Punjab Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Captain Dhawan’s Injury and Hopes of Victory

Royal challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings Live Scorecard:: Punjab Kings set a target of 175 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. Punjab won the toss and sent Bangalore into bat. 174 runs were scored at the loss of four wickets in the stipulated over.

In the opening wicket, Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli gave a good start to Bangalore. Both of them built a huge partnership of 137 runs. Kohli’s Harpreet Brar, who scored 59 runs off 47 balls with five fours and a six, was dismissed.
Duplessis scored 84 runs off 56 balls, including five fours and five sixes, and was dismissed by Nathan Elly.

The score was 151 when Duplessis was dismissed in the 18th over. Glenn Maxwell (0) and Dinesh Karthik (7) were suddenly dismissed and Bangalore, who rushed to a huge score, suffered a setback.

In the absence of Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Karan, who was the captain in the last match, is still the captain of Punjab. Liam Livingston and Kagiso Rabada have been replaced by pacer Nathan Ellis in Punjab’s playing eleven. Bangalore, on the other hand, is led by former captain Virat Kohli.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik, Vanindu Hazaranga, Suyash Prabhudesai, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, Mohammad Siraj.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Tiede, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingston, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Captain Shikhar Dhawan is out with an injury, but Punjab will go into Bangalore with hopes of victory. Dhawan was ruled out against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow on April 15 due to a shoulder injury. Sam Curran later led the team in this match and the team won by two wickets. Bangalore is stronger on paper than Lucknow. Punjab will be well aware that their batsmen need to think to beat Faf du Plessis-led Bangalore.

Bangalore are currently fifth in the points table with six points from five matches. Punjab is trying not to repeat the poor performance in this season at least. In the meantime, the injury of the captain Shikhar Dhawan is a big loss for the team.

RCB are currently in the eighth position with 4 points from two wins from five matches. In the last match, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost against Chennai Super Kings by 8 runs. Chasing a huge target of 226 runs, Faf du Plessis and his team fought but could not succeed. Du Plessis and Maxwell put on a 126-run partnership but it didn’t matter. Bangalore fell short of the target by a narrow margin. Moreover, a win is essential for RCB to keep their playoff chances alive.