Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Playing 11: RCB host PBKS in IPL 2025 match on Friday. (Sportzpics for IPL)Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru will lock horns with Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League 2025 Match No. 34 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. The contest will act as a race to challenge the top-placed Delhi Capitals, who have 10 points in six games. Both Bengaluru and Punjab have equal points in equal games — eight points in six games — and sit third and fourth, respectively. Where RCB have a +0.672 NRR, PBKS have a +0.172 NRR.
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Even the form guide of both teams is identical. Punjab and Bengaluru started their IPL 2025 campaigns with back-to-back wins before stumbling in their respective third games. The next three games were a win, a loss, and a win for these two teams. Where Iyer’s PBKS defended the lowest total in the history of IPL against Kolkata Knight Riders to win their last game, it was a dominating nine-wicket win against Rajasthan Royals in an away game for RCB. The Bengaluru franchise is the only team to have won all four of their away matches, but they are yet to open their account at home.
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Both Punjab and Bengaluru look settled with their XI and are expected to go ahead with the same team for the match on Friday.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis (wk)/Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh.
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, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi.
Punjab Kings: 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.
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