Royal Challenger Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli Won the toss and elected to bowl first against Punjab Kings in the 26th match of IPL 2021. The match is being played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

PBKS lead the head-to-head count against RCB by 14-12. Last year, Punjab were victorious both the times they squared off against this opposition. Playing XI of both teams are:

Punjab Kings (PBKS) -  KL Rahul(w/c), Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Prabhsimran Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Harpreet Brar    

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal