Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings (PBKS vs RCB) locked horns at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur, and things kicked off with RCB skipper Rajat Patidar winning the toss and deciding to bat. He swapped out Liam Livingstone for big-hitter Romario Shepherd, looking to shake things up. PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer stuck with his OG playing XI and chose to bowl. This was Punjab’s first daytime game of the season, giving it a whole new vibe. With five wins in seven, PBKS are cruising near the top, while RCB’s been hit-or-miss, winning only at home so far.
Teams for PBKS vs RCB
- PBKS is rolling in with a spicy XI, Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya up top, followed by the cool-headed Shreyas Iyer and Aussie blaster Josh Inglis.
- Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh hold the middle, with Marcus Stoinis and Marco Jansen ready to smash and crash.
- Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, and spin wizard Yuzvendra Chahal round off the bowling attack.
- And just in case things get wild, they’ve got some heat on the bench with Impact Player picks like Harpreet Brar, Glenn Maxwell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Pravin Dubey, and Suryansh Shedge.
- RCB isn’t backing down either. They’re opening with the salty-sweet combo of Phil Salt and Virat Kohli.
- Rajat Patidar’s got the gloves, and he’s backed by big-hitters Romario Shephard, Jitesh Sharma, and Tim David.
- Krunal Pandya adds all-around grit, and the pace attack features veterans Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood, plus Yash Dayal and tricky spinner Suyash Sharma.
- Impact subs? Oh, they’re stacked with Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, and Swapnil Singh, all ready to flip the script.
First Inning of PBKS vs RCB
- Punjab Kings came out swinging in their innings, kicking things off with a fiery Powerplay where they stacked up 62 runs but lost a wicket in the process.
- PBKS zipped to 50 in just 5.1 overs, thanks to some quick hands and 2 handy extras.
- At 76/4 in 9 overs, they hit pause for a Strategic Timeout, with JP Inglis hanging in there with 7 runs.
- Things were tense, but they pushed past 100 in 11.6 overs with 3 extras helping out. By 16 overs, PBKS stood at 129/6 with Shashank Singh and Marco Jansen trying to steady the ship.
- RCB threw in a review during the 16.6 over, hoping to get Jansen out, but the Umpire’s call said “not today.”
- PBKS kept grinding, cracking the 150 mark in 19.3 overs with 5 extras tossed in.
- By the end of the innings, they wrapped things up at 157/6 in 20 overs, with Shashank dropping a cool 31 and Jansen chipping in with 25 to give RCB a decent chase.
Second Inning of PBKS vs RCB
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru kicked things off with a steady start in the powerplay, smashing 54 runs for the loss of just one wicket in the first 6 overs.
- Things got spicy when Punjab Kings tried their luck with a review in the 1.6 over, and boom, they got it overturned.
- Kohli and Padikkal then got cooking, knocking up 50 runs in just 5.5 overs, all clean hits, no extras.
- Their partnership was pure class, hitting the 50-run stand in 31 balls like it was no big deal. At 9 overs, RCB called for a breather at 75/1, with Kohli chillin’ on 35 and Padikkal flexing at 38.
- Padikkal wasn’t done, though he brought up a slick 50 off just 30 balls, packed with 4 fours and 3 sky-high sixes.
- RCB ticked off the team’s second century at 11.4 overs, took 70 balls and just one extra. Meanwhile, the Kohli-Padikkal duo kept the scoreboard ticking and hit a 100-run partnership in 65 balls.
- Kohli hit his own 50 in 43 balls with five classic boundaries. Another timeout was called at 16 overs with RCB sitting pretty at 132/2: Kohli at 57, Patidar on 12.
- By the time they hit 150 in the 18th over, the boys had chewed through 108 balls with just one extra along for the ride.
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Result
RCB bounced back in style, smashing Punjab Kings by seven wickets in Match 37 of the TATA IPL 2025 in New Chandigarh. After a recent loss, this win hit different for the boys in red. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal turned on beast mode, while Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya did their bit to keep things tight. Kohli was all class, hitting an unbeaten fifty: his 67th in IPL, and once again proving he’s the real deal when it comes to bossing the league.
