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Qualifier-1 of IPL 2025-1 will be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore today. The match will be played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur from 7:30 pm. Both teams will clash for the first time in IPL history.
Both teams will be face to face for the third time in the season. Earlier, when two matches were played, both won one each.
Match details, qualifier-1 pbks vs RCB date- May 29 Stadium- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Mullanpur Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
Punjab ahead of a win
35 matches have been played in IPL history between RCB and PBKS so far. In this, PBKs won 18 and RCB won 17 matches. Both teams will clash for the second time at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur. Bangalore won by 7 wickets in the last match.
Shreyas scored the most runs for Punjab
Punjab’s batting is strong. The team’s openers are doing well. The pair of Prabhasimran Singh and Priyansh Arya have scored 923 runs at a strike rate of 173.49 this season. Talking about the top-3 batters, the top order of the team has scored 1418 runs at a strike rate of 177.02. These included a century and 11 half -centuries. Nehal Vaidhera and Shashank Singh have played many important innings. Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored a total of 514 runs in 14 matches. His best unbeaten 97 runs this season. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket -taking player for the team in bowling. He has taken 18 wickets in 14 matches.
Kohli RCB’s top scorer, 8 fifty
The best thing for Bengaluru is that Virat Kohli is seen in good form. He has scored 60.20 average in 13 matches of the current season and 602 runs at a strike rate of 147.51. These include 8 half -centuries. Kohli is the highest run -scorer for the team. The team’s Josh Hazlewood is at the top in the wicket Tackers. He has taken a total of 18 wickets in 10 matches.
Pitch report The pitch of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium is Batting Friendly. High scoring matches can be seen here. 9 matches of IPL have been played here so far. In 5 matches, the team batting in the first inning and the first chase team in 4 have won. The highest team score here is 219/6, which Punjab made against Chennai Super Kings in this season.
Weather condition The weather of Mullanpur will be very hot on Thursday. There will be very strong sunlight here today. There is no special possibility of rain. The temperature can be from 24 to 39 ° C. The wind speed will be 17 kilometers per hour.
Possible playing-11 Punjab Kings of both teams: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoynis, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Harpreet Barar, Kail Jaimison and Arshdeep Singh.Impact all: Vijayakumar Vaishakh
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rajat Patidar (Captain), Phil Soult, Virat Kohli, Liam Livingston, Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim Sifart, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood. Impact all: Nuwan thushara
