RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: The final match of the 18th season of IPL will be played on June 3 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST. Rajat Patidar will be captaining the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, while Shreyas Iyer will be leading the Punjab Kings. In this article, we will talk about the head to head records, pitch report, weather forecast and playing XI of both teams.
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RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: Head-To-Head Records
In the last 17 seasons of IPL, 36 matches have been played between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings so far. Out of these, RCB has won 18 matches, while PBKS has emerged victorious in 18 matches. During these matches, RCB’s highest score against Punjab has been 241 runs, while PBKS’s highest score against Bengaluru has been 232 runs. On the other hand, RCB’s lowest score against the Kings is 84 runs, while PBKS’s lowest score against the Royal Challengers is 88 runs.
RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: Pitch Report at Narendra Modi Stadium
The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium has proved to be batters-friendly, as seen in Qualifier 2, where both teams crossed the 200-run mark. Mumbai Indians scored 203, but Punjab achieved it in just 19 overs. The team batting first has won 6 out of 8 matches played on this ground in IPL 2025, but PBKS chased a target of more than 200 runs in the last match and showed that the toss does not have much impact on the match.
More than 400 runs were scored in the second qualifier match played on this ground. There is a rain of runs here and the same is expected in the final match as well. Both the teams have some big hitters who can score runs fast on this ground and create a havoc. The bowlers will get help only in the initial overs. The team whose bowlers bowl well and concede less runs is sure to win. That is, the victory here depends on the bowlers.
RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: Weather Forecast in Ahmedabad
According to the weather forecast, the temperature in Ahmedabad will be around 36°C at the start of the match, which may drop to 31°C by the end of the match. The humidity level will be between 52% to 63%. The sky will be mostly cloudy, although the chance of rain is only between 2% to 5%. It rained here in Qualifier-2 and due to this the match was delayed by two hours and 15 minutes. The clouds are likely to remain clear and there is no possibility of rain.
IPL 2025 is now nearing its end. Both the finalist teams of this season have been decided. Now on June 3, there will be a title clash between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. This time one thing is certain that IPL is going to get a new champion. Both teams will be eyeing their first title. PBKS had earlier missed the title in 2014 while RCB had come close to it in 2009, 2011 and 2016. However, today once again a team’s dream will be shattered and a team will create history.
RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: Probable Playing XI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Probable Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood.
Impact Player: Suyash Sharma
Punjab Kings Probable Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player: Vijaykumar Vyshak
RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Final: Full Squads of Bengaluru and Punjab
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad for IPL 2025
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Blessing Muzarabani, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
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Punjab Kings Squad for IPL 2025
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash