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- Punjab Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of the double header in the 18th season of IPL 2025. This match will be played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur, Punjab’s home ground, from 3:30 pm.
- Both the teams will face each other for the second time this season. Where in the first match Punjab Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets.
- So far this season both the teams have played 7 matches. Where Punjab Kings have won 5 matches and lost 2 matches. Punjab Kings is currently at the 3rd position in the points table with 10 points.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore has also won 5 out of its 7 matches and lost 2 matches. Bangalore is currently at the 4th position in the points table with 10 points.
Match Details, 37th Match
PBKS vs RCB
Date- 20 April
Stadium- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Mullanpur
Time: Toss- 3:00 PM
Match Start – 3:30 PM
Punjab Kings team in good form
- The Punjab Kings team is looking in good form in this IPL season. Be it batting or bowling. The team is performing well in both departments.
- Team captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team in batting. He has scored 257 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 194.
- In bowling, Arshdeep has taken a maximum of 10 wickets in 7 matches and he is also the highest wicket-taker of the team.
Bangalore has good batting
- Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen are batting well at the moment. Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in the team so far, he has scored 249 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 141 and he is also the top scorer of the team.
- In bowling, Josh Hazlewood has taken 12 wickets in 7 matches and is also the highest wicket-taker of the team.
PBKS vs RCB: Who is ahead in head to head?
- Punjab Kings have a slight edge in the head to head between the two teams. So far 34 matches have been played between the two teams in IPL. Punjab Kings have won 18 and RCB has won 16 matches.
- Both the teams will face each other for the first time today at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur.
PBKS vs RCB: Pitch Report
- The pitch of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur is mostly a batting friendly pitch. Here the batsmen get a little more help, so high scoring matches are seen on this ground.
- So far 8 IPL matches have been played on this ground where 5 matches have been won by the team batting first and 3 matches have been won by the team chasing.
- The highest team score of this ground is 219/6, which was made by Punjab Kings against Chennai Super Kings this season.
PBKS vs RCB: Weather Conditions
- The weather in Mullanpur is going to be very clear on 20 April. The day will be sunny and there is no chance of rain. Today’s temperature can remain between 19 to 35 degrees Celsius.
Probable playing-12 of Punjab Kings
- Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal, Glenn Maxwell.
Probable playing-12 of Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Rajat Patidar (captain), Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Swapnil Singh.
