Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Playing XI | IPL 2025
For the next match of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be facing Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh. In a very unique scenario, both teams will be facing each other twice in a span of three days. In the recent rain-affected game, we saw lousy batting from RCB, and the team will be looking to make a strong comeback in the upcoming match. This article will discuss both teams’ playing XI and their performance in the season so far.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru is having one of the best seasons in recent history, but the team has constantly struggled on their home ground, M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The team started the season with a victory against the Kolkata Knight Riders and won 3 matches in the next 5 games. While the team lost the last match against Punjab, RCB will try to avenge the defeat just two days later, but this time at a different venue. Meanwhile, RCB is currently in fourth position on the points table with 4 victories in the seven matches played.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have been performing phenomenally well this season. For the IPL 2025 season, the team made some major changes to its squad, bringing in new players, captain, and even a coach along with new support staff, the makeover has benefited the team so far. In the seven matches played so far, the Punjab Kings have won five of those matches and is currently in second place on the points table with 10 points.
Punjab Kings: Playing XI
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Player |
Specialty |
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Priyansh Arya |
Batter |
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Prabhsimran Singh |
Wicketkeeper-Batter |
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Shreyas Iyer |
Batter |
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Shashank Singh |
Batter |
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Marcus Stoinis |
All-rounder |
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Josh Inglis |
Wicket Keeper |
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All-rounder |
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Suryansh Shedge |
All-rounder |
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Bowler |
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Xavier Barlett |
Bowler |
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Yuzvendra Chahal |
Bowler |
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Nehal Wadhera |
Impact Player |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Playing XI
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Player |
Specialty |
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Batter |
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Virat Kohli |
Batter |
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Wicketkeeper-Batter |
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Devdutt Padikkal |
Batter |
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Liam Livingstone |
All-rounder |
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Jitesh Sharma |
Wicketkeeper-Batter |
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Krunal Pandya |
All-rounder |
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Tim Davis |
Batter |
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Bowler |
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
Bowler |
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Yash Dayal |
Bowler |
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Suyash Sharma |
Impact Player |
The road to qualification is relatively easy for both teams, given their performance so far. Punjab needs just three more big victories, while RCB can also qualify easily with four more victories in the upcoming seven games
Punjab Kings: IPL 2025 Squad
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Shreyas Iyer |
| Wicketkeepers | Josh Inglis, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod |
| Batters | Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Shashank Singh |
| All-rounders | Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge |
| Bowlers | Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Yash Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: IPL 2025 Squad
| Role | Players |
|---|---|
| Captain | Virat Kohli |
| Wicketkeepers | Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma |
| Batters | Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara |
| All-rounders | Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell |
| Bowlers | Josh Hazlewood, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Yash Dayal |
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