RCB vs PBKS Live score: Come the chase, even though PBKS went on to lose five wickets, but in the end they sealed the win rather easily. Nehal Wadhera was the star for them with the bat scoring an unbeaten 33 from 19.
After a delay of more than two hours, the match started finally, but Arshdeep Singh managed to get Phil Salt in the first over itself. Soon after Virat Kohli also perished. The team kept losing wickets at regular intervals, and even scoring 50 looked difficult. But then a 26-ball 50 from Tim David eventually took them to 95.
Fresh off their tournament-defining victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), the Punjab Kings (PBKS) are yet again in action. The Shreyas Iyer-led outfit is ready to battle with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Match 34 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday, April 18.
RCB vs PBKS Live Score
Match Details: RCB vs PBKS
- Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, Match 34, IPL 2025
- Date & Time: April 18, 2025, 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Toss Time: 7:00 PM IST
- Broadcast: Star Sports Network & JioHotstar
Pitch Report: Chinnaswamy
Despite its reputation as a batting haven, the Chinnaswamy pitch has not lived up to expectations this season. RCB have failed to cross 170 in both games here, and the surface has offered early movement and unexpected assistance to spinners. Add in some pre-match showers and you have a venue that could again call for tactical flexibility.
| Type | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Best Spell | 4w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pace | 1096 | 1807 | 63 | 28.68 | 4/45 | 1 |
| Spin | 513 | 792 | 18 | 44.00 | 2/13 | 0 |
Ground Dimensions
- Square boundaries: ~64m
- Straight boundary: ~73m
- Chinnaswamy Trait: Small boundaries, high altitude, but tricky surface in IPL 2025
Probable XIs RCB vs PBKS
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Phil Salt (wk), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma
Punjab Kings
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis (wk)/Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak/Yash Thakur
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