PBKS vs RCB Highlight, IPL 2021: PBKS won by 34 runs

Punjab Kings were facing the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 26th matches of the 2021 IPL. Punjab defeated Bangalore in the match played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on April 30th Thursday.

This is Punjab’s third victory. PBKS on 5th position in IPL 2021 point table. This is the second defeat for the RCB team. 

After winning the toss, V.Kolhi opted to bowl first. Punjab have gone in with three changes, bringing in team Riley Meredith, Prabhsimran Singh and Harpreet Brar. Bangalore has also replaced Washington Sundar with Shahbaz Ahmed in their team. 

PBKS scored 179/5 in their 20 overs, where RCB restricted to 145/8 in 20 overs.

End of the match: PBKS beats RCB by 34 runs and gains a huge victory.

PBKS Scorecard

RCB Bowling

Kyle Jamieson took 2 wickets. Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal and Shahbaz Ahmed took 1-1 wicket each.

Chasing the target of 179 runs.

RCB Scorecard

PBKS Bowling

Harpreet Brar, bowling brilliantly, took 3 wickets, Ravi Bishnoi took 2 wickets and Riley Meredith, Mohammed Shami and Chris Jordan took 1-1 wickets each.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Harpreet Brar, bowling brilliantly, took 3 wickets for 19 runs in his 4 overs spell and threw an over maiden. He got the big wickets of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers to sink their chase of 179 runs.

Achievement

Captain KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 91 runs for Punjab. During this, he hit seven fours and five sixes. KL Rahul has overtaken Shikhar Dhawan in the race to the IPL 2021 Orange Cap title. Courtesy of his 91 run knocks against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday, Rahul is now number one on the Orange Cap leaderboard, with 331 runs to his name in seven matches.

Orange Cap

The Orange Cap is the award for the top run-getter in the Indian Premier League. It is awarded to the batsman with the most runs at the end of the tournament.

Today’s Match: MI vs CSK

Venue- Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi.

Time– 7:30 pm (today)

Where to watch live- Star Sports Network, Hotstar

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