PBKS vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Punjab Kings by 7 wickets

Jitesh Sharma finishes it off with a six over deep mid-wicket. RCB win this by 7 wickets.

Patidar has been dismissed. He holes this out to long-on.

Kohli gets to his fifty with a single. A well-measured half-ton from the former RCB skipper. This is his 67th fifty-plus score in IPL, the most now.

Brar has broken this stand. A much-needed wicket, but it might have come a bit late. Padikkal has holed it out to long-on.

Padikkal gets to his fifty. A 30-ball half-ton for him as he absorbs the applause from the dressing room. RCB are very much in control here. 

Kohli is eyeing a fifty here. He holds the key for RCB if they have to win this. 

RCB are off to a fine start despite losing Salt here. Kohli and Padikkal are keeping RCB in control

The RCB openers are out in the middle. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli. They will look for a strong start to help RCB chase this down.

A six from Jansen to finish the things off. Punjab have 157 in their bank. These are not many runs, but the pitch seems to be having something in it for the bowlers. A decent score in that sense.

Suyash is on a roll here. A slight dip in his pace, and goes with his googly to cut Stoinis into two halves and break his stumps. PBKS now in big trouble.

That's a big blow. Suyash cleans up Inglis with a fast leggie that deceived the Punjab batter. PBKS now 5 down. Stoinis is in.

Josh Inglis is doing well here. He has scooped and reverse scooped one for two fours already. Punjab have gone past 100 and still have some batting left. 

Another one gone. Shreyas is dismissed too. A top catch from Krunal Pandya. He ran in some hard yards from long-on to take a well-judged catch. PBKS are now 3 down inside the first 10.

Krunal Pandya comes and strikes in his first over. An arm ball that went with the angle. Priyansh wanted to slog it up top-edged this as Tim David settles under it. PBKS lose their first opener. 

The two Punjab openers are going well, as they have been while batting first in previous matches too. They have put up 41 in the first 4 overs.

Prabhsimran and Priyansh Arya are out in the middle. Bhuvneshwar has the new ball in his hand. Off we go

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

RCB's XI: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

PBKS' XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

We also wanted to bowl. At the end of the day you always have to adapt according to the situation. Important to give ourselves some time, see how the ball is moving. It's the first afternoon game for us. Hopefully we get a good total on the board. The support we got, especially in the last game in this stadium, was outstanding. Same team.

We're going to bowl first. Wicket looks decent, won't change much. Batting second will give more clarity about the game and the wicket. We're not looking at venues, just trying to play good cricket. Shepherd comes in for Livi.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl first.

The venue has hosted three matches so far this season and all of them have been won by team batting first. In fact, PBKS defended 111 runs against KKR in the previous fixture at the venue. The first two matches here witnessed 200+ totals batting first. The average score in IPL 2025 is 178 but if the pitch is good, 200 is likely to be the par score. The team winning the toss is expected to bat first.

Punjab Kings have won 18 out of 34 matches played against RCB so far in IPL history.

On the other hand, RCB have won 16 of them and would be keen on reducing the deficit today.

It is yet another double-header day in IPL 2025. Punjab Kings will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 37th match of the Indian Premier League in Mullanpur. Both teams played on Friday and Punjab won that clash in RCB's homeground. Will RCB retaliate and make a comeback? Remember, PBKS skittled KKR for just 95 runs in the previous game here. On the other hand, RCB have won all their away matches this season so far. It is set to be an enthralling game between these teams. Stay tuned for more updates.