PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Punjab Kings players celebrate after the dismissal of Virat Kohli on Friday.
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Less than 40 hours after the conclusion of their rain-shortened match in Bangalore, it’s a rapid rematch between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, this time at the Mullanpur stadium in New Chandigarh. The last match saw RCB fold meekly before a gem from the bat of Tim David allowed them to make a contest out of a match on a pretty spicy wicket at the Chinnaswamy, and with this contest being billed as a revenge match for them, will they be able to produce this time around?…Read More
PBKS have the momentum and the confidence thanks to their victory two nights ago, but things change quickly in the Indian Premier League. There’s always an added pressure that comes with crunch matches, and given they have the opportunity to head to the top of the table with a victory at home, this is certainly a crunch match. An outfit that is trying to redefine itself under new leadership, a couple of wins against a very strong RCB team to go top of the table would be a real statement regarding their ambitions. It will push them clearer of the chasing back, and with a captain in Shreyas Iyer who knows all about dragging teams from the doldrums to positions of success, you have to believe they would be best-placed to qualify.
For RCB it might be more about avoiding a loss than getting somewhere with a win. It’s a really awkward position for RCB: a loss would push them to a record of 4-4, back in the middle of the pack as they slug it out, not a position they will want to be in after the sterling start they had. Conversely, a win will push them up to 10 points, level with PBKS themselves, as well as numbers one and two in Gujarat and Delhi, capable of theoretically rising as high as second if they win big. A lot to gain for RCB and a lot to lose — but given the ethos of T20 cricket that every team wants to follow, wanting to go all-out for the big wins and the big positive swings makes those pitfalls worth it.
It will be a sweltering hot day in the north of India as these two teams, with a very quick turnaround between their games, and temperatures sky-high. It might just come down to which team has more energy to execute their plans. Tactically, these teams know what went right and what went wrong against one another a couple of days ago, and therefore know exactly what to plan for. RCB want to avoid a repeat of the same, but against a team flying high on confidence that is stringing those crucial wins together, a tough task lies ahead of them.
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Apr 20, 2025 2:20 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Does Glenn Maxwell return after a day off?
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.
Apr 20, 2025 2:10 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Losing record in Mullanpur for PBKS
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?
Apr 20, 2025 2:00 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Punjab Kings have slight head-to-head advantage over RCB
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.
Apr 20, 2025 1:40 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: KKR and MI watch on with interest
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.
Apr 20, 2025 1:30 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Punjab’s bowling standing up to the challenge
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.
Apr 20, 2025 1:20 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Last time out, two nights ago…
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.
Apr 20, 2025 1:00 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Can RCB win a fifth road game to go level on 10 points?
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.
Apr 20, 2025 12:50 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Chance for PBKS to go top with a win
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.
Apr 20, 2025 12:43 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Full Squad
PBKS VS RCB IPL LIVE Score 2025, Punjab Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (W), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushra, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
Apr 20, 2025 12:42 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Punjab Kings Full Squad
Pbks vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Nehal Wadhera, Nehal Wadhera, Nehal Wadhera, Nehal Wadhera, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Shashank SINGHH, JORCUSH Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlet, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vishnu Vinod, Vishnu Vinod, Vishnu Vinod Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash
Apr 20, 2025 12:28 PM IS
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hello and welcome!
PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Score 2025, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Just 48 hours ago, PBKS were celebrating a second consecutive win and RCB were conversely trying to absorb the fact that they have lost their first three matches at home. Now, the shoes are on the other feet and RCB would be hoping this would be the case with regards to the result as well.
