The 34th match of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. This match will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore and it will start at 7:30 PM IST on April 18. RCB are yet to win a game at home. They have played two games at home and lost both.
RCB vs PBKS: 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.
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) |
|---|---|
| Philip Salt ✈️ | Priyansh Arya |
| Virat Kohli | Prabhsimran Singh (w) |
| Rajat Patidar (c) | Shreyas Iyer (c) |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ | Nehal Wadhera |
| Jitesh Sharma (w) | Josh Inglis ✈️ |
| Tim David ✈️ | Shashank Singh |
| Krunal Pandya | Glenn Maxwell ✈️ |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Marco Jansen ✈️ |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ | Xavier Bartlett ✈️ |
| Suyash Sharma | Arshdeep Singh |
| Yash Dayal | Yuzvendra Chahal |
RCB vs PBKS Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Punjab Kings |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar – Top order Batter (c) | Shreyas Iyer – Top order Batter (c) |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Priyansh Arya – Opening Batter |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle order Batter | Pyla Avinash – Batter |
| Virat Kohli – Top order Batter | Harnoor Singh – Batter |
| Devdutt Padikkal – Top order Batter | Josh Inglis ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Prabhsimran Singh – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper Batter | Vishnu Vinod – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Nehal Wadhera – Top order Batter |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Aaron Hardie ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Marco Jansen ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Glenn Maxwell ✈️ – Batting 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 | Arshdeep Singh – Bowler |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Xavier Bartlett ✈️ – Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | Yuzvendra Chahal – Bowler |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Praveen Dubey – Bowler |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Lockie Ferguson ✈️ – Bowler |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Harpreet Brar – Bowler |
| Kuldeep Sen – Bowler |
RCB vs PBKS: 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.
