Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Punjab Kings match prediction 48th match

RCB vs PBKS Match 48 Predictions & Betting Tips

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings will lock horns in the 48th match of Indian Premier League 2021 on October 3, Sunday at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. I have the top RCB vs PBKS match predictions and betting tips for you to win from.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are just one win away from qualifying for the IPL 2021 playoffs whereas Punjab Kings with their five-wicket win over KKR have kept their qualifying prospect alive and will need to win the next two matches for a chance in the playoffs. RCB are third in the table with seven wins and four losses whereas PBKS are fifth in the standings after procuring five wins while losing seven matches. This will be the second clash between the sides and will be an exciting watch for all the fans. Let us have a look at the RCB vs PBKS player bets.

RCB vs PBKS Player Bets

I have chosen a player to score below while the other two to score above the desired target. Let us have a glance at them.

Glenn Maxwell to score above 20.5 runs

One of the fastest scorers in world cricket, Glenn Maxwell changed the cricket scenario in all formats with his aggressive style. His flexibility and agility to pull off ‘out of the box’ shots and excellent fielding skills made him an expensive snatch for RCB this season. The 32 year old right hand batter was not having a great IPL career until he joined RCB this season and has given a glimpse of his fantastic batting capabilities.

Maxwell has scored 3230 runs in 106 T20Is with an average of 34.36 including 2 100s and 22 50s. His batting average came down to 27.43 in his T20 career of 296 matches. This number is low with regard to his batting talents but does the job for our desired target with a good enough difference. The fact that his batting average has escalated to 38.88 in IPL 2021 hints towards his intention of going all out with the bat. Maxwell has played 10 matches this season and managed to score above 20 runs seven times out of those 10 matches. He is coming from two consecutive half centuries against MI ( 56 runs) and RR ( 50 runs). His current form seems to be in line with our betting tip and you should definitely pick it. Dafabet offers the odds of 1.87 for Glen Maxwell to score above 20.5 runs and it is a safe bet to make.

KL Rahul to score over 27.5 runs

The player who has displayed the flexibility and versatility of batting well at any position in the international as well as IPL, KL Rahul has been a prolific run-scorer across all the formats. KL had a fantastic IPL career so far and holds the record for the fastest 50 in the history of the tournament playing for PBKS in 2018 where he scored a fifty off 14 balls against Delhi Capitals.

KL Rahul opens for Punjab Kings in the IPL and has displayed the most elite class of cricket being the highest run scorer in the competition with 489 runs in 11 innings. Let us have a closer look at his career records. He has scored a total of 1557 runs in 45 T20Is with a fantastic average of 39.92 and a strike rate of 142.19. This figure exceeds our target by a good number, making this betting tip an extremely safe one for the RCB vs PBKS match predictions. His average further escalates to 42.64 which includes four centuries and forty four half centuries. KL Rahul has scored 91 (vs RR), 5 (vs CSK), 61 (vs DC), 4 (vs SRH), 60* (MI), 19 (vs KKR), 91* (vs RCB), 49 (vs RR), 21 (vs SRH), 21 (vs MI) and 67 runs (vs KKR). He managed to score above 27 runs six out of the eleven matches he played this season which entails an efficiency of almost 55% of him scoring beyond our target. The fact that he scored a significant number of runs in those six matches and not just a mediocre innings tells us about his single handed efforts to drag the teams to those 5 wins in IPL 2021. He smashed an unbeaten 91 against RCB in their last meeting and is more likely to carry on his explosive momentum in the second clash of the tournament as well. Dafabet offers the odds of 1.87 for KL Rahul to score over 27.5 runs and it is the best betting tip I can offer.

Nicholas Pooran to score under 18.5 runs

Nicholas Pooran is a wicket-keeper batsman from the West Indies. He bats for Punjab Kings as a middle order batsman in this year’s edition of IPL.

Pooran has played 34 international 20 over matches for West Indies and amassed a total of 634 runs with a low average of 22.64. His average is slightly better in his home conditions where he played 181 runs with an average of 24.55. This number is pretty low considering the short format which requires the batsmen to explode with the bat. Although his average is slightly over our desired target, the next few lines will get you to incline towards this hot betting tip for the RCB vs PBKS head to head match.

Pooran played 10 innings in the tournament and failed to score over 18 runs in 8 of those. The fact that he returned to the stands without scoring a run four times in the ten matches further concretes the legitimacy of this exclusive betting tip. The two times he scored above 18 runs were against KKR where he scored 19 runs and his 32 run knock against RR. Take my advice and put your money on this betting tip for a good payday. Dafabet offers the odds of 1.87 for Nicholas Pooran to score under 18.5 runs and you should definitely pick it.