RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: The caravan of IPL season 18 has now reached its last point. This evening, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings (PBKs) are face to face in the final match this evening. PBKS captain Shreyas won the toss and decided to bowl first.
The RCB, who finished fourth in the last season of the IPL, performed brilliantly this season and finished the league stage in the second place in the group stage and has confirmed the place in the league title match after 9 years. Whereas, the Punjab Kings Group, who finished ninth last season, topped the stage and took an entry in the final after 11 years due to its strong performance. Both teams have not been able to win a single title in 18 -year IPL history so far. In such a situation, IPL will get a new champion today.
This title match of IPL season 18 will be played at Narendra Modi International Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7:30 pm today. Prior to the match, the stadium pitch reports, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings’ Head to Head Status and both teams have a look at other necessary updates including Possible playing 11.
Let us know that Royal Challengers Bangalore won a stunning 8 wickets against Punjab Kings in Qualifier-1. At the same time, Punjab Kings achieved a target of 204 runs against strong Mumbai Indians (Mi) in the qualifier-2 match by losing 5 wickets.
Everyone will keep an eye on Virat-Srayas
Bangalore star batsman Kohli has scored 614 runs in 14 innings with an average of 55.81 and a strike rate of 146.53 in this edition. Meanwhile, he has scored 8 half -centuries. At the same time, in IPL history, he has scored 1,116 runs in 35 innings against PBKS at a strike rate of 133.02. His best score is 113 runs.
Whereas, Punjab captain Iyer has scored 603 runs in 16 innings in the current season at an average of 54.81 and a strike rate of 175.80. At the same time, 408 runs have been scored in 17 innings against RCB in IPL history at a strike rate of 120.35. His best performance against this team has been 67 runs.
Everyone will be eyeing these players in bowling
In the current season of IPL, Hazlewood took 21 wickets in 11 matches with an average of 15.80 in bowling for Bengaluru. Whereas, Punjab’s Arshdeep has taken 18 wickets in 16 matches. In IPL history, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the most successful bowler in Bengaluru with 32 wickets in 24 innings against PBKS at an average of 19.94. At the same time, Yuzvendra Chahal of Punjab has taken the highest 9 wickets against RCB.
Who is heavy in RCB vs PBKS Head to Head?
In IPL history, there has been a tough rivalry between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. Both teams have clashed with each other 36 times so far, in which both teams have won 18-18 matches.
Bengaluru is heavy against Punjab in IPL 2025
In the current season, Punjab won the initial match in a rain -affected match on April 18, but Bengaluru took revenge on two days later with a 7 -wicket win. Punjab got a big blow in qualifier-1, where RCB dismissed PBKS for just 101 runs and fiercely confirmed its place in the finals, chasing the target within 10 overs. Now in the final of IPL 2025, there is a strong fight between RCB and PBKS.
Pitch report of Narendra Modi Stadium
The Narendra Modi stadium has a pitch made of both red and black soil. The red clay pitch gives a good bounce, which makes it easier to play shots. The bounce on a black clay pitch is normal, but it helps spinners. The average score of the first innings here is 173 runs. In the qualifier-2, both teams scored more than 200 runs here. In such a situation, there is a possibility that once again the runs will rain a lot.
IPL data at Narendra Modi Stadium
So far 43 IPL matches have been played at Narendra Modi Stadium. The teams who bat first here have won 21 matches and later the batting teams have won 22 matches. The average score of the first innings here is 173 runs. The highest score is recorded here for PBKS (243/5 vs GT, 2025) and minimum score GT (89, vs DC, 2024). The biggest innings on this ground was played by Shubman Gill (129 vs Mi, 2023).
Both teams perform at Narendra Modi Stadium
PBKS has played a total of 7 matches at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium so far, out of which he has won 4 matches and lost 2 matches. 1 match has been tied. The highest score of PBKS here is 243 runs. RCB has played 6 matches on this ground so far. He won 3 matches and lost in the same number of matches. RCB’s best score here is 206 runs. The teams of RCB and PBKS in Ahmedabad once clashed in 2021 in which Punjab won.
Playing-11 of Bengaluru and Punjab is as follows…
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
Impact Player:
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Priyansh Arya, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Kail Jaymison, Vijayakumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Player:
Where to see the match live?
You can watch this final match of IPL 2025 played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKs) through the JioCinema app on your smartphone. At the same time, the match will also be broadcast live on the channels of Star Sports on television. You can also see and read all the live updates and news related to the match on lalluram.com.
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