In the qualifier 1 of IPL 2025, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face each other, both vying for their first title, in which RCB reached in top two in 2016, while PBKS, in their first playoff since 2014. PBKS hopes home support will give them an advantages.
PBKS vs RCB: Predicted Playing XIs
RCB (Probable XI) :
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone/ Tim Seifert/Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (C/wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood/ Nuwan Thushara
Impact Sub: Suyash Sharma
PBKS (Probable XI):
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh
Impact Sub: Vyshak Vijaykumar/ Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS vs RCB : Full Squads
Punjab Kings:
Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wk), Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak,Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash
Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (C/wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma, Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Blessing Muzarabani
PBKS vs RCB: Head-to-Head Record
Matches Played: 35
PBKS Wins: 18
RCB Wins: 17











