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- Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Punjab Kings on Friday in the 18th season of IPL 2025. Today’s match will be played at Bangalore’s home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium from 7:30 pm.
- This season both the teams will face each other for the first time. Both the teams are coming after winning their last match and would like to maintain their winning streak. Where Bangalore defeated Rajasthan by 9 wickets in their last match.
- Punjab Kings defeated defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs while defending the lowest total in IPL.
- Punjab has played 6 matches so far this season, where they have won 4 matches and lost 2 matches. Currently Punjab Kings is at number 4 in the points table.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru has also played 6 matches so far this season. Where they have also won 4 matches and lost 2 matches. Currently, Royal Challengers Bangalore is at number 3 in the points table.
Match Details, 34th Match
RCB vs PBKS
Date- 18 April
Stadium- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Time: Toss- 7:00 PM
Match Start – 7:30 PM
Bangalore has a good batting line-up
- The batsmen of Royal Challengers Bengaluru are batting well at this time. Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in the team so far, 248 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 143 and is also the top scorer of the team. In the last match too, he played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 62 runs against Rajasthan and contributed to the team’s victory.
- In bowling, Josh Hazlewood has taken 9 wickets in 6 matches and is also the highest wicket taker of the team.
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.
- In batting, the team’s captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 250 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 204.
- In bowling, Arshdeep has taken a maximum of 8 wickets in 6 matches and is also the highest wicket taker of the team.
RCB vs PBKS: Who is ahead in head to head?
- Punjab Kings have a slight edge in head to head. There is only a difference of 1 match between the two teams. So far 33 matches have been played between the two teams in IPL. Where RCB has won 16 matches and Punjab has won 17 matches.
- 13 matches have been played between the two teams at Bangalore’s home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium where Bangalore has won 8 matches and Punjab has won 5 matches.
RCB vs PBKS: Pitch report
- The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore is mostly batting friendly. Batsmen get more help here, hence high scoring matches are seen on this ground. Spinners get some help on this pitch.
- So far 97 matches have been played at this stadium where the team batting first has won 41 matches and the team chasing has won 52 matches. While the result of four matches could not be decided.
- The highest score of this ground is 287/3. Which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Bangalore last year.
RCB vs PBKS: Weather Conditions
- There is a slight chance of rain in Bangalore on 18 April. The day will be sunny but there may be some rain in the evening. Today’s temperature can remain between 21 to 31 degrees Celsius.
Probable playing-12 of Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar.
Probable playing-12 of Punjab Kings
- Jat Patidar (captain), Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
