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Two in-form teams – Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) – collide today (18 April, Friday) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. With four wins and two defeats each, both RCB and PBKS are in the top half of the table with eight points respectively.
In fact, their form guide is also exactly the same. Three wins and two losses in the last five matches. Both teams won their last matches respectively, which will make the evening contest a cracker as a victory at the Chinnaswamy will propel the winner to the second spot, just behind Delhi Capitals, who have 10 points and a solid net run rate (NRR).
RCB vs PBKS head-to-head record
Matches played: 33
RCB won: 16
PBKS won: 17
Tied: 0
RCB vs PBKS head-to-head record at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium
Matches played: 12
RCB won: 7
PBKS won: 5
Tied: 0
RCB vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction
RCB Dream11 Prediction: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma
PBKS Dream11 Prediction: 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, Vijaykumar Vyshak/Yash Thakur
RCB vs PBKS: Bengaluru pitch report and weather forecast
The M Chinnaswamy Stadium has not produced a high-scoring game so far, with RCB failing to score more than 170 in two matches despite batting first. We can expect a match with scores in a similar range unless recent rain in the city has altered the conditions.
AccuWeather says that there’s a 17% chance of rain in the evening in Bengaluru. The temperatures will be around 30-26 degrees Celsius, while humidity will range between 50-60%.
RCB vs PBKS squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad: 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 squad: 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