IPL 2025: Match 34, RCB vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are third in the points table with four wins and two losses in six matches
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on Punjab Kings in the 34th match of the IPL 2025. This match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 74 matches will be played across 13 cities over the next two months as the IPL fever kicks off. Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad on May 20 and 21, respectively. Qualifier 2, on May 23, and the final on May 25, will be in Kolkata.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are third in the points table with four wins and two losses in six matches. They beat Rajasthan Royals in the previous match by 8 wickets. Both their losses so far this season have come at home and that is something that RCB would want to rectify going forward.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs in the previous match. They defended a target of 111 runs which is the lowest total defended in the history of IPL and will be high on confidence. They are placed fourth in the table with four wins and two losses in six matches. This should be a closely fought game.
Match Information
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, Match 34
Indian Premier League, 18 Apr 2025, Fri, 7:30 PM IST, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Live Stream
Jio Hotstar
Weather Report
Rain
22.3°C
86% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
PD Salt (wk), JM Sharma, RM Patidar (C), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, LS Livingstone, KH Pandya, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, B Kumar
Bench : S Chikara, M Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Jacob Bethell, Romario Shepherd, Mohit Rathee, L Ngidi, Rasikh Salam, Suyash Sharma, N Thushara, A Singh
Punjab Kings
P Simran Singh (wk), S Iyer (C), N Wadhera, GJ Maxwell, Shashank Singh, MP Stoinis, M Jansen, LH Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Xavier Bartlett
Bench : Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishnu Vinod, JP Inglis, P Arya, Suryansh Shedge, AM Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Musheer Khan, P Dubey, Harpreet Brar, KR Sen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, YS Thakur
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
50%
Pace Bowling
50%
Spin Bowling
55%
Batting Pitch
171
Average Score
45%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks


Shreyas Iyer PBKS | BAT
Shreyas Iyer has scored 250 runs in five matches at an average of 83 and a strike rate of 208 so far in this edition. He will be a good captaincy pick.


Virat Kohli RCB | BAT
Virat Kohli is the leading run-getter in this history of IPL with more than 8000 runs. He will be a good captaincy pick for this match.
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Suyash Sharma
RCB | BOWL


Yash Thakur
PBKS | BAT
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