RCB vs PBKS Toss, IPL 2025 Match Today: Rajat Patidar’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru was sent out bat first in a rain-curtailed match which had to be cut down to 14-overs each after Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field in the IPL match today at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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TOSS: PBKS win toss and opt to bowl first
Here’s how the Toss played its part last year for RCB at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium:
RCB won the toss on 4 of 7 matches in 2024 at home and, interestingly, opted to field first on all four occasions. While they won two games chasing after winning the toss, Bengaluru also slipped twice. Meanwhile, they were asked to bat first thrice in the remaining three games and ended up winning two of those games.
Tosses won at home: 4/7
Matches Won after Toss win at home: 2/4
Bat second wins after Toss win at home: 2/4
Matches Won after Toss loss at home: 2/3; Batting 1st: 2/3
Punjab Kings were a strong travelling side last year, winning three of the four matches they won the toss in. Punjab had a spotless record chasing after coin flip success, winning three out of three.
Tosses won away from home: 4/7
Matches Won after Toss win away: 3/4; Bat 1st: 0/1; Bat 2nd: 3/3
Matches Won after Toss loss away: 1/3; Batting 1st: 0/1; Batting 2nd: 1/2
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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