Punjab Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Live Cricket Score.IPL 2022, PBKS Vs RCB Live Cricket Score: Punjab Kings’ new skipper Mayank Agarwal won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League match here on Sunday. Quitting captaincy may unburden Virat Kohli the batter but the focus will still remain on the maestro in this match. For, it will be the first time Kohli will not be leading RCB in nearly a decade, turning out only as a player, instead.
Both RCB and PBKS will have new captains at the helm in Faf du Plessis and Mayank Agarwal respectively, but Kohli will certainly attract a lot of attention now that he is not entrusted with leading the side, something which he last experienced in 2012.
Starting XI:
Punjab Kings XI: M Agarwal (c), S Dhawan, L Livingstone, B Rajapaksa (wk), O Smith, S Khan, R Bawa, A Singh, H Brar, S Sharma, R Chahar
Royal Challengers Bangalore XI: F Du Plessis (c), A Rawat, D Karthik (wk), S Rutherford, V Kohli, D Willey, W Hasaranga, S Ahamad, H Patel, M Siraj, A Deep
Virat Kohli. (File)
Arshdeep finally gets Faf's wicket and what do you know, it's Shahrukh Khan, who has taken the stunning catch. The same man who had dropped him earlier. Necessary wicket for PBKS as Faf departs for 88 runs. RCB 168/2 after 17.1 overs.
Four again and it's Faf again. Everything he hits turns into a boundary. Absolutely relentless batting from the skipper. Sandeep Sharma does not know where to look as the onslaught continues. 10 off this over. RCB 168/1 after 17 overs.
That's going up up up and above. Brutal batting from Faf. The sightscreen has taken a world of beating tonight. And that's another six. How many of them has he hit tonight? 16 off this over. RCB 158/1 after 16 overs.
75 C Gayle
80 KL Rahul
94 D Warner/F du Plessis
103 S Raina
That's two back to back sixes from this over as well. Brar is dealt the same treatment as Faf's destruction continues. He has suddenly changed gear and absolutely annihilating this Punjab lineup. Virat Kohli also joins the party and hits Brar for another 6. That's 3 sixes this over!!! Another expensive one. RCB 136/1 after 14 overs.
Odean Smith has been brought back to the attack and is promptly driven for a four by Virat Kohli. Sloppy fielding from the Punjab Kings. Now there!!! Faf has taken strike and hits a four and a 6 off back to back balls. Another 6 follows and this brings up his half century, his first as a RCB player. Absolute destruction by the RCB skipper. 23 runs off this one. RCB 115/1 after 13 overs.
Livingstone in to bowl the 12th over. He'll be bowling to Virat Kohli. One run and Faf is on strike. Next two balls yield 2 each and the next ball is hit for a massive six. In the slot, clean swing and that sails over the boundary. 14 off this over. RCB 92/1 after 12 overs.
Brar is brought into the attack and he'll be bowling to Kohli. And would you know it!!! That's a six by the former RCB skipper. A clean swing to nail it over long-on. Absolutely smokes it over long on. RCB 70/1 after 10 overs.
We go for strategic timeout as the 9th over ends. Chahar has been the bright spark in the Punjab bowling lineup thus far. He got rid of Rawat who was looking increasingly dangerous and has given just 3 runs off this over. RCB 57/1 after 9 overs.
Bowled!!!! That's the first wicket down for Bangalore. Huge wicket for Punjab. Rahul Chahar just cleans Rawat up. That too after 50 had come up for RCB. RCB 50/1 after 7 overs.
Odean Smith brought back to the attack for the last over of the powerplay. And Rawat has unleashed his on him. One drop. Into the boundary. And that's another 4 to end the powerplay. RCB 41/0 after 6 overs.
Arshdeep to bowl the 5th over and he bowls a wide on his second ball. Too many extras being given away by the young man here. RCB won't complain though. Good over though. Just 6 off it. RCB 31/0 after 5 overs.
Odean Smith has been brought into the attack by Punjab now. To stem runs or to get a wicket in the powerplay. Shahrukh Khan drops Faf. Oh my!! How costly will that be? Ball goes straight in and straight out. RCB 25/0 after 4 overs.
That's a great four to start the 3rd over by Faf. Finally, the RCB captain can free his arms and break away. Whips away the over-pitched delivery over mid-wicket. Rawat joins the party and hits a huge six!!! Charges down the pitch and hooves to over the boundary. What a way to get off the mark. 11 off this over as well. RCB 23/0 after 3 overs.
Arshdeep to bowl the second over and Faf is on strike. Ooooffff!! That's gone wide and goes for a 4 to boot. 5 extra runs. Not the start that Arshdeep had hoped for. And another four. Too fine, too straight and that's given 4 leg byes. Faf tries to flick an ensuing in-swinger but loses his balance. What a ball. That's more like it. 11 off this over. RCB 12/0 after 2 overs.
A relatively quiet start for RCB as the first 4 balls are dots. Good line and length maintained by Sandeep. The next ball helps Faf get off the mark. Just 1 off this over. RCB 1/0 after 1 over.
Here come the umpires and there's the Royal Challengers Bangalore openers as skipper Faf du Plessis and Anuj Rawat start the innings. Sandeep Sharma has the new ball and he will open the Punjab attack.
In the other match of the day, Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals got the better of Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians when they defeated the Mumbai outfit by 4 wickets.
It's a gorgeous stadium. Traditionally this venue hasn't been very high-scoring because of the long boundaries. Fair amount of grass on the pitch so it won't help the spinners much. It also sounds hard, so it should be good to bat on with good varry. The par score would be around 165. The trend has been to chase here.
Punjab Kings XI: M Agarwal (c), S Dhawan, L Livingstone, B Rajapaksa (wk), O Smith, S Khan, R Bawa, A Singh, H Brar, S Sharma, R Chahar
Royal Challengers Bangalore XI: F Du Plessis (c), A Rawat, D Karthik (wk), S Rutherford, V Kohli, D Willey, W Hasaranga, S Ahamad, H Patel, M Siraj, A Deep