1 changes from PBKS side for me will be Hardie

Although not possible, as they'll back Omarzai there

But Hardie is someone who actually plays at that 7/8 spot particularly for his national team too , and in bowling both are average.


For RCB , I'll have swapnil> Chikara , one bowling option + Proven finisher rather than someone who isn't even known at IPL level.

Hardie should come in as omarzai has been on and off with the ball and they aren't properly using his abilities with the bat
Better to bring hardie

In ipl 2026 10 teams will be fighting to face a 44 years old fisherman in the finals

Q - your views on test captaincy ?

A - it's easier than other 2 formats .

Q - One cricketing feat you would like to achieve

A- test captaincy

🤔 mr fixit got revealed  ?

Funny how rcb fans calling him panoti and don't want him to enter in the stadium tonight

He was the potm when rcb won their 1 and only qualifer game .

Yesterday i saw a reel comparing jitesh to thala they did similiar thing with dk last year .

Everytime i wake up i hate this franchise and it's fc more and more my inner voice only tells me one thing - this franchise exist to face defeats and humiliaton

but then , i look at the face of this man and ask myself did he do any wrong to deserves this kind of pain & trauma for past 17 years ? And even the non followers of him will say - no

He carries no personal grudges & hatred towards anyone & for what he has been doing for this franchise specially since 2023
atleast for once he deserves to win that trophy & after that this franchise can remain trophyless for eternity .

So they're going in with the most basic and needy changes


No Hardie , Omarzai as predicted

No Chikara/Swapnil, Hazel for Thushara as predicted.

As easy as that.

The pitch report says there is decent grass on the pitch. It will get extra bounce here. Josh hazlewood will play a huge role there. But I think Rasikh playing in place of Suyash wasn't a bad option. This green pitch would've helped him because of his gun pace. Also Dar can bat a little bit too

Krunal vs The PBKS openers was a sure shot matchup at Mullanpur in their last encounter
( Wickets of Arya and Prabh , both )

Minimum 2 for Krunal in PP if they attack the others here

All down to matchupS

Yes Dayal could take the key wickets of opponents. He can take 5 wicket hauls too. But his one motive is always in his mind. "Wickets to baki sab bhi lelemge, runs Kaun dega"

He has leaked runs with an economy of 10.1 this season. Today also, took important wicket of Arya. Despite that wicket, leaked 10 runs at the end.

Gut prediction
Match will be competitive,player will fight tooth and nail but in either innings 1 inning will completely change the momentum and eventually end up to be the bigger over of the game of whole 20

Looks like for 1st inning this over is now,Hoff takes Iyer.

Rcb under rajat completely looks different

When people said he is good captaind based on smat and domestic

I doubted him & i even doubted him in this season thinking he got a great team so there is no role of captaincy but he proved me wrong here

Brought hazlewood as soon as iyer came to back and hoff got him .
And the captaincy points looks more valid after waching jitesh leading this team in last 2 games where he made many mistakes .

Goated captaincy rapa ...
My apologies .

Pbks even after losing 4 wkts in pp is close to 50 runs

Any other team would have been around 35/30


Unreal intent ✅

PBKS has high hopes for Stoinis

But he never actually paid the weight of his name this season

Today is the day , Hulk to Smash?

Similar situation like lsg vs csk

Though PBKS have a long long tail of batting

Sidhu paaji spoke a fact before the match

🎙: If you will go to score 220-230, you will be stuck at 140 but if you go to score 180, then you will reach 200.

Absolute shit performance by pbks batters. The reason why anchoring is very important in collapse. You don't have Jansen today. Shashank - Stoinis may be your last reliable batting duo. Should play carefully