Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujrat Titans at M Chinnaswamy stadium. | Photo Credit: PTI
Punjab Kings will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday with both teams hanging on to the playoff qualification chances by a thread.
Here are all the head-to-head stats you need to know ahead of the match:
PBKS vs RCB HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL
Matches played: 32
Punjab Kings won: 17
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 15
Last result: RCB won by four wickets (Bengaluru; 2024)
PBKS vs RCB HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL IN DHARAMSALA
Matches played: 1
Punjab Kings won: 1
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won: 0
Last result: Kings XI Punjab won by 111 runs (2011)
PBKS OVERALL RECORD IN IPL IN DHARAMSALA
Played: 12
Won: 5
Lost: 7
Last result: Lost to Chennai Super Kings by 28 runs (2024)
Highest score: 232/2 (20) vs RCB (May 17, 2011)
Lowest score: 116 (19) vs Deccan Chargers (May 21, 2011)
MOST RUNS IN PBKS VS RCB IPL MATCHES
| Batter | Inns. | Speech | Aug. | SR | HS |
| Virat Kohli (RCB) | 31 | 938 | 33.50 | 129.73 | 113 |
| Chris Gayle (RCB, PBKS) | 17 | 873 | 54.56 | 169.18 | 117 |
| AB De Villiers (RCB) | 21 | 718 | 47.86 | 159.91 | 89* |
MOST WICKETS IN PBKS VS RCB IPL MATCHES
| Bowler | Inns. | Wkts. | Econ. | Aug. | BBI |
| Yuzvendra Chahal (RCB) | 16 | 25 | 7.88 | 17.08 | 4/25 |
| Sandeep Sharma (PBKS) | 10 | 16 | 8.33 | 18.75 | 3/15 |
| Piyush Chawla (PBKS) | 12 | 15 | 7.06 | 20.73 | 4/17 |
