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Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Fantasy IPL [What to Watch Out for In IPL 2025]

The ferocious RCB Bangalore will face the amazing Punjab Kings in the T20 Premier League. The teams have international cricket stars.
The PBKS vs RCB matches have always been a treat to watch. In the 2024 IPL Season, PBKS won 5 out of 14 matches and RCB won 7 out of 14 matches. However, the Royal Challengers Bangalore seemed to have an edge over the Punjab Kings in the IPL standings, securing the fourth position while PBKS had to settle for the ninth position in the IPL 2024 points table.
Royal Challengers Bangalore undoubtedly played well in the TATA IPL 2024 season. Punjab Kings played against Royals Challengers Bangalore twice in 2024 and lost both of the matches. RCB has been doing better than Punjab Kings.
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Head to Head record of Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore played 33 matches. Punjab Kings won 17 matches, and Royal Challengers Bangalore won 16.
Both teams have displayed amazing performance in all matches. Both teams have strong squads and have played well in previous IPL seasons. Punjab Kings won one more game than Kolkata Knight Riders, but both teams had comparable performances. The result of the matches between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore is as follows:
Total Matches Won by Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by Punjab Kings NR
33 16 17 0
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Team Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2025

Batters Allrounders Bowlers
Rajat Patidar Liam Livingstone Josh Hazlewood
Virat Kohli Krunal Pandya Rasikh Dar
Phil Salt Swapnil Singh Suyash Sharma
Jitesh Sharma Tim David Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Devdutt Padikkal Romario Shepherd Nuwan Thushara
Swastik Chhikara Manoj Bhandage Lungi Ngidi
Jacob Bethell Abhinandan Singh
Mohit Rathee
Yash Dayal

Top performers in batting from Royal Challengers Bangalore till IPL 2024

Additionally, Chris Gayle (175*), AB de Villiers (133*) were some of the best batsmen in the history of RCB, who scored the highest runs from RCB.

Best Bowlers: Most Wickets of All Time taken by RCB Players till IPL 2024

  • Mohammad Siraj- 83
  • Glenn Maxwell- 18
  • Karn Sharma- 17

Team Punjab Kings in IPL 2025

Batters Allrounders Bowlers
Shreyas Iyer Marcus Stoinis Arshdeep Singh
Nehal Wadhera Glenn Maxwell Yuzvendra Chahal
Vishnu Vinod Harpreet Brar Vyshak Vijay Kumar
Josh Inglis Marco Jansen Yash Thakur
Harnoor Pannu Azmatullah Omarzai Lockie Ferguson
Pyla Avinash Priyansh Arya Kuldeep Sen
Prabhsimran Singh Aaron Hardie Xavier Bartlett
Shashank Singh Musheer Khan Pravin Dubey
Suryansh Shedge

Top performers in batting from Punjab Kings till IPL 2024

Additionally, Virendra Sehwag (122) and Shikhar Dhawan (99*) were some of the best batsmen in the history of PBKS.

Target IPL 2025

The 18th edition of the IPL 2025 is set to kick off on March 22nd, with the grand finale scheduled for May 25th of the same year. The first match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata between KKR and RCB.
The last head-to-head matches between the two teams, Punjab vs Bangalore, have been nothing short of intense! Both teams have been putting on their best performances, making it an absolute treat for cricket fans. Last year in the IPL 2024, RCB emerged victorious in both the matches played between them.
With the upcoming IPL 2025 season just around the corner, we can already feel the excitement building up. It's going to be another nail-biting competition, with both teams giving their all. Will RCB continue their winning streak this year, or will Punjab Kings come out on top? Only time will tell!

Retained players For IPL 2025

Punjab Kings: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal

List of Players Released by PBKS Ahead of the IPL 2024

Mohit Rathee Baltej Dhanda Raj Angad Bawa
Shahrukh Khan Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Retained players by Royal Challengers Bangalore

Here's the full list of players retained by RCB for IPL 2024:
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (from SRH), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green

List of Players Released by RCB Ahead of the IPL 2024

Wanindu Hasaranga Harshal Patel Josh Hazlewood
Finn Allen Michael Bracewell David Willey
Wayne Parnell Sonu Yadav Avinash Singh
Siddharth Kaul Kedar Jadhav
It will be interesting to see PBKS vs RCB playing against each other. Both the teams have the best players of the IPL series, and there is no doubt that the match will be epic, fantasy cricket fans would know!
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