The caravan of IPL 2025 i.e. the 18th season of the Indian Premier League has now entered its fourth week. Many exciting matches have been seen in this season of IPL so far. At the same time, the 34th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will be played on April 18 at 7.30 pm at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This is the home ground stadium of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Let us tell you that this season RCB has not won a single match at its home ground Chinnaswamy Stadium. Both Bangalore and Punjab teams have come here after winning their last match. Both the teams will enter the field with the intention of winning this match.
There have been 33 matches between RCB and PBKS in IPL so far, in which Punjab has won 17 and Bangalore has won 6 matches. Not a single match between the two teams has been without any result. If we look at the highest scores of both the teams in these matches, then RCB’s highest score has been 241 and Punjab’s highest score has been 232. At the same time, RCB’s lowest score against Punjab in these matches has been 84 runs, while Punjab’s has been 88 runs. After the statistics, now let’s talk about the playing eleven of both the teams.
The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is considered favorable for the batsmen. A lot of runs were scored on the pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the last IPL. However, the last two matches played here this season were not high scoring. The boundary of this ground is very small, due to which a lot of runs are scored here. 7 matches were played here in IPL 2024, out of which 4 matches were won by the defending team. M Chinnaswamy Stadium has hosted a total of 93 IPL matches so far. Out of this, the team batting first has won 41. At the same time, the team chasing the runs has been able to taste victory in 51 matches. That is, it is clear that the toss plays a role on this ground. RCB played 93 matches here, the team won 43 and lost 45 matches. Here the team had 1 tie and 4 matches were inconclusive.
If we look at the weather, there is almost no chance of rain during this IPL match to be held on 18 April. The maximum temperature in Bangalore on Friday can go up to 33 degrees and the minimum temperature can go up to 23 degrees. Clouds can definitely be seen in the sky during the day but there is no hope of rain. If the weather spoils the match in any way, then both the teams will get one point each.
RCB’s probable playing 11: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
PBKS’s probable playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal.
