RCB in 13 overs
Livingstone to Green.
RCB 133/3 in 12 overs
Chahar to Kohli, slaps it through covers; one run. FOUR! Green picks an over-pitched delivery over covers. Green pushes the fourth to long on to get a single. A misfield at covers allows two runs to Kohli.
RCB 125/3 in 11 overs
Livingstone to Kohli. Starts with a full toss, pushed to long on for one run. Cameron Green drives a full length ball to covers for one. A wide down leg. Kohli fails to find the gap with his cut on the third ball. BEATEN! A bit of turn away from the left hander for Livingstone, just misses the outside edge. A single to covers on the fifth. Green’s drive to long off makes it five of the over before an overthrow allows a sixth run.
And we’re back to cricket
Liam Livingstone to bowl the 11th over.
Play to resume
The umpires are done with their inspection. The play will restart at 8:55 PM.
The covers coming off
Shayan Acharya: The rain has reduced and the umpires are walking back to the ground for inspection.
The rain has intensified
It is raining heavily now in Dharamsala, informs Shayan Acharya from the ground.
Rain stops play
The covers are coming on and the players rush back to the dugout. It is only a drizzle at the moment so fingers crossed this won’t be a long delay.
RCB 119/3 in 10 overs
Curran returns for his second over. Four!! Full and wide, Kohli jams it past short third man for a boundary. Six!! Short ball from Curran, Patidar pulls it through deep square for a boundary. 50 up for Patidar. Kohli miscues his shot but it falls short of deep midwicket. Drops of rain starting to fall in Dharamsala!!
WICKET!! Full and wide again, Patidar nicks it back to the keeper. Very unlucky.
Rajat Patidar c Bairstow b Sam Curran 55(23)
RCB 106/2 in 9 overs
Arshdeep returns. Four!! Short ball on the body, pulled past deep square for a boundary. 50 partnership up between Kohli and Patidar. Six!! Short of good length, Patidar rocks back and pulls it over midwicket for a six. 16 runs from the over.
RCB 90/2 in 8 overs
Rahul Chahar into the attack. Six!! Short ball first up, Patidar deposits over midwicket for six. Six!! Short again, Patidar rocks back and pulls it over deep square for another six. Dropped!! A quicker one beats Patidar but Bairstow can’t hold on to the tough chance. Six!! Chahar goes full, Patidar lofts it over cover for a six.
RCB 72/2 in 7 overs
Kaverappa to bowl out. Six!! Kohli charges down and lofts it one-handed over mid off for six. Follows it up with a quick single to mid off. Six!! Back of a length, Patidar lofts it over long on for six. 16 runs from the over.
RCB 56/2 in 6 overs
Harshal into the attack. Four!! Overpitched on the stumps, Patidar drives it through midwicket for a boundary. Four!! Back of a length on off stump, Patidar guides it through the vacant slip region for a boundary. Four!! Full on the stumps, driven straight down the ground for a boundary. 12 off the over.
RCB 44/2 in 5 overs
Six!! Kohli steps down the track to Kaverappa and lofts it back over his head for a huge six. Fuller on the stumps, Kohli’s hoick runs to deep square for a single. Jacks tries to charge the bowler, is beaten on the inside edge.
Wicket!! Kaverappa gets his second wicket, Jacks holes out to short fine.
Will Jacks c Harshal Patel b Kaverappa 12(7)
Patidar in at 4. Dropped!! Patidar looks to pull a short one, hits it straight to Harshal at deep fine but he makes a mess of it.
RCB 36/1 in 4 overs
Sam Curran into the attack. Four!! Full on the pads, Kohli drives it on the up through midwicket for a boundary. Low full toss on the stumps, Kohli moves legside and guides it to deep cover. Four!! Back of a length to Jacks, tries to punch it through the offside, the edge runs through midwicket for a boundary. Six!! Slower ball in the slot, lofted down the ground for six. 16 runs from the over.
RCB 20/1 in 3 overs
Kaverappa continues. WICKET!! Kaverappa gets the captain on debut, was back of a length and wide, Du Plessis went for the lofted cut shot but finds deep cover to perfection.
du Plessis c Shashank Singh b Kaverappa 9(7)
Will Jacks in at 3. Inside edge off the first ball, gets a single to deep square. Kaverappa goes short, Kohli defends it awkwardly to cover.
Dropped!! Kohli lets out a ferocious cover drive, Rossouw almost holds on to it at cover. Would have been a blinder. Kohli gets another life.
PBKS 19/0 in 2 overs
Arshdeep from the other end. Slightly wide, Du Plessis guides it through point for a single. Four!! Back of a length outside off, Kohli punches it through extra cover for four. In the air again, just past the fielders running backwards. A couple taken.
RCB 11/0 in 1 over
Vidwath Kaverappa with the new cherry in hand on his debut. Virat and Du Plessis opening the batting.
Full on the stumps, first up, driven to mid on by Kohli. Dropped!! Kohli looked to go big down the ground seeing the ball full, gets a top-edge that is dropped by Ashutosh at cover. Four!! Full on off stump, Du Plessis, creams the drive through extra cover for four. Four!! Full again, driven through the covers for a second boundary.
Impact subs
PBKS: Harpreet Brar, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Nathan Ellis
RCB: Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal, Mayank Dagar
Lineups
RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Mahipal Lomror, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson.
PBKS: Jonny Bairstow (wk), Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Sam Curran (c), Liam Livingstone, Ashutosh Sharma, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa.
TOSS - PBKS
Punjab Kings wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Sam Curran: We’re going to bowl. They’ve watered the wicket a bit, might be something early on. Looking to put RCB under pressure early. Looking to take wickets with the new ball. We need few results to go for us and win our remaining games. Livingstone comes in for Rabada and there’s one more change in Impact Sub.
Faf du Plessis: Would’ve done the same. Been a great turnaround for us. Last few games we’ve been clinical. Focus remains the same, not too much on the table, just the way we want to play. Maxwell goes out for Lockie Ferguson.
Pitch Report
Daren Ganga: There’s a tinge of grass on the surface, it’s dry and hard. The average first innings score for night games is 195. There will be some lateral movement. Spin can play a part if you bowl in the right areas. Out of the 18 wickets in the last game, 7 were taken by the spinners. A surface that is decent for batting but the bowlers will also extract some help.
Punjab Kings record at Dharamsala
Played: 12
Won: 5
Lost: 7
Last result: Lost to Chennai Super Kings by 28 runs (2024)
Highest score: 232/2 (20) vs RCB (May 17, 2011)
Lowest score: 116 (19) vs Deccan Chargers (May 21, 2011)
Will Dhawan play today?
Punjab Kings’ management will assess the fitness of Shikhar Dhawan later this week in Delhi before a decision is taken on his availability for the last two fixtures of the Indian Premier League.
Dream11 Prediction
WICKET KEEPERS
Dinesh Karthik, Prabhsimran Singh
BATTERS
Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (c), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma
ALL ROUNDERS
Cameron Green, Will Jacks (vc)
BOWLERS
Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Siraj
Team Composition: PBKS 5-6 RCB | Credits Left: 14
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Predicted XI
Bat 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Vyshak Vijaykumar.
Bowl 1st: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Cameron Green, Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Dayal.
Impact Player options: Rajat Patidar/Yash Dayal, Manoj Bhandage, Saurav Chauhan, Lockie Ferguson, Mayank Dagar.
IPL qualification scenarios explained!!
IPL 2024: With 14 games to go in the league stage, as many as nine teams remain in the hunt to advance to the playoffs
Punjab Kings Predicted XI
Bat 1st: Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada.
Bowl 1st: Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran (c), Ashutosh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Player options: Arshdeep Singh/Prabhsimran Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone
How has the Impact Player rule fared so far?
Allowing teams to substitute players mid-match has led to a growing reliance on specialists, diminishing the importance of all-round players.
PBKS vs RCB HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL
Matches played: 32
Punjab Kings won: 17
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 15
Last result: RCB won by four wickets (Bengaluru; 2024)
IPL 2024 Points Table
IPL 2024: Check the latest points table and standings after Match 57 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants
PBKS vs RCB match preview
IPL 2024: As the race for the playoffs intensifies, Royal Challengers Bengaluru takes on Punjab Kings at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday.
LIVE STREAMING INFO
Which TV channel will broadcast Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match on May 9?
The Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India.
How can one watch the live streaming of Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match online?
The Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 match will be streamed live on the JioCinema app and website.
SQUADS
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
