IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Match Preview, IPL 2025

34th T20 • M.Chinnaswamy Stadium • Bengaluru

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

95/9 (14)

Punjab Kings

98/5 (12.1)

PBKS won by 5 wickets

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Date & Time

18 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

34th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ulhas Gandhe (India), Virender Sharma (India), Michael Gough (India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty (India)

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bowl

Pitch Report

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Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

165Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

141.76Avg SR

2nd Innings

150Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

144.2Avg SR

Weather Update

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

RCB

5- 5

PBKS

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Punjab Kings

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS . BAT

250 Runs

5 Matches

Virat Kohli

RCB . BAT

248 Runs

6 Matches

Phil Salt

RCB . WK

208 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Josh Hazlewood

RCB . BOWL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Krunal Pandya

RCB . ALL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Yash Dayal

RCB . BOWL

7 Wkts

6 Matches

Player of the Match Tim David

50(26)

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RCB

PBKS

Info

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

95/9 (14)

Batters

Phil Salt

100.00

c Inglis b Singh

Virat Kohli

33.33

c Jansen b Singh

Rajat Patidar

127.78

c Bartlett b Chahal

Liam Livingstone

66.67

c Priyansh Arya b Bartlett

Jitesh Sharma

28.57

c Wadhera b Chahal

Krunal Pandya

50.00

c & b Jansen

Tim David

192.31

Not out

Manoj Bhandage

25.00

lbw b Jansen

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

61.54

c Bartlett b Brar

Yash Dayal

0.00

lbw b Brar

Josh Hazlewood

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 0)

TOTAL

(14 Ov, RR: 6.79)

95/9

Did not Bat

Suyash Sharma

Bowlers

EXT

Arshdeep Singh

7.67

Xavier Bartlett

8.67

Marco Jansen

3.33

Yuzvendra Chahal

3.67

Harpreet Brar

12.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Phil Salt

c Inglis b Singh

1-4

0.4

Virat Kohli

c Jansen b Singh

2-21

2.4

Liam Livingstone

c Priyansh Arya b Bartlett

3-26

3.6

Jitesh Sharma

c Wadhera b Chahal

4-32

5.5

Krunal Pandya

c & b Jansen

5-33

6.1

Rajat Patidar

c Bartlett b Chahal

6-41

7.4

Manoj Bhandage

lbw b Jansen

7-42

8.2

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

c Bartlett b Brar

8-63

11.4

Yash Dayal

lbw b Brar

9-63

11.5

Punjab Kings

98/5 (12.1)

Batters

Priyansh Arya

145.45

c David b Hazlewood

Prabhsimran Singh

144.44

c David b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Shreyas Iyer

70.00

c Sharma b Hazlewood

Josh Inglis

82.35

c Sharma b Hazlewood

Nehal Wadhera

173.68

Not out

Shashank Singh

20.00

c Salt b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Marcus Stoinis

350.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(12.1 Ov, RR: 8.05)

98/5

Did not Bat

Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh

Bowlers

EXT

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

8.67

Yash Dayal

2.1

8.31

Josh Hazlewood

4.67

Krunal Pandya

10.00

Suyash Sharma

8.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Prabhsimran Singh

c David b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

1-22

2.4

Priyansh Arya

c David b Hazlewood

2-32

3.4

Shreyas Iyer

c Sharma b Hazlewood

3-52

7.4

Josh Inglis

c Sharma b Hazlewood

4-53

7.6

Shashank Singh

c Salt b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

5-81

11.3

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

34th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ulhas Gandhe (India), Virender Sharma (India), Michael Gough (India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty (India)

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bowl

0 0 1 0 1lb 0

Over 10

Runs: 2

6 4b 4 0 0 1

Over 11

Runs: 15

0 1 W 1 6 4

Over 12

Runs: 12

Over 13

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Tim David

50(26)

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Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this match. With this win, Punjab Kings move to the second spot on the points table. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are now placed fourth, but there isn't a huge difference between them and the three teams immediately below them. Remember, these teams face-off again in less than 40 hours time. But before that, we have a double header lined up for tomorrow. In the afternoon, Gujarat Giants will lock horns with Delhi Capitals and in the evening, Rajasthan Royals will play Lucknow Super Giants. We will be there to call the action. For now, it is the pair of Darpan Tikiya and Bidipto Datta, signing off. Sayonara!

Tim David is the Player of the Match. He says: "Batting was not easy. The boys who batted up top communicated what the wicket was doing. I tried to work out a plan and it came off. The squad has been build for a reason and I have a roll to play. I am happy to bat where they want me. If on days like this, I get more balls to face, I will try to score runs and then, maybe I can ask the question (of being moved up in the batting order). You had to manage the risk a little bit in that situation. It has been tough to win at home. Every time we have faced different conditions. Tonight, the rain altered the conditions. If I was Punjab, I would be worried because we go to their home ground now."

Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings captain): "We are riding the spice of life and we are able to experience all kinds of games. It is quite a challenge. There was no thinking. I was just making instinctive moves. The idea was to not let the new batter get in easily. Marco Jansen bowled really well. We did not know what to expect off the wicket. The word was that the hard length deliveries were difficult to hit and I think we executed well. I had a chat with Chahal and told him that he needs to be a wicket-taker. He is probably the best bowler in the IPL so far. Wadhera was impressive. You always need one batter to take charge. His intent was wonderful."

Green Dot Balls of the Match - Marco Jansen, with 11 dot balls!

The On-the-Go Fours of the Match award winner is Tim David again for hitting 5 fours!

The Super Sixes of the Match award goes to Tim David for hitting 3 sixes and scoring more runs than Nehal Wadhera!

The Fantasy King of Match is none other than Tim David!

The Super Striker of the Match award goes to Tim David for striking it at 192.3!

12:29 AM IST | Time for the post match prize ceremony.

12:24 AM IST | Hang around for the post-match presentation. We will bring you the name of all the award winners and the quotes from the winning skipper and the Player of the Match. Till then, feel free to scroll below Rajat Patidar's quote and read through the summary of the match.

Marco Jansen (2/10 off 3 overs in the 1st innings): "There was a bit of pace and a bit of bounce on the wicket tonight and I enjoyed bowling on it! Everyone has a role to play in a team, so, I just try and do that to the best of my ability. I like opening the bowling, but we do have a couple of bowlers who can swing it, so I don't mind coming in first change. Shreyas Iyer is a smart captain. The communication is clear, and that makes the work much easier. Feeling really good by my body, there are no issues at the moment. Yuzvendra Chahal is a fine bowler. And he gets helped too if we give him a good start, so that is our lookout every time."

Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain): "Initially it was two-paced, but I think we could have done far better with the bat. Important for us to string together partnerships, and again, we could not stitch them together. We had to leave Devdutt Padikkal out due to the conditions actually. The wicket was under the covers for a long time, Punjab bowled well too, but, we should have put more runs on the board. The bowling unit is doing really well, there is a lot of confidence among the bowlers. The batting too has been filled with intent, but, we need to take a look in at that."

12:13 AM IST | Punjab Kings win by 5 wickets.

Nehal Wadhera 33* (19) | Marco Jansen 2/10 (3)
Tim David 50* (26) | Josh Hazlewood 3/14 (3)

With the rain gods deciding to attend IPL's 18th birthday bash, the RCB fans waited an eternity for the match to begin. They would have hummed a silent prayer to the weather gods and perhaps, even chanted "rain rain go away" (many in our comment section did). But it would have not taken long for those chants to turn into pleas of bringing the rain back. Such was the manner in which the first innings panned out.

There was no dearth of intent to score, as you would expect in a 14-over game. Phil Salt drilled the first ball for four, despite it tailing inwards in a fashion that would have made a new ball bowler lick his lips. But PBKS bowlers were smart. Despite there being some moisture in the air, which aided some movement, they did not give into the temptation of bowling too full. They kept on dragging the ball back every now and then, using the bounce on offer on this hard wicket. RCB batters swung hard, miscued a number of shots and kept getting themselves out.

The dreaded "49" became the fulcrum of conversations, Jansen and Chahal bowled 6 overs in tandem, unchanged — not common in a 14-over match. That is how dominant the visiting team was. Until, Tim David decided to show his mettle. He batted smartly, respecting the good balls, but punished anything remotely loose using those powerful forearms of his. Towards the end, he had hit mode turbo and Harpreet Brar bore the brunt of it. The last three legal balls yielded 21 runs and that helped add some respectability to RCB's total.

Then, Josh Hazlewood delivered an excellent spell, which made it look even challenging at one point in the run chase. The tall seamer used the steep bounce on offer to good effect and accounted for the crucial wickets of Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer and Josh Inglis. However, in the end, Nehal Wadhera's stubborn knock of 33* (19) helped PBKS cross the finish line with considerable amount of time to spare. His start was not ideal, but he picked up the right deliveries to attack and did not exhibit any half-heartedness when he went for the big shots. Marcus Stoinis, who had been dropped from the team for the last game, hit the winning runs.

12.1 Yash Dayal to Marcus Stoinis, over the wicket, PUNJAB KINGS WIN THIS! Good length around off-stump. Stoinis hung back and absolutely slammed it across the line over deep mid-wicket for a maximum!

Yash Dayal [2-0-12-0] has been sumoned.

PBKS are now at the doorstep of a win. Only four more runs required to win off the remaining 12 balls. Wadhera has played a good hand here.

overs

92 /5 score

runs

Nehal Wadhera *

33 (19)

Marcus Stoinis

1 (1)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

2 /26

11.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR RUNS! Back of a length outside off. Cut away on top of the bounce off the back foot in front of square out towards the vacant deep extra cover area.

11.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Nehal Wadhera, SIX RUNS! TOP SHOT! Back of a length on leg-and-middle. Nehal gets inside the line and shovels it over fine-leg off the back foot!

11.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, Oh! Good length on off-stump with some extra bounce. Edged down to third man off the back foot for a single.

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