IPL Final Live Score; RCB vs pbks | Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer Rajat Patidar – Ahmedabad Narendra Modi Stadium IPL 2025 Update | PBKS VS RCB: New champion will be available after 3 years in the final, Benguru will play the fourth and Punjab for the second time

The final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will be played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) today. Both are waiting for the title before 18 years. The match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7:30 pm. After 3 years, the league will get the new champion. The IPL got the previous new champion in 2022, when Gujarat Titans defeated Rajasthan.

Bengaluru has reached the final for the fourth and Punjab for the second time, but the first final between the two teams will be the first final. RCB lost the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016, while PBks lost the only final in 2014.

Match details, final pbks vs RCB date- 3 June Stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM

Both equal in head to head

36 matches have been played so far in IPL history between PBKs and RCB. Both won 18–18 matches. Both teams will clash for the second time at Narendra Modi Stadium. Both of them also clashed in Qualifier-1 of the same season, when Bengaluru won the match by 8 wickets. This season will be the fourth match between the two. Bangalore in 2 and Punjab in 1 won.

Shreyas scored 87 runs to bring Punjab to final

Punjab’s batting is strong. Captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 603 runs in 16 matches. This season is his best unbeaten 97 runs, which came to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Shreyas scored an unbeaten 87 against Mumbai in Qualifier-2, he was also chosen as Player of the Match. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket -taking player for the team in bowling. He has taken 18 wickets in 16 matches.

Kohli Bangalore’s top batter

RCB has appeared in tremendous form as a team this season. Whether it is batting or bowling Royal Challengers Bangalore is seen completely dominating in every department of the game. The team’s top scorer Virat Kohli has scored the most runs. He has scored 614 runs in 14 matches so far. During this, he also put 8 fifty. His fellow opener Phil Salt has given the team a great start in almost every match. At the same time, after Devdutt Padikkal at number three, Mayank Agarwal has also understood his responsibility well. Captain Rajat Patidar has also proved to be effective on number-4.

RCB’s finishers are in excellent form this season. After the top order failed, Jitesh Sharma, Romario Shepherd and Tim David have contributed with the bat on the important occasion. Jitesh had won RCB by scoring an unbeaten 85 before the qualifier.

RCB’s bowling was considered to be the biggest weakness of the team every season. Especially in the death overs, the bowlers of the team failed to curb runs. However, trio of Bhubaneswar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Yash Dayal completely removed this weakness of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Hazelwood has taken 21 wickets this season, so Bhuvi has taken 15 wickets. At the same time, Yash Dayal has also taken 12 wickets. Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya have emerged as the biggest strength of the team in the middle overs.

Pitch report The pitch of Narendra Modi stadium helps the batsmen. Qualifier-2 was played here on Sunday. In this, Punjab had chased a target of 204 against Mumbai. In such a situation, you can still get a high scoring match. So far 43 IPL matches have been played on this venue. The team that batted first here has also won 21 matches and batting in the second innings.

The highest team score of Narendra Modi Stadium is 243/5, which was made by Punjab Kings against the Gujarat Titans this season. It is a winning total to score 210 runs in the first innings. If the score is less than this, the teams are chased.

Weather condition The Monday weather in Ahmedabad will not be good keeping in mind the match. There will also be clouds with sunshine in the afternoon, but 62% of rain is feared. The temperature here can be from 27 to 38 degrees Celsius on the match day. The wind speed will be 15 kilometers per hour.

Qualifier-2 was also interrupted by rain here. The match began after a delay of 2 hours. If it rains in the finals, 120 minutes of extra time will be given. Even during that time, if there is no match, then Reserve-Day will be played on 4 June. If the results are not available on the Reserve Day, the trophy will be shared between the two teams.

Possible playing-12 Royal Challengers Bangalore of both teams: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Phil Soult, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingston/Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood. Impact: Suyash Sharma

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (Captain). Impact: Yuzvendra Chahal/Harpreet Brar.