The Challengers take on the Kings!

Author: Shreyas
30 Apr 2021 20:47:40
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PBKS vs RCB - 26th Match of Indian Premier League'2021, at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India

Points table standings

PBKS - 2w/4l (6th)
RCB - 5w/1l (3rd)

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India

(i) All Matches - T20s

Total Matches - 8

Avg 1st Innings - 167
Avg 2nd Innings - 161

Highest - 224/2 (INDIA vs ENGLAND - 20th March'2021)

Times won by team batting first - 3
Times won by team batting second - 5

(ii) Both teams on this ground - T20s

PBKS - 1-0w/1l
RCB - 1-1w/0l

(iii) Total Summary of wickets

Pacers
1st Innings - 33w
2nd Innings - 25w

Spinners
1st Innings - 15w
2nd Innings - 8w

Overall
58w:23w (Pacers:Spinners)

(iv) Summary of Powerplay wickets

1st Innings - 7/8 times atleast one wicket has gone in the powerplay (87.50%)
2nd Innings - 6/8 times atleast one wicket has gone in the powerplay (75%)

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS OF T20s ON THIS VENUE

PBKS
Dawid Malan - Must pick if he plays
KL Rahul - Highest score of 19 on this venue in 5 matches. Can avoid in GL surely, especially if batting first.
Chris Jordan - Can give atleast 25 points, either with bat or ball.
Either one between Hooda and Bishnoi could get wickets if bowling first.

RCB
Virat Kohli - Hit or Miss if Batting 1st, Must pick if Batting 2nd.
ABD - Must pick if RCB bats 1st.
Either one between Sundar and Chahal could get wickets if bowling first.

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
26 - 14w/12l (In favour of PBKS)

(ii) Last 5 matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of RCB)
(However, PBKS won both matches in the 2020 season)

(iii) At this venue
Not played yet!

(iv) Performers when both these sides meet - T20s

PBKS

Chris Gayle - Highest run scorer (827), 7th highest avg (55.13) - 16M/16I
(He has played 12 of those games against PBKS when he was part of RCB. Although, he averages 64.33 in 4 games against RCB while playing for PBKS)

KL Rahul - 4th highest run scorer (387), 4th highest avg (64.50) - 9M/9I
Mandeep Singh - 7th highest run scorer (238), Avg (29.75) - 14M/10I
Mayank Aggarwal - 12th highest run scorer (146), Avg (18.25) - 8M/8I

Mohammad Shami - 17th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (31), SR (18) - 4M/4I

RCB

AB De Villiers - 2nd highest run scorer (692), 8th highest avg (53.23) - 20M/19I
Virat Kohli - 3rd highest run scorer (681), Avg (29.61) - 25M/25I

Yuzvendra Chahal - Highest wicket taker (21), Avg (17.33), SR (13.19) - 14M/14I
Harshal Patel - 12th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (20.83), SR (11) - 4M/4I

(v) Head to Head matches in 2020

1) Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings- 16th October'2020
171/6 vs 177/2 (PBKS won by 8 wkts)

Virat Kohli - 48(39)
Devdutt Padikkal - 18(12)
KL Rahul - 61(49)*
Chris Gayle - 53(45)
Mayank Aggarwal - 45(25)
Mohammad Shami - 2w
Murugan Ashwin - 2w

2) Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 25th September'2020
206/3 vs 109/10 (PBKS won by 97 runs)

KL Rahul - 132(69)*
Mayank Aggarwal - 26(20)
Ravi Bishnoi - 3w
Murugan Ashwin - 3w
Washington Sundar - 30(27) & 0w
AB De Villiers - 28(18)

SUMMARY OF TOSS BASED ANALYSIS (H2H)

If RCB Bats First

Virat (Hit or Miss)
ABD
Chahal
Rahul
Mayank
Pooran
Shami

If PBKS Bats First

Rahul
Gayle
Bishnoi
Virat
ABD
Maxwell
Chahal
Sundar (can get atleast one wicket)

PROBABLE XIs

PBKS - Rahul(C/Wk), Mayank, Gayle, Malan, Hooda, SRK, Henriques, Jordan, Shami, Bishnoi, Arshdeep

Probable Changes
Dawid Malan in place of Nicholas Pooran is more or less a certainty to happen after 6 consecutive low scores for Pooran. Either one between Meredith/Allen/Jhye could replace Henriques in the XI as well.

RCB - Virat(C), Padikkal, Patidar, Maxwell, ABD(Wk), Sams, Sundar, Jamieson, Harshal, Siraj, Chahal

Probable Changes
None.

Most Selected C/VC choices
Rahul, ABD, Virat

Safe C/VC choices for SL and Mini GL teams
Gayle, Maxwell

C/VC choices for GL teams
Padikkal, Mayank, Malan(if plays), Harshal

Very risky Hit or Miss C/VC choices for GL
Chahal(if bowling first), Shami

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - ABD, Rahul
Bat - Gayle, Virat, Patidar, Mayank
AR - Sams, Hooda
Bowl - Harshal, Shami, Chahal

Note - Virat and Gayle have been kept by less than 60% users on Dream11, and Maxwell has been kept by 77% users, due to credit issues. So, safe players can keep Maxwell in place of Virat and have Padikkal in place of Patidar, or else have Virat as your trump pick.

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