Royal Challengers Bangalore will host Punjab Kings in match number 34 IPL 2025Currently, the two teams are separated from the net run rate on the points table with four wins in just six matches.
Both teams won their latest match as Punjab Kings pulled the changes of the season against KKR in Mulanpur defending the Loight Kul in the history of IPL. Harshit Rana's Powerplay Strike helped KKR deny a strong opening partnership before Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarni, which handled PBK to restrict to reduce one.
KKR was well set on the path of victory despite the two openers losing batsmen cheaply, thanks to a strong third wicket partnership. Enter Yuzvendra Chahal. Leg-spinner engineers a dramatic middle-order collapse, which lost KKR six wickets for only 17 runs in 31 balls. Andre Russell opened the game with 17 runs, but Vaibhav Arora sucked Hope from the knight's camp from Arshdeep Singh's wicket-direction. Russell pushed Marco Jansen to his stumps as PBKS pulled an heir.
RCB had a low adrenaline -pumping and easy time in his final game – against RR in Jaipur. Yahsavi Jaiswal also made an outstanding fifty, as the rest of his companions could not press at the benefit between some tight bowling from RCB. Phil Salat went to Powerplay after a relatively small target and placed RCB firmly in front of the game. Virat Kohli was also put in a fifty and Devdutt Padikal in the finishing touch.
As this top of table clash Bacons, RCB will have to struggle with the fact that they are yet to win a game in their home ground, MPL 2025 M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
M. of Bengaluru. IPL records and data at Chinnaswamy Stadium
This year, the Chinnaswamy track has a little bit for bowlers over the years. This game can also provide something on similar lines.
| Play matches |
96 |
| Matches bat first |
41 |
| Match won second by batting | 51 |
| Match without any result | 04 |
| Tied matches | 01 |
| Average first innings score | 178 |
| The highest team total | 287 |
| The highest total pursued successfully | 213 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Punjab Kings Battle, 34 matches of IPL 2025:
1. Rajat Patidar vs Yuzvendra Chahal
Chahal is still the highest wicket of RCB in the IPL despite not playing for him since 2021. At that time, RCB's current skipper has a reputation to play spin well, and he has managed to dominate Chahal for most parts in the IPL. Patidar has scored 32 runs in 17 balls against Chahal, without dismissing the strike rate of 188.23.
2. Glenn Maxwell vs Bhubaneswar Kumar
Maxwells are sterling for this season, and Bhubaneswar will not be able to make things easy for them. So far in the IPL, Maxwell has scored 39 runs in 34 balls at a strike rate of 114.70, while average of 19.50 has been dismissed twice.
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