IPL 2025, PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Mullanpur gears up for round 2 of Punjab vs Bengaluru as PBKS look to go top of table

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: It was strange not to see Glenn Maxwell get one last chance at the Chinnaswamy, a ground he is very familiar with after his time spent there over the last three years. He was rested as Marcus Stoinis and Josh Inglis acted as the overseas batters.

Maxwell has had a horrible start to the IPL season, but he might be ready to click back into gear after a brief break. Will be fascinating to see Ponting and Iyer’s decision.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Another goal for PBKS will be to improve their record at their new home at the New PCA Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, where in 8 games since the start of IPL 2024, they have won only three games and lost 5.

It will be a tough task, especially given RCB’s form away from home. But PBKS do have the form and all the momentum heading into this match. Can they make that translate to give RCB their first away loss of the season?

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Over the course of the IPL, RCB and PBKS have faced off 34 times, and it’s as tight as can be. Punjab Kings have won on 18 occasions, but RCB are right on their heels with 16 victories, not too far behind.

RCB will be looking to pull back to within one win at the Mullanpur stadium today.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: We have arrived at the stage of the tournament where every result is important for several other teams, esepcially in terms of the playoff picture.

KKR and MI are two teams who are on six points and trying to make up the gap to the top 4. In this match, they are probably keeping an eye on RCB not getting too far away: if they can keep the pressure up on Rajat Patidar’s team, they will fancy their chances of capitalising on any slip-ups to enter that playoff picture soon.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: While Punjab’s batting has regularly clicked thanks to a range of performances from their openers, captain Shreyas Iyer, and lower down the order from Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh, the whole in their team seemed to be the bowling unit.

After failing to defend 245 against SRH, however, they have successful defended the lowest total in IPL history against KKR, before managing to restrict RCB to a score of 42-7 at one point.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Don’t have to look too far back into the past to find the last time these two faced off, not too long at all. It was just two nights ago on the opposite sound of the country, in a rain-shortened 14-over contest in Bengaluru.

Punjab ran out victors that time around, and will be looking to repeat the trick. RCB, meanwhile, had a disastrous batting performance, only somewhat rescued by a showcase of late-overs hitting by Tim David. Plenty left to figure out for a batting department that has blown burning hot and freezing cold these last two weeks.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: It’s beginning to look like a real log-jam at the top of the IPL table, and RCB will be able to contribute to that by becoming a fourth team on 10 points roughly halfway through the season. Theur home form has been disastrous, but their away form has been impeccable: any time they travel, they seem to pull a rabbit out of the hat and find a win.

With a pretty healthy net run-rate, RCB will want to keep themselves away from the battle going on underneath them. A win today will allow them to confidently keep themselves within the playoff zone.

PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A massive opportunity presents itself for Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer’s new-look Punjab Kings, who have figured out an identity thanks to their exciting domestic core and strung together massive wins over the course of this first half of the season.

Another two points today, and they could go top of the IPL table. They are currently tied on ten points with DC and GT.

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