IPL 2025, PBKS vs. RCB, Qualifier 1: Pitch Report of Mullanpur Stadium, both playing xi

Delhi, The thrill of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League has now reached its playoffs. Where the first qualifier match is to be played between Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium. The lineup of both teams is strong. Punjab Kings remain a table topper by winning 9 matches at this time. On the other hand, RCB has also won 9 matches and confirmed its place in second place in the points table. Last time, when the two teams were fought among themselves, the Punjab Kings team faced defeat by seven wickets where the first qualifier seems to be very exciting. Let us know what is the pitch report for this match and the potential playing 11 of both teams.

pitch Report

The pitch of this stadium is helpful for both bowlers and batsmen. However, the batsman gets a little more help. On this pitch, the ball comes well on the bat. Fast bowlers get more help from this pitch than spinner. Spinners also prove to be quite economical here. Overall, it proves to be a great pitch to play cricket. So far, there have been only three matches in this stadium. So it is difficult to guess how the pitch will behave, but in the last three matches it has been very low scoring surface.

Punjab Kings Of For Strong Raised it Season

This has been the best season of Punjab Kings since 2014 where it has reached the playoffs. With the defeat of Mumbai Indians at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Punjab Kings confirmed their place in qualifier-1. The team has shown their strong performance in every field against Mumbai Indians. If seen this season, Shreyas Iyer has proved to be the biggest X factor for the team. At the same time, players like Prabhasimran Singh, Nehal Vadhera, Josh English, Marx Stinis and Shashank Singh continued their best game for the team for the entire season. This is the reason that the team has made its place in the first qualifier. Apart from this, if we talk about the bowling department, bowlers like Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Sen have continuously worked to bring depth in their team’s bowling lineup.

RCB will be targeted to play final

For Royal Challengers Bangalore also, if this season is spectacular, then there will be no wrong, which has shown a strong game. The team won its most recent match of this tournament against Lucknow Supergiants. The kind of game that RCB has shown this season, its fans are quite proud, which is a mixed team full of experienced and talented players. Virat Kohli is the biggest game changer for the team, which remains an orange cap holder. Apart from this, there are many players like Phil Shault, Jitesh Sharma and Liam Livingstone who have played a match winning innings for their team many times. If you take a look at the bowling department, the team has strong bowling department like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hedlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal and Lungi Angidi, which has done well for the team from the beginning. Given the form and abilities of both the teams, it is likely to be a very close match where it will be interesting to see whose strategy is overshadowed by.

Head Two Head Record

In the IPL, a total of 35 matches have been played between the two teams (RCB Vs Pbks) so far, out of which Punjab Kings have won 18 matches while Royal Challengers Bangalore won 17 matches.

Match details

Both Teams of potential Playing 11

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