Punjab Kings will take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) on Thursday, May 29. RCB have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the all-important clash.
PBKS vs RCB Team News
Josh Hazlewood is fit and return to the RCB playing 11 for the Qualifier 1 against PBKS, replacing Nuwan Thushara. Meanwhile, Azmatullah Omarzai replaces Marco Jansen, who has flown back home to play the WTC Final against Australia.
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Today’s PBKS vs RCB Playing 11
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rajat Patidar (c) Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma
Today’s Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs
Punjab Kings: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlet, Musheer Khan
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Mayank Agarawal, Rasikh Salam Dar, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh
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Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Head to Head
Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played 35 matches against each other in history of IPL. Punjab Kings have a slight edge with 18 wins, while RCB have 17 wins. The two sides last met in the ongoing editon of the Indian Premier League, where the Bengaluru-based franchise won the match by 7 wickets.
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