PBKS vs RCB: Possible Punjab Kings Playing 11 for Match 3, Players Stats for Today’s Dream11 Team Prediction
Published on: Mar 26, 2022 4:00 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 27, 2022 1:25 pm IST
PBKS playing 11: Punjab Kings will open their IPL 2022 campaign against one of the most popular teams of every IPL season, i.e., Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match will take place this Sunday at the Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai at 7:30 PM.
Punjab Kings will be looking to tick all the boxes with the kind of squad they have put together in the auction. After the release of KL Rahul, they were in a spot of bother as they had to look for a skipper within the squad. In Mayank Agarwal, they have shown faith in their retained player and given him the authority to lead this side to glory. With an impressive squad at his helm, Mayank Agarwal will be looking to start on a winning note this season.
Team news-
- Unavailable/Injury: Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Ellis
- Jonny Bairstow and Nathan Ellis are on national duties and won’t be available for the first few games.
- Kagiso Rabada has arrived in the Punjab Kings camp but is doubtful to feature in this game as he has to get quarantined for 2-3 days.
- Skipper Mayank Agarwal will be opening the innings with Shikhar Dhawan
- Prabhsimran Singh or Jitesh Sharma will be taking the wicket-keeping gloves and bat probably at no 3.
- Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, and Harpreet Brar will form the middle and lower-middle order.
- If Kagiso Rabada plays, he will be the leader of the bowling attack with Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, and Sandeep Sharma completing the bowling attack.
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PBKS Playing 11
Shikhar Dhawan
Mayank Agarwal
Jitesh Sharma/Prabhsimran Singh
Liam Livingstone
Shahrukh Khan
Odean Smith
Harpreet Brar
Sandeep Sharma
Kagiso Rabada
Arshdeep Singh
Rahul Chahar
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad
Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Shahrukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell.
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Dream11 captain, vice-captain picks from PBKS
Mayank Agarwal Stats in IPL
Punjab’s new skipper Mayank Agarwal will be the key figure at the top order. He has done pretty well for Punjab in the last two seasons and with an added responsibility, expect him to be at his best.
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Runs | Strike Rate | vs RCB | In IPL 2021 | Last 5 IPL innings |
100 | 2131 | 135.47 | 259 runs from 10 innings | 441 runs from 12 matches |
67, 5, 40, 57, 12 |
Shikhar Dhawan Stats in IPL
The southpaw has been owing IPL in the last 2-3 seasons, especially since he started playing for the Delhi Capitals. Below are his numbers.
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Runs | Strike Rate | vs RCB | In IPL 2021 | Last 5 IPL innings |
191 | 5784 | 126.64 | 615 runs from 22 innings | 587 runs from 16 innings |
45, 28, 6, 46, 69 |
Arshdep Singh Stats in IPL
The left-arm seamer impressed one and all with his quick change of pace. He remains one of the vital cogs in the eleven.
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Wickets | Econ | vs RCB | In IPL 2021 | Last 3 IPL innings |
23 | 30 | 8.78 | 1 wicket from 2 marches | 342 runs from 12 innings |
1/22, 0/29, 3/32, 0/42, 2/35 |
Kagiso Rabada Stats in IPL
The searing pacer Kagiso Rabada will play for a different franchise other than Delhi Capitals for the first time in his IPL career. Below are his IPL numbers.
Matches | Wickets | Economy Rate | vs RCB | In IPL 2021 | Last 5 IPL matches |
50 | 76 | 8.21 | 13 wickets from 6 matches | 21 wickets from 14 matches | 0/33, 0/21, 0/37, 0/23, 2/23 |
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