Royal Challengers Bengaluru win the toss and choose to bowl first against Punjab Kings in IPL 2024

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and chose to bowl first against Punjab Kings in their first home match of IPL 2024 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB is looking for their first win after losing their opener to CSK. The home team winning streak bodes well for RCB.

Du Plessis mentioned, “It looks a pretty good wicket but also because of the way our team is set up. You can say that RCB hasn’t won a trophy, but the ladies (RCB Women’s winning WPL 2024) broke the sealing and hopefully that motivates us.” He added, “The boys are excited for the season. In any game of cricket, you can’t lose a cluster of wickets, we did manage to recover towards the end but that is something we have to improve on.”

Punjab Kings come into the match after a win against Delhi Capitals and are unchanged in their playing eleven. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan said, “We would have bowled first. But looking forward to batting first now. We did a lot of right things in the first game and that’s why we ended up on the winning side. We have to keep improving each game.”

The playing XIs for both teams are set with PBKS having Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, among others, and RCB having Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and more. The match promises to be an exciting clash between two strong teams in the IPL 2024 campaign.