Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Qualifier 1: Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore teams will clash for the final in IPL 2025 today. In both, who will win will enter the finals directly. Bangalore and Punjab qualifier competition will be played at Mullanpur Stadium in New Chandigarh.
RCB and Punjab Kings teams will face face to face in the qualifier-1 of IPL 2025. This match will be played at Mullanpur Stadium in New Chandigarh. The team winning this match will directly enter the final. At the same time, the losing team will play another qualifier from the winner of the eliminator.
Who ahead in the head to head?
Bangalore and Punjab see a thorn in the head to head. Punjab Kings have defeated RCB 18 times and Bangalore has defeated Punjab 17 times. In such a situation, it would not be wrong to say that there will be a thorn in the qualifier-1.
Pitch report of Mullanpur Stadium
Large scores have not been seen on this ground. The average score of the first innings here is 173 runs. This season has won the team playing three times before in four matches held here. It is clear that the bowlers get help here. The toss winning team can decide to bat first.
Match prediction
Our match is the Prediction Meter saying that this match can see a thorn competition. RCB is expected to win, as the team has won seven consecutive matches. Once again, the Bangalore team can win in Mullanpur.
RCB’s potential playing XI- Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Tim Seifrt, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal.
Impact Player- Suyesh Sharma
Punjab Kings’ potential playing XI- Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh England, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Harpreet Brar, Kail Jaymison, Vijayakumar Vishal/Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Player- Arshdeep Singh