Glenn Maxwell will not play in Friday, April 16’s match between the Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both teams had comparable records going into this matchup, with four victories and two defeats.
RCB recently defeated the Rajasthan Royals by a commanding nine wickets in Jaipur. On the other side, PBKS defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in Mullanpur in a low-scoring thriller.
Toss Update
Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field first. He justified his decision to the Chinnaswamy being a good chasing venue in addition to the rain interruption shortening the duration of the game. On the other hand, Rajat Patidar seemed quite committed in putting up a competitive total on the board.
Stoinis comes in for Maxwell, RCB go unchanged
Maxwell has had a severely underwhelming season so far. Apart from one 30-run score, his scores read 0, 1, 3, and 7. His fellow compatriot, Marcus Stoinis, was brought in for Maxwell. Harpreet Brar, who has had quite some success against RCB, was the second change which was made. On the other hand, RCB went in with an unchanged XI.
RCB vs PBKS, Match 34 – What did the captains say?
Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)
We will bowl first. It’s a good ground to chase and it’s a rain interrupted game, overs have been reduced, will have a fair idea of how the wicket will play and that was always the plan. Stoinis comes in for Maxwell and Harpreet Brar is in. We need to have the right players at the right place, especially the angles.
Rajast Patidar (RCB)
We have to be smart in adapting to the conditions, we’ll try our best. A bit sticky, but the surface looks hard, we will put up a good total on the board. Same team, but I’m confused with the Impact Player.
RCB vs PBKS, Match 34 – Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.
Impact Substitutes: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Substitutes: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey.
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