Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Punjab Kings LIVE Score, IPL 2025: Arshdeep Removes Phil Salt, Virat Kohli Early Brilliant Start For PBKS – Outlook India

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, LIVE: Catch all the action, updates, and live score from Match 34 of the Indian Premier League 2025 right here as RCB take on PBKS
Yuzvendra Chahal tosses it up on off stump, Jitesh Sharma takes a half-step forward and gently pushes it towards cover-point. No run.
Arshdeep Singh strikes again. Virat Kohli falls for just 1. It was a short-of-length delivery, cross-seamed and angled across the right-hander. Kohli, stuck on the front foot, went for an ambitious pull but only managed a top-edge.
For a moment, it looked like it might clear the infield, but Marco Jansen charged back from mid-on, judged it beautifully, and held on despite tumbling to the ground. RCB lose both openers early, big blow.
Phil Salt opened with a boundary, driving a full ball from Arshdeep Singh neatly through mid-on. But the bowler hit back hard. After a couple of deliveries that shaped away and one that tailed in as a yorker, Arshdeep struck. He banged one in short, and Salt went for the pull, only to miscue it. Josh Inglis sprinted in from behind the stumps and took a sharp catch at short midwicket. Salt departs for 4 off 4.
Rajat Patidar walked in at No. 3 and made an instant impact. Arshdeep strayed full and straight, and Patidar timed it beautifully past mid-on for four. He added a single to close out the over.
RCB openers are ready to go, with Phil Salt and Virat Kohli taking strike. Arshdeep Singh has the ball in hand.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey
Rajat Patidar tossed the coin, and Shreyas Iyer made the correct call. As a result, Punjab Kings will be bowling first.
The players are now warming up as the umpires confer with the groundstaff in the middle. According to the broadcast, the toss is scheduled for 9:30 PM, with the first ball expected at 9:45 PM. The match will be reduced to a 14-over-a-side game.
The players are finally out and warming up, a welcome sight after the long delay. The umpires are in the middle, deep in discussion with the groundstaff, assessing the conditions. All signs point to some action soon.
The ground staff have begun peeling off the covers, with the sub-air system getting ready to take over next. The main pitch remains under wraps for now, but it’s likely to be uncovered soon. The supersopper is already at work, and overall, things are finally looking upbeat at Chinnaswamy.
It’s now 8:51 PM IST, and we’re still waiting. An update was expected around 8:30 PM, but that never came. The drizzle lingers, keeping the players off the field and the crowd guessing. Overs will start getting deducted from here on.
Rain continues to delay proceedings at the venue. The toss must take place by 10:41 PM for there to be a game, and if play is to happen at all tonight, it has to begin no later than 10:56 PM.
The drizzle continues, but it’s barely there, light enough that BCCI officials are standing casually by the boundary without umbrellas or jackets. It’s more of a stubborn mist than a proper delay, but it’s still just enough to keep play from starting.
The first ball should have been bowled by now, but it’s still drizzling, keeping everyone waiting. A sizable crowd is already at the Chinnaswamy, stuck waiting for the rain to ease up.
Toss pushed back due to rain as RCB welcome PBKS to M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The skies are predicted to be a bit cloudy and the temperature would remain below 30C during the match time. It will be humid with 25% chances of precipitation.
RCB 16-17 PBKS
Even though Punjab have a one-game lead in the head to head record, the last time they won against RCB was in 2022. Since then, both teams have played thrice and RCB have defeated PBKS all three times.
Also at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, PBKS last beat RCB way back in 2017.
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Pyla Avinash, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: 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, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi
Hello! We’re back with another live blog, and today it’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings in IPL 2025. The match kicks off at 7:30 PM IST. Stay tuned for live updates throughout the evening.
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