The Qualifier 1 of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. This match will be played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur and it will start at 7:30 PM IST on May 29. RCB are yet to lose a game away from home. The winner of this match will qualify for the final directly while the losing team will get another chance.
PBKS vs RCB: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, an impact player rule makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Punjab Kings | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
| Priyansh Arya | Phil Salt ✈️ |
| Shreyas Iyer (capt) | Virat Kohli |
| Josh Inglis (wk) ✈️ | Mayank Agarwal |
| Nehal Wadhera | Liam Livingstone ✈️ |
| Shashank Singh | Jitesh Sharma (wk) |
| Marcus Stoinis ✈️ | Romario Shepherd ✈️ |
| Harpreet Brar | Krunal Pandya |
| Marco Jansen ✈️ | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Kyle Jamieson ✈️ | Yash Dayal |
| Arshdeep Singh | Josh Hazlewood ✈️ |
| Vijaykumar Vyshak | Suyash Sharma |
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PBKS vs RCB Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Punjab Kings |
| Rajat Patidar (c) – Top-order batter | Shreyas Iyer (Top Order Batter, Captain) |
| Mayank Agarwal – Batter | Priyansh Arya (Opening Batter) |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Pyla Avinash (Batter) |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle-order batter | Harnoor Singh (Batter) |
| Virat Kohli – Top-order batter | Josh Inglis ✈️ (Wicketkeeper Batter) |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper batter | Mitchell Owen ✈️ (Middle Order Batter) |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper batter | Prabhsimran Singh (Wicketkeeper Batter) |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Vishnu Vinod (Wicketkeeper Batter) |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Nehal Wadhera (Top Order Batter) |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ (Allrounder) |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Aaron Hardie ✈️ (Allrounder) |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Marco Jansen ✈️ (Bowling Allrounder) |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ – Bowling allrounder | Musheer Khan (Allrounder) |
| Abhinandan Singh – Bowler | Shashank Singh (Batting Allrounder) |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ – Bowler | Marcus Stoinis ✈️ (Batting Allrounder) |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bowler | Suryansh Shedge (Batting Allrounder) |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ – Bowler | Glenn Maxwell ✈️ (Batting Allrounder, Withdrawn) |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Arshdeep Singh (Bowler) |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | Xavier Bartlett ✈️ (Bowler) |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Yuzvendra Chahal (Bowler) |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Praveen Dubey (Bowler) |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Harpreet Brar (Bowler) |
| Kyle Jamieson ✈️ (Bowler) |
PBKS vs RCB: Injury Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore: The team is free of injuries, and all their players can play.
Punjab Kings: The team is free of injuries, and all their players can play.
