Qualifier 1 is to be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, 29 May. This match will be held in Mullanpur, Chandigarh. In this match, these 5 players including Virat Kohli will be monitored. Those who alone have the power to turn the match.

Kohli has performed brilliantly throughout the season. He has scored 8 half -centuries so far. He scored 602 runs in 13 matches at an average of 60.20. During this time his strike rate has been around 150.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer will also have everyone’s eyes. He too has performed brilliantly this season. Iyer has scored 514 runs in 14 matches at an average of 51.40. This year Iyer has scored runs at a strike rate of around 172.

RCB wicketkeeper batsman Jitesh Sharma is in excellent form. On Tuesday, he played an innings of 85 runs against Lucknow Super Giants and confirmed the place in the qualifier 1 instead of the team. Now in the qualifier 1, they will have the same expectations from them.

Punjab wicketkeeper batsman Josh English has got as much opportunity this year. He has batted well. He played an important role to make the team finish in the top-2 by scoring a brilliant half-century in the last league match of the team.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar is playing from the last few matches as an impact player. They can also come as an impact player in qualifier 1. Patidar has not done anything special this year. But they will be expected against Punjab that they should do well.

In IPL 2025, 19 matches have been played so far. The 20th match of this season will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. This time the new captains in the IPL have shone a lot.

RCB handed over the captaincy to Rajat Patidar. The team has played 3 matches so far under the captaincy of Patidar and also won 2.

Punjab Kings also chose the new captain for the team. He handed over the command to Shreyas Iyer. Punjab performed well under Iyer’s captaincy.

The team has played 3 matches and won 2. Punjab defeated Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants.

Delhi Capitals Points is currently at the top in the table. He has played three matches and all won.

Delhi’s captain is Akshar Patel. Delhi has defeated Lucknow, Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings under the captaincy of Akshar.

IPL 2025 will begin from Saturday. The first match of the season will be played between KKR and RCB. The captains of many teams have changed before this season. Kolkata Knight Riders played under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer last season. Now Ajinkya Rahane has the command of the team.

The captains of Delhi Capitals have also changed. Delhi has given the command of the team in the hands of Akshar Patel. Earlier, Rishabh Pant was the captain. Lucknow Super Giants have made Pant captain in place of KL Rahul.

Rajasthan Royals have made Ryan Parag captain for the first three matches. After this, Samson will remain the captain. Talking about Royal Challengers Bangalore, it will be captained by Rajat Patidar.

Gujarat captain Shubman Gill will remain. Similarly, Chennai Super Kings captain Rituraj Gaikwad will remain. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captaincy will be in the hands of Pat Cummins.

Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai Indians, will remain. The franchise removed Rohit Sharma as the captain in the previous season.

Punjab Kings have also changed the captain. Now the command of the team is in the hands of Shreyas Iyer. Like Patidar, Iyer has also got a big responsibility.