The Punjab Kings will play against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday the 9th of May in Dharamsala, and we look at the game from a betting point of view.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in 7th place on the log currently sitting on the same number of points as the Punjab Kings who are in 8th, the Royals are priced at 51.00 with the Kings at 401.00 to win IPL 2024.
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The Punjab Kings went head-to-head with the Punjab Kings in their last match that was played in Dharamsala on Sunday the 5th of May, the match started with the Kings winning the toss and electing to field first where they started well taking a wicket in the 2nd over, thereafter they did not pick up a wicket for the rest of the powerplay and then the wickets began to flow again and they were able to restrict the Super Kings, allowing them to reach a total of 167/9 in the end. Top bowler was Rahul Chahar who took 3 wickets for 23 runs in his 4 overs.
The Punjab Kings looked under pressure early on with the bat in hand after losing 2 early wickets, but they were then able to stabilise a bit, not much longer however, and they began to lose wickets at a fast pace resulting in them batting at a very slow rate, by the end of the innings they did not reach the total, losing the match by 28 runs. Top batsman was Prabhsimran Singh who scored 30 off 23 deliveries.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru took on the Gujarat Titans at home in Bengaluru on Saturday the 4th of May where they won the toss and sent the Titans in to bat first. They performed well with ball in hand, dismissing 3 big batsmen for the Titans in the powerplay and holding their opponents to an extremely low run rate. They then let things go a bit, but they managed to still pick up frequent wickets which led to them bowling the Titans out for 147 runs. Top bowler was Yash Dayal who took 2 wickets for 21 runs in his 4 over spell.
The Royal Challengers started their innings off solid with the bat, with their first wicket falling on the last ball of the powerplay when they were already sitting on 92 runs. They then lost 5 wickets in a short period, but they were still well on track to win the match and their back-end batsmen took them to the target, winning the match by 4 wickets with 38 balls remaining. Top batsman was Faf Du Plessis who scored 64 off just 23 balls at a strike rate of 278.26.
Head-To-Head
Theses side have met a total of 32 times since the IPL began and the Punjab Kings have currently won 17 matches with the Royal Challengers sitting just behind on 15 wins, making these sides well matched. The last time they clashed was in match 6 of this year’s competition where the Kings opened the batting, scoring 176/6. The Royal Challengers were then able to chase down the total with 4 wickets in hand, winning the match.
Betting – click here to bet
Punjab Kings 12/10
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 8/11
Suggested Bet: Punjab Kings 12/10
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