Punjab Kings have played 5 matches so far in the Indian Premier League 2023, winning 3 and losing 2. With 6 points, they take the 5th in the points table. Royal Challengers Bangalore has played 5 matches so far, winning 2 and losing 3. With 4 points, RCB is placed in the 7th spot.

In their earlier tournament IPL 2022, Punjab Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 54 runs. Batting first in the match Punjab Kings posted a total of 209 runs on the scoreboard. Later, Royal Challengers Bangalore couldn’t reach the target and lost this match.

Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants in their previous game of the IPL 2023. In the match, Lucknow Super Giants batted first and scored 159 runs losing 8 wickets. Team captain KL Rahul slammed 74 runs while Kyle Mayers had 29 runs for the Lucknow team.

For Punjab Kings, the chase wasn’t quite easy. With Sikandar Raza’s 57 and Matthew Short’s 34, PBKS reached the target in the 19.3th over itself with 8 wickets in their kitty. Sikandar Raza was awarded man of the match. Sam Curran took 3 wickets for the Punjab Kings team. Punjab Kings won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) in this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a loss against Chennai Super Kings in their previous game of the IPL 2023. In the match, Chennai Super Kings batted first and scored 226 runs losing 6 wickets. In reply, Royal Challengers Bangalore failed to reach the score and lost the match. Team captain Faf du Plessis slammed 62 runs while Glenn Maxwell had 76 runs for the Bangalore team.

For Chennai Super Kings, Devon Conway and Shivam Dube hit 83 and 52 respectively. Devon Conway was awarded man of the match. ushar Deshpande picking 3 wickets for Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings won by 8 runs in this match.