PBKS vs RCB Head to Head Records in IPL | Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Stats | IPL 2021 Match 26

PBKS vs RCB Head to Head Records: The SportsRush presents for you the Head to Head statistics for the 26th match of IPL 2021.

The 26th match of the ongoing 14th season of the Indian Premier League will be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad today.

In the six matches that Kings have played this season as of now, they’ve ended up on the winning side on only two occasions. Currently at the sixth position on the points table, Punjab will face a tough task against one of the best teams in this season.

Having won four and lost two out of their six matches, Royal Challengers are at the third position on the points table. A victory at the Narendra Modi Stadium tonight will once again put them at the top of the points table.

Pumped up and ready to go. 👊🏻@Gmaxi_32#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 #PBKSvRCB pic.twitter.com/Tf9FleVHzp

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 30, 2021

PBKS vs RCB Head to Head Records

Total number of matches played: 26

Matches won by PBKS: 14

Matches won by RCB: 12

Matched played in India: 21 (PBKS 10, RCB 11)

Matches played outside India: 5 (PBKS 4, RCB 1)

PBKS average score against RCB: 158

RCB average score against PBKS: 159

Most runs for PBKS: 321 (Lokesh Rahul)

Most runs for RCB: 692 (AB de Villiers)

Most wickets for PBKS: 6 (Murugan Ashwin)

Most wickets for RCB: 21 (Yuzvendra Chahal)

Most catches for PBKS: 4 (Mandeep Singh)

Most catches for RCB: 13 (AB de Villiers)

The last time when Punjab and Bangalore had faced each other was during an IPL 2020 league match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Chasing a 172-run target, PBKS had registered victory on the last ball after batsman Nicholas Pooran hit his first ball for a six.

A 93-run match-winning partnership for the second wicket between Lokesh Rahul (61*) and Chris Gayle (53) should’ve won the match for Punjab comfortably but a dramatic set of events in the last two overs witnessed a last-ball finish.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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