 "Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli shake hands following Royal Challengers Bengaluru's seven-wicket victory over Punjab Kings at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur near Chandigarh. AP")
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru players: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the toss and decided to bowl first against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the first match of the Sunday (20 April) doubleheader in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. The PBKS vs RCB match is being played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.
It is the second meeting between PBKS and RCB in 48 hours after Punjab defeated Bengaluru by five wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. In that match, RCB were restricted to just 95/9 as Punjab bowlers, including Yuzvendra Chahal, had a great outing on a smaller ground. Punjab Kings completed the chase in 12.1 overs with Nehal Wadhera smashing 33 not out.
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru players
Punjab Kings playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey
Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing XI: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium pitch report
In the first match of IPL 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Rajasthan Royals smashed 205 batting first and won by 50 runs against PBKS. The second match saw PBKS and Chennai Super Kings score 200-plus each as Punjab won but in the third game, the Kings were bowled out for just 111 and Kolkata Knight Riders were cleaned up for just 95.
So it’s difficult to guess what to expect from the pitch today but dew shouldn’t be an issue. Pacers had a lot of support in the PBKS vs KKR match and if the same is the case today, we can see another low-scoring game.
Mullanpur weather forecast
As per AccuWeather, there’s a 25% chance of rain in Mullanpur on Sunday. However, the chances of rain during the afternoon game are very less. Lesser than 7%. Temperatures will be high and it will be a hot day with temperatures around 41-36 degrees Celsius.
PBKS vs RCB head-to-head record
Matches played: 34
PBKS won: 18
RCB won: 16
Tied: 0