New Delhi. The journey of both the teams who landed on the field with the intention of winning qualifier 1 has been excellent. The performance of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings in the league stage of IPL 2025 was quite spectacular than the rest of the teams. Punjab Kings won 9 out of 14 matches and faced defeat in just 4 matches. At the same time, 1 match remained inconclusive. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore also won 9 wins in league stage and lost only 4 matches. But she lags behind Punjab due to net run rate. This season 4 matches have been held at Mullanpur Stadium Stadium in Chandigarh, in which the team has managed to cross the 200 runs in 3 innings. On this ground, Punjab defended the score of 111 runs in the history of IPL against KKR. This field can create a challenge for the batsmen. Here dew can play an important role, in such a situation, the captain who won the toss would like to bowl first. Let me tell you, this season RCB Punjab has been dusty by 7 wickets on this ground. Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have always had a thorn competition. A total of 35 matches have been played between the two teams so far, in which Punjab has won a minor lead by winning 18 Magges. At the same time, Bengaluru has won 17 during this period. However, in the last 5 matches, RCB has dust Punjab 4 times. RCB’s potential playing XI- Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Tim Seifrt, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal. Impact Player- Suyesh Sharma Punjab Kings’ potential playing XI- Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh England, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ajmatullah Umarajai, Harpreet Barar, Kaiel Jayamison, Vijaykumar Vishak/Yujvendra Chahal
