Top Captaincy Picks For RCB vs PBKS Prediction: Match no. 34 of IPL 2025 will see the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) contest against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday evening.
Both teams have had a similar kind of season so far: both have won four matches and lost two games. Both are coming off a morale-boosting win in their respective last matches: RCB hammered Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets, and PBKS recorded the lowest successful defense in IPL history by defending their total of 111 against KKR.
Interestingly, while RCB have won all four away games so far, they have lost both of their home games. So while the Chinnaswamy crowd would be behind their team once again, RCB are still figuring out themselves according to the conditions at their home.
The head-to-head record between RCB and PBKS is very close. In their 33 clashes so far, RCB have won 16 and PBKS have emerged victorious 17 times. So, in this game, RCB have the chance to equal that record.
Date: April 18, Friday
VENUE: M. Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru
Time: 7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL
Punjab Kings fast bowler Lockie Ferguson is all but ruled out of the rest of the IPL 2025 after pulling his hamstring in the game against SRH. Meanwhile, RCB have no injury worries and are at their full strength.
Philip salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Devdutt Padikkal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Joshlewood, YASH HAZALOOD, YASH DAYAL
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, MARCO JANSEN, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge
The Chinnaswamy is one of the best grounds for batting in white-ball cricket in the world. It is also a heavy chasing-friendly venue. In both games so far this season, the chasing side gunned down the target inside 18 overs.
The top captaincy picks in RCB vs PBKS match will be Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, and Prabhsimran Singh.
The 3 players to watch out for in RCB vs PBKS are Priyansh Arya, Rajat Patidar, and Shreyas Iyer.
For the RCB vs PBKS prediction, we predict that PBKS will defeat RCB in Match 34 of the IPL 2025.
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