IPL 2025: RCB look to buck losing trend at dwelling, face Punjab Kings | Cricket News – The Times of India

BENGALURU: That groups crave for dwelling benefit is a given. The lack of it, although, has been the flavour of this IPL season throughout 13 venues — within the first 32 matches, host groups have been on the losing aspect as many as 17 instances.
One of the groups struggling to get going at dwelling are Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who misplaced each dwelling video games to this point. But they’re unbeaten in away matches, having received all 4.

The Rajat Patidar-led aspect will probably be eager to arrest the slide once they host Punjab Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Friday. Depth of their batting lineup however, RCB have failed to strike it wealthy on their turf. Scores of 163/7 (vs Delhi Capitals) and 169/8 (vs Gujarat Titans), whereas batting first, define their wrestle.
“We know Chinnaswamy (pitch) is known for batting, but the wicket is not the same it used to be. I don’t know the reason (behind it),” mentioned RCB pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Irrespective of how the floor performs in opposition to Punjab, senior RCB batters, together with Virat Kohli, Patidar and Phil Salt may have to convey their finest sport to make an affect.
It’s not going to be straightforward, particularly with Punjab coming into this fixture on the again of a miracle win in opposition to the Kolkata Knight Riders.
On a day when their batters failed, Punjab defended the bottom whole in IPL historical past, skittling KKR for 95 after scoring 111 runs.

Punjab leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who scripted many wins at the venue throughout his time (2014-21) with RCB, is all too aware of the circumstances and will probably be eager to carry ahead his kind from the match in opposition to KKR, by which he claimed a 4-wicket haul.
For Bengaluru too, With Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya within the combine for Bengaluru, spinners may play a vital position. With each groups prime heavy within the batting, bowlers may have their job lower out on a floor recognized for its quick boundaries. Watch out for Punjab’s Priyansh Arya (216 runs), who has been in peak kind.