PBKS vs RCB Match Prediction: Who will win today's match between Punjab kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru?

PBKS vs RCB Match Preview

Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) are set to lock horns again in 48 hours in match number 37 of IPL 2025 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on April 20. PBKS recently registered a convincing win in the first outing between both teams this season at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. With this, PBKS now jumped to the second spot in the points table with five wins and two losses.

Now, PBKS will look to get another wins against RCB and make their chances stronger for the playoffs. Meanwhile, RCB will aim to continue their winning streak in away venues this season. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the 37th match of IPL 2025 between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

PBKS vs RCB Match Details

Match	Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match 37
Venue	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh
Date & Time	Sunday, April 20, 3:30 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

PBKS vs RCB Pitch Report

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The newly-constructed Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh provides an equal contest for both the batters and the bowlers. Out of eight IPL matches played at this ground so far, the team batting first five times while the chasing team came out victorious on three occasions. The average score at this ground is around 172 runs.

PBKS vs RCB Weather Report

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PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head in IPL

Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have faced each other 34 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these 33 matches, PBKS won 18 times while RCB defeated them on 16 occasions.

Matches played	34
PBKS won	18
RCB won	16

PBKS vs RCB Recent Team Performances

PBKS (Last five matches)	Loss	Win	Loss	Win	Win
RCB (Last five matches)	Loss	Win	Loss	Win	Loss

PBKS vs RCB Probable Playing XIs

PBKS Probable Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact player: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey

RCB Probable Playing 11: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact player: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

PBKS vs RCB IPL 2025 Full Squads

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis (wk), Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh

PBKS vs RCB Predicted Top Batters

Nehal Wadhera: Nehal Wadhera turned out to be match-winner with his unbeaten 33* when PBKS were left in a tricky situation while chasing 96 runs in the last game against RCB. He has been a consist run scorer in the middle-order with his crucial 30s and 40s amassing 184 runs six matches at a strike rate of 149.59 .

Tim David: Tim David came as a saviour for the batting line up in the last match against PBKS as RCB posted a competitive total. He has amassed 142 runs in seven matches this season so far at a strike rate of 194.52

PBKS vs RCB Predicted Top Bowlers

Yuzvendra Chahal: The last match Yuzvendra Chahal played at this ground, he ended up registering match-winning figures of 4/28 as PBKS defended a record 111 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. He also took two wickets in the last game against RCB taking his wicket tally to eight scalps in seven matches this season.

Josh Hazlewood: Josh Hazlewood is now the second highest wicket taker of IPL 2025 with 12 scalps in seven matches. He gave tough fight with the figures of 3/14 in the last game when RCB were defending just 95 runs.