The two sides might have had contrasting fortunes but PBKS have proven in this edition that they can be giant slayers.
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Fresh after a thrilling victory against the Delhi Capitals (DC), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will look to reclaim the top spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) points table as they face a demoralized Punjab Kings (PBKS) side on Friday. PBKS were handed a rather embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their previous game and given how the season has gone so far for them, confidence is low. Fantasy players might be more inclined to pick a side heavily dominated by Virat Kohli’s men, but the PBKS side has several superstars who can take the match away from the title contenders and put a dent in their title aspirations.
Wicket-keepers: KL Rahul, AB de Villiers
Batters: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal
All-rounders: Deepak Hooda, Glenn Maxwell
Bowlers: Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan
PBKS: KL Rahul (C & WK), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami
RCB: Virat Kohli (Cap), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Kyle Richardson, Harshal; Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS: KL Rahul (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar.
RCB: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Finn Allen (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, K.S. Bharat.
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