Punjab Kings have been playing a bit up and down. They have three wins in their last five games. They are coming off a two match winning streak against Kolkata and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have had a mixed journey. They are winning alternative matches their last few matches. RCB have two wins in their last five games.
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh has seen only 8 matches so far. Teams batting first have won more often, winning five games while the team batting second could only win three matches. The average first innings score is around 172. The pitch generally helps the batters early on, but chasing can be tricky. Punjab Kings even scored a big 219 here once!
Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played 34 matches in the IPL. Punjab has won 18 times, while Bengaluru has won 16. In their last meeting in IPL 2025, PBKS won the match by 5 wickets. RCB’s batting collapsed in that match making it easy for Punjab Kings to win the match.
Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey
Injury Update: None
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal
Impact Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
Injury Updates: None
Shreyas Iyer has scored just 5 runs from 16 balls against Josh Hazlewood. He got out 3 times and hasn’t hit any boundaries. This was an exciting battle to watch in the last match as well where Hazlewood dismissed Iyer after giving just two runs in four balls.
Arshdeep Singh has been bowling really well for Punjab Kings. He picked up 2 wickets against RCB and bowled a great spell against KKR. He is very good at using the pitch to his advantage. He can bowl in the death and in the initial overs as well increasing his potential to get wickets. Arshdeep is one of the most trusted bowlers for his team.
Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant knock of 82 runs against SRH and a 97 not out against Gujarat Titans. However he could not impress in the other few matches. Even if he had a few low scores, he can bounce back anytime. He is a smart captain and a strong middle-order batter for Punjab Kings.
Virat Kohli has shown his superstar form this season with a solid 67 against Mumbai and an unbeaten 62 against Rajasthan. He is the backbone of RCB’s batting. He is the top run scorer for RCB this season and ranked sixth in the orange cap list. He will be eager to make a solid comeback against Punjab Kings after a 1 run innings in the last match against them.
Hazlewood is the leading wicket-taker for RCB this season, picking up 12 wickets in seven matches. He took 3 wickets in the last match and is always tough to score against. His line and length make it hard for batters. He is one of the best fast bowlers in the league. Josh will be an important pick if RCB bowl first in this game.
Phil Salt has been giving RCB great starts, especially with a powerful 65 against RR. He is an attacking opener and can hit big shots from the first ball. Salt adds fire to the RCB top order.
Nehal Wadhera is doing really well for Punjab Kings with smart and quick runs. His 62 and recent 33 not out* show he can finish games calmly. He is turning into a dependable batter for his team.
Rasikh Dar Salam and Suryansh Shedge should be avoided in your Dream11 team for this match. Both players have not made an impact so far and are unlikely to feature in the playing XI.
Keeper: Phil Salt, Prabsimran Singh
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Priyansh Arya
All-rounders: Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Yuzvendra Chahal
Keeper: Josh Inglis
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Priyansh Arya, Devdutt Padikkal
All-rounders: Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
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