Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first against Punjab Kings in the 48th match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Head 2 head count between RCB & PBKS stands at 12-15, with Punjab dominating Bangalore. PBKS has won the last 3 times these two teams met in IPL. Playing XI of both teams are:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, George Garton, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Punjab Kings (PBKS) - KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh