IPL 2019 RCB vs KXIP Head to Head Record

Match 42 of IPL 2019 will be between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday night. RCB and KXIP lie 5th and 8th in the standings respectively. However, the Royal Challengers have nothing to lose while the Kings XI Punjab need to win this RCB vs KXIP match to stand a chance of making it into the Top 4 and the playoffs.

H2H record

In the IPL’s 12 year history, there have been 23 RCB vs KXIP ties with the balance leaning slightly in Punjab’s favour. The team hailing from Mohali have sealed 12 wins to RCB’s 11, but Bangalore are on a charge having won their last two matches. Of the two, Punjab have the highest score of 232 to RCB’s 226. The lowest score statistic sees them behind with 84 to Bangalore’s 88 runs.

Predicted Playing 11

Bangalore: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Akshdeep Nath, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Dale Steyn, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini

Punjab: Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Moises Henriques, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy

Weather and pitch report

Tomorrow night’s RCB vs KXIP match will be held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The weather report states that things will remain dry. The temperature is set to range between 25°C and 30°C and humidity will not be a problem.

The M Chinnaswamy pitch is generally a batsman’s haven and runs come thick and fast. However, even bowlers have had a good time at the  track.

Prediction for match result

The Royal Challengers head into the game on the back of a thrilling win over the Chennai Super Kings. Kings XI Punjab lost their last game in a tight encounter with the Delhi Capitals. This match is in the Royal Challengers’ turf, so this RCB vs KXIP match may be swinging towards the Royal Challengers.

Conclusion

This is the second time this season that there will be an RCB vs KXIP meeting. The Punjab home leg of the RCB vs KXIP tie resulted in the visitors winning.