.2)

 

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RCB 59/1 (9)

 

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RCB 59/1 (9)

 

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RCB 46/1 (7)

 

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RCB 36/1 (6)

 

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RCB 34/1 (5.4)

 

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RCB 31/1 (4.5)

 

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RCB 25/1 (4)

 

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RCB 19/1 (2.3)

 

 

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RCB 11/0 (1.1)

 

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RCB 12/0 (1.5)

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PBKS 179/5 (20)

 

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PBKS 157/5 (19)

 

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PBKS 143/5 (17.3)

 

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PBKS 137/5 (17.2)

 

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PBKS 132/5 (17)

 

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PBKS 126/5 (16)

 

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PBKS 121/5 (15.2)

 

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PBKS 119/5 (15)

 

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PBKS 117/4 (14)

 

 

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Nicholas Pooran in IPL 2021:
0(1) vs RR
0(2) vs CSK
9(8) vs DC
0(0) vs SRH
19(19) vs KKR
0(3) vs RCB

 

PBKS 113/3 (13)

  

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PBKS 110/3 (12.2)

 

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PBKS 109/3 (12)

 

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PBKS 99/2 (10.4)

 

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PBKS 98/1 (10.2)

 

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PBKS 91/1 (10)

 

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PBKS 87/1 (9.3)

 

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PBKS 71/1 (8.1)

 

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PBKS 68/1 (7.4)

 

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PBKS 64/1 (7)

 

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PBKS 49/1 (6)

 

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PBKS 29/1 (5)

 

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PBKS 19/1 (3.3)

 

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PBKS 18/0 (3)

 

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PBKS 10/0 (1.4)

 

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PBKS 3/0 (1)

 

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Prabhsimran Singh walks out to open with KL Rahul.

 

PBKS 0/0 (0.2)

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PrabhSimran Singh is an explosive wicket-keeper batsman and started playing serious cricket at the tender age of 8. He scored truckload of runs for Punjab at different age groups.PrabhSimran Singh put in the hard yards and grabbed the attention of the selectors by carting a magnificent 298 in the Punjab U-23 district tournament for Patiala and his wait for the national call-up finally ended when was roped into the team for the ACC U-19 Asia Cup. PrabhSimran's IPL dream came true when he was bought by Kings XI Punjab for a lip-smacking sum of 4.8 Crores.

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After losing the toss, KL Rahul said, "We have always found ourselves in this position. We have three changes. Henriques and Arshdeep are out, Mayank is also out. Meredith, Prabhsimran, and Harpreet are in. It's something we have spoken about. We are a young group of guys except for Chris."

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After winning the toss, Virat Kohli said, "More confident now, we gonna bowl first. So the game last night, short boundary on one side. The pitch was two-paced last night, so we want to bowl first. Shahbaz comes in for Sundar looking at the composition of their side. Even when you win games, you need to rectify stuff."

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Padikkal to the Star Sports Broadcasters said, "The momentum with us and we were hitting the ball well. Once we got into that rhythm we had to keep going as long as we could. We knew that the new batsman would take some time. So we wanted to continue that partnership and go as deep as possible. We both were playing to each other's strengths and rotating the strike and that really helped. Last year there were so many learnings for me from the season, each match gave me something new. Last year was a great experience and coming into this season I was much more confident. I was sure about myself and about my shots, that really helps in this kind of a tournament. We have some great players in our domestic team Karnataka. Having such great cricketers (like AB and Virat) around me makes me want to play even more better."

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KL Rahul wasn’t dismissed even once against RCB in IPL 2020.

Chris Gayle has a strike rate of over 259 against Mohammad Siraj. 

Mohammed Shami has dismissed Virat Kohli four times in seven games so far in the IPL. 

 

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From football to cricket and now carrom board, it seems that Windies legend Chris Gayle has mastered the art of the 'finish' in every game he takes up.

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 KL Rahul averages the highest (74.2) and has the best strike rate (155.23) against RCB. Rahul was unbeaten on both occasions against RCB in 2020, scoring 193 in those two games. 

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RCB's batting coach Sanjay Bangar said that the Royal Challengers in the previous seasons was dependent upon skipper Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers a lot.

 

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Vettori also said that the common people should be allowed to hear those tactic discussions in order to understand what the coach and captain are thinking.

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Just recently, Virat Kohli became the first player in history to complete 6,000 runs in the IPL as he reached the landmark in just 196 matches.

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The young Karnataka cricketer Devdutt Padikkal, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL, has picked Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne in his fab-four, ahead of world number 1 ODI batsman Babar Azam.

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5: 55 IST, April 30th 2021

In a pursuit to get back on the top of the points table, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in a much-awaited clash at the Narendra Modi cricket stadium on Friday. Pulling a one-run thrilling victory over the might Delhi Capitals, Virat Kohli & Co. are high on confidence and will be looking to keep the winning momentum going against KL Rahul's XI. 

On the other hand, KL Rahul-led side PBKS suffered a heavy defeat from the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders at the same venue. Punjab has been going through batting as well as bowling worries as the franchise is not able to score a big total on the scoreboard. Looking at the bowling department, the Kings are also struggling with their overseas fast bowlers as they rested both Meredith and Richardson which they bought at a high price during the IPL 2021 mini auctions. 

However, Punjab Kings have the better head-to-head record against Virat Kohli’s side, and also won both games in the UAE in IPL 2020. In its last IPL meeting, Punjab Kings who used to be called KXIP (Kings Eleven Punjab)  prevailed over Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets in Sharjah. A 48 from skipper Virat Kohli and an unbeaten 25 from Chris Morris helped RCB reach 171/6 in 20 overs. In reply, KL Rahul's unbeaten 61 and Chris Gayle's 45-ball 53 helped the Punjab Kings clinch an eight-wicket win. In the other fixture of the same edition, PBKS beat RCB by 97 runs.

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Punjab Kings who used to be called KXIP (Kings Eleven Punjab) before IPL 2021 have the better head-to-head record against Virat Kohli’s side and also won both games in the UAE in IPL 2020. In its last IPL meeting, Punjab Kings prevailed over Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets in Sharjah. A 48 from skipper Virat Kohli and an unbeaten 25 from Chris Morris helped RCB reach 171/6 in 20 overs. In reply, KL Rahul's unbeaten 61 and Chris Gayle's 45-ball 53 helped the Punjab Kings clinch an eight-wicket win. In the other fixture of the same edition, PBKS beat RCB by 97 runs.

Overall, the two teams have played 26 matches in IPL history, with Royal Challengers Bangalore winning 12 matches and Punjab Kings winning 14.

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The pitch in Ahmedabad has been an excellent one for batting. The track has helped the slower bowlers to some extent, if not a whole lot. Batting second should be the way forward. The conditions will be hot with the temperature around the 40 degrees Celsius mark. The humidity will be on the lower side though. There are no chances of rain whatsoever.

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Probable Playing XIs:

Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c, wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Dawid Malan/Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan/Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers (wk), Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj

Dream XI Team: 

Keeper – KL Rahul (Captain), AB de Villiers

Batsmen – Virat Kohli (Vice-captain), Glenn Maxwell, Mayank Agarwal, C Gayle

All-Rounders – Washington Sundar

Bowlers – Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

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There aren't any injury issues and all the players from the PBKS squad are available for selection. Dawid Malan could make his debut for Punjab. On the other hand, RCB have roped in New Zealand pacer Scott Kuggeleijn in the place of Kane Richardson who pulled out of the IPL 2021 midway.

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According to our PBKS vs RCB prediction, Bangalore won their first four games against Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. They faced their first defeat of the season against Chennai Super Kings. However, RCB got back to winning ways by beating Delhi Capitals by one run in what turned out to be a thrilling contest. Virat Kohli's men will look to secure another win and get back to the top of the IPL 2021 points table.

 

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Published April 30th, 2021 at 17:55 IST