IPL 2025: RCB will play Punjab Kings in the 34th match of IPL 2025 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The IPL season will feature 74 matches across 13 cities, with the Qualifiers and Final taking place in May.
Match Overview: RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025
RCB are third in the points table with four wins and two losses. They won their last match against Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets but want to improve their home record.
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Punjab Kings are fourth with four wins and two losses. They beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in their last game, defending the lowest total in IPL history (111 runs). This should be a closely contested match.
RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025: Predicted XI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PD Salt (wk), JM Sharma, RM Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, LS Livingstone, KH Pandya, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, B Kumar
Punjab Kings – P Simran Singh (wk), S Iyer (C), N Wadhera, GJ Maxwell, Shashank Singh, MP Stoinis, M Jansen, LH Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Xavier Bartlett
RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025: Full Squads
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad for IPL 2025
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
Punjab Kings squad for IPL 2025
Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Pyla Avinash, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Pannu, Aaron Hardie, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Omarzai.
RCB vs PBKS, M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Pitch Report
The pitch at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru has shown scores in the range of 160-170 in the first two games, which is surprising given its reputation for high-scoring matches. It looks like another competitive encounter is on the cards.
IPL 2025: Bengaluru Weather Report for RCB vs PBKS
The match will be under a constant threat of rain, with high chances of rain between 6:30 pm IST and 9:30 pm IST. However, the rain is expected to ease off after 9:30 pm, making a shortened game the most likely scenario.
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