IPL 2024, RCB vs PBKS: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) so far Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Charan has played only one match in this phase but it has exposed the weakness of his bowling. Now in the match against Punjab Kings at Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday, they will need better performance from the bowlers. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) In the opening match of this phase against India, the fast bowlers blindly stuck to the strategy of bowling short pitched balls whereas there was not much for the spinners on the Chepauk pitch. RCB’s three spinners Mayank Dagar, Karn Sharma and Glenn Maxwell together bowled five overs and they could not trouble the batsmen. Together, these three took just one wicket for 37 runs.
IPL 2024: Ravindra Jadeja did wonders in the last match
If we talk about CSK’s two spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Mahesh Tikshina, then together they bowled eight overs and took four wickets for 57 runs, while it was very easy to bat during this period. Therefore, RCB’s spinners will have to be prepared to deal with difficult situations on short boundaries and fast outfields. In this stadium, on most of the occasions the team has scored more than 200 runs in an innings and this has happened 27 times and the average score of the first innings in IPL on this pitch has been 172.
IPL 2024: Mohammed Siraj in great form
Due to this, RCB fast bowlers will also have to play responsibly against Punjab Kings. Mohammad Siraj, Alzarri Joseph and Yash Dayal made full use of their quota of bowling two bouncers in an over against CSK but during this they lost control of their line and length. This was also clearly visible from the pace of his runs. Fourth fast bowler Cameron Green used cutter balls which gave him two wickets.
IPL 2024: Dinesh Karthik did wonders
But sticking to the same strategy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium will be suicidal for him and he will have to find a way to use his best skills wisely. After the collapse of the top order, RCB scored 173 runs for six wickets against CSK. RCB had lost five wickets for 75 runs but Dinesh Karthik and Anuj Rawat played intelligently and took the score beyond 170 runs. But the lower order cannot prove reliable every time. Senior players like Virat Kohli, captain Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell will have to play big innings.
IPL 2024: Rajat Patidar will have to perform better
Rajat Patidar will also definitely have to play a good innings so that the batsmen ahead of him get some help. This is also important for RCB because Punjab Kings have a good team which was clearly visible from their performance against Delhi Capitals on Saturday. However, Punjab Kings have their own problems like Jonny Bairstow is not able to score runs. Whereas left arm fast bowler Sam Curran is not doing well. But the victory over Delhi Capitals temporarily put an end to all his worries.
IPL 2024: Both the teams are as follows
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacques, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijay Kumar Vishak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Sourav Chauhan.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Tayde, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kawerappa. , Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thiagarajan, Prince Chaudhary, Riley Rossouw.
The match will start at 7.30 pm Indian time.