Pbks vs rcb Qualifier 1: The first qualifier match of IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings today. Punjab finished the top in the points table, while Bengaluru finished second. RCB has never reached the final after 2016 and has never won the title. Bangalore has a chance to end his 17 years of title drought, but there is a rule that can break the dream of RCB and his fans again.

RCB’s dream will break!

Punjab Kings are also moving towards creating history, which has reached the playoffs for the first time since 2014. On the other hand, Bengaluru also wants to win the title for the first time. If the Punjab-Bengaluru match is canceled due to rain or any other reason, then the difficulties of Royal Challengers Bangalore will increase.

The IPL rule says that if the first qualifier match is canceled, the Punjab will qualify for the Kings final due to the better points/net run rate in the table. Both RCB and Punjab had 19–19 points, but Punjab (+0.372) was better than Bengaluru (+0.301) in terms of net run rate.

In such a situation, the dream of becoming the champion of Royal Challengers Bangalore will start hovering, but the hope of his final will not end completely. If the qualifier match is canceled, Punjab will reach the final directly. On the other hand, RCB will get the second chance to go to the finals due to the points table staying in the top-2. In the event of losing against Punjab, he will face the winning team in the eliminator match, whose winner will go to the final.

Both Punjab and Bengaluru are running in excellent rhythms. RCB has got only one defeat in the last 7 matches, on the other hand, Punjab Kings have also got only one defeat in the last 6 matches.

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Mullanpur Cricket Stadium IPL Records: The Punjab Kings have been looking great this time under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, it has been at number 1 in the points table. For the first time after 2014, the team has reached the playoffs. Like Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore have also made many big upsurge this season. Today, the two teams will play qualifier-1 at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium (New PCA Stadium) in Mohali.

The average score of Mullanpur Stadium is 170. This season 4 matches have been played on this ground this season, out of which the first batting team has won 3 times. Over 200 scores are scored only 3 times in 8 innings. There is going to be a challenge for the batsmen here.

About Mullanpur Cricket Stadium

Let us tell you that in 2024, the home ground of Punjab Kings was built for the first time to prepare this stadium. The name of this stadium is Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, also known as the New PCA (Punjab Cricket Association) Stadium. It is in Mullanpur, so it is also known as Mullanpur Cricket Stadium.

IPL record of Mullanpur Stadium

A total of 9 IPL matches have been played in this stadium since 2024. The team has won 5 times, which batted first while the team that bowled 4 times has won. The team of the captain who has won the toss, has won the match 5 times here and the toss lost 4 times.

• High Atest Score: 219/6 (PBKS against CSK)
• The lowest score: 95 (KKR against PBKS)
• Largest Personal Score: 103 (Priyansh Arya against CSK)
• Best bowling figure: 4/28 (Yuzvendra Chahal against KKR)
• Average score: 169

Pbks vs rcb head to head

Talking about the head to head, 35 matches have been played between the two teams so far. Punjab has won 18 times and Bangalore 17 times. Bangalore’s biggest score in front of Punjab is 241 runs. At the same time, Punjab’s biggest score in front of Bengaluru is 232 runs.

PBKS Players List

Haranur Singh, Nehal Vadhera, Priyansh Arya, Yellow Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Aaron Hardy, Ajmatullah Omarjai, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Michel Owen, Musheer Khan, Suryasha Shaj, Josh English (wicket -keeper), Prabhasran Singh (wicket -line Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kuldeep Sen, Kyle Jamison, Praveen Dubey, Vaishakh Vijay Kumar, Javier Bartlet, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.

RCB Players List

Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Swastik Chikara, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandge, Mohit Rathi, Rathi Rathi, Roomrio Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicket keeper), Phil Salt (wicket keeper), Tim Safurt (wicket -keeper), Tim Safurt (wicket), Bhubanandan Singh, Blessing Muzarbani, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Tushara, Rasik Salam, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.

Pbks vs rcb weather: The 37th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium in Mohali from 3:30 pm today. Earlier, both teams had clashed in Bengaluru, that match was also affected by rain and 14-14 overs were played.

Punjab Kings defeated RCB in the last match, which was his 5th win in 7 matches. Punjab, captained by Shreyas Iyer, is currently third in the points table. Royal Challengers Bangalore, captained by Rajat Patidar, have won 4 out of 7 matches, at number five in the table.

Pbks vs rcb head to head

Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore are both teams that have not yet won the IPL title. A total of 34 matches have been played between the two in the tournament, out of which 16 matches have been won by RCB and 18 matches Punjab. RCB’s biggest score against Punjab is 241 runs. Punjab’s biggest IPL score against RCB is 232 runs.

How will today’s weather be in Mohali?

Rain can disrupt this match to be held at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium. This first match of the double header will start at 3:30 in the afternoon, the toss will take place at 3 pm. But according to the weather reports, the probability of rain is 35 percent earlier at around 2:30 pm, the winds will run at a speed of 24 kilometers per hour. The possibility of rain during the entire match time will remain 30 to 35 percent.

One Final Roar in Mullanpur
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– punjab kings (@punjabkingsipl) April 20, 2025

Royal Challengers Bangalore Players 2025

Royal Challengers Bangalore, Devdutt Padikkal, Silver Patidar, Swastik Chikara, Tim David, Virat Kohli, Jacob Bethil, Krunal Pandya, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Mohit Rathi, Rowomio Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Phili Salt, Fili Salat, Fili Salt, Fili Salat, Abhinandh Singh, Joshvan Singh, Hazelwood, Lungi Angidi, Nuwan Tushara, Rasikh Salaam, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.

Punjab Kings Players 2025

Haranur Singh, Nehal Vadhera, Priyansh Arya, Payla Avinash, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Aaron Hardy, Azmatullah Umarzai, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Janson, Marcus Stoinis, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Josh English, Prabhasimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Praveen Dubey, Wisher Vijaykumar, Javier Bartlet, Yash Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal.