IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), Match 34: Squads, Probable Playing 11, Impact Player, Fantasy Picks, Live Streaming & Telecast, Head-To-Head, Match Timings in IST, Match Prediction, Best Batter, Best Bowler, Ticket – Cricket.com

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will host the Punjab Kings (PBKS) on April 18 (Friday) in a match that the home team will look to win to get their first win at their home ground of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, are coming on the back of a great win at home and both teams have the same number of points- 8. 
Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad for IPL 2025
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
Punjab Kings squad for IPL 2025
Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Pyla Avinash, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Pannu, Aaron Hardie, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Omarzai.
Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact Player– Suyash Sharma
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson.
Impact Player– Yuzvendra Chahal
You can catch live-streaming of RCB vs PBKS and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital).
The RCB vs PBKS match will kick off on April 18 (Friday) at 7:30 PM IST.
You can buy tickets for RCB vs PBKS in IPL 2025 on RCB’s official website. Click here for match tickets.
Safe options: Marco Jansen (PBKS), Shreyas Iyer (PBKS), Virat Kohli (RCB), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB)
Risky options: Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS), Priyansh Arya (PBKS), Krunal Pandya (RCB), Liam Livingstone (RCB)
RCB have played 33 games against PBKS in the IPL, winning 16 of those matches. PBKS have won 17. 
Both the RCB and PBKS have been doing amazingly well and thus, it will be hard to predict which team is going to win. But given that PBKS have won all their matches away from home and RCB have lost all their matches at home, one can give an advantage to PBKS. 
Virat Kohli is in great form, not just in terms of run-scoring, but also in terms of how fast he is scoring runs this season. Thus, he will be the best batter of the game. 
Josh Hazlewood has taken nine wickets in six matches and is the best bowler amongst all the bowlers in both the teams. 
The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in the first two games has seen scores in the range of 160-170 and therefore hasn’t really been the run-fest ground it is known to be. Another fighting encounter will be up for grabs. 
This game will be under constant threat of rain as there are high chances of rain between 6:30 pm IST to 9:30 pm IST. However, post 9:30, the rain will likely subside, hence a shortened game looks like the best possible scenario. 
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