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Just In | Shikhar Dhawan Still Injured; Sam Curran to Captain PBKS vs RCB

image-lgox5g8fCurran led Punjab vs Lucknow Super Giants (AP Photo)

In major updates, Punjab Kings' captain Shikhar Dhawan is still injured and will miss the much-anticipated clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mohali on Thursday. Sam Curran will captain his second game in the Indian Premier League. 

Another breaking from Mohali is Bangalore's destiny child Virat Kohli will captain the Team in Red and Gold. Apart from that, England's big-hitting all-rounder Liam Livingstone will play his first IPL 2023, after missing the first 5 matches.

Kohli wearing the captain’s hat after almost one and a half years are shivers for the RCB fans. RCB’s regular skipper Faf du Plessis, will play as an Impact Player, batting for the visitors in the first innings before getting replaced by Vijaykumar Vyshak. 

For Punjab, Kagiso Rabada will be replaced by in-form Nathan Ellis. Meanwhile, Harpreet Singh Bhatia and Atharva Taide have gotten an extra day to tell their tales.

For Punjab, Kagiso Rabada will be replaced by in-form Nathan Ellis. Meanwhile, Harpreet Singh Bhatia and Atharva Taide have gotten an extra day to tell their tales.

RCB, on the flip side, have chosen Suyash Prabhudessai in the Playing party over Vijaykumar. 

At the toss, Curran called it correctly for the home team and asked Virat Kohli's lineup to bat first at Mohali.


Starting XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed Siraj.

Punjab Kings

Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran (c), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh


Impact Player Subs

RCB: Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Akash Deep, Vyshak Vijaykumar, David Willey

PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Mohit Rathee