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Probable XIs
Punjab: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short*, Jitesh Sharma/Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza*, Sam Curran*, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada*, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh
Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis* (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell*, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga*, Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell*, Mohammed Siraj, Vijaykumar Vyshak
Pitch Report
Venue: IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
(Based on last three professional games)
1st innings average score: 184
2nd innings average score: 185
Wickets per innings: 6
Type: Good for batting
Wins
Batting 1st: 33%
Batting 2nd: 67%
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Arshdeep Singh is yet to go wicketless in 2023 and has already bagged 16 wickets. Incidentally, all his wickets (eight) in the ongoing tournament have been of the top-order batters.
Thanks to his all-round show, Glenn Maxwell averages over 60 points per game in the last 10 matches of the tournament. During this period, he registered two fifties and three thirties, and scalped seven wickets.
Faf du Plessis loves feasting on Punjab bowlers. He smashed seven fifties and two thirties in the last 11 matches. Moreover, the last time he batted at the venue, he hit 96 runs.
Mohammed Siraj hasn’t gone wicketless for seven matches and averages 50 fantasy points per game.
Courtesy of his 19 wickets, Vijaykumar Vyshak featured in the Best11 in eight of the last 10 professional T20s he played since 2022.
Matthew Short has smashed one century and six thirties in 11 matches in 2023, aggregating 346 runs at 34.6. He has also given points for five wickets and four catches.
Thanks to his all-round show, Sam Curran (77 runs and five wickets) featured in the Best11 in four of the last five matches.
Kagiso Rabada has picked a wicket or more in each of the last nine games of the Indian T20 league, overall bagging 19 wickets. When he last bowled against Bangalore, he bagged three wickets.
Pacers scalped 67% of the wickets in the last three matches at the venue. During this period, top-order batters registered four fifties.
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