IPL 2025, RCB vs PBKS, Match-34: Pitch Report of Chinnaswamy Stadium, both playing xi

Delhi: The 34th match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 18th season (IPL 2025) of the Indian Premier League is to be played on 18 April 2025 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The domestic dominance of Royal Challengers Bangalore for this game to be held at the prestigious M Chinnaswamy Stadium will be against the aggressive nature of Punjab Kings. If seen at this time, RCB’s team is at number three in the points table by taking 8 points with four wins and two defeats in 6 matches. Punjab Kings are at number four with four points with four wins and two defeats in 6 matches, but RCB’s net run rate is better than Punjab King. In such a situation, this fight will also be to come up in the points table, which is considered very interesting and interesting. RCB’s team will be very positive in this match by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets in their last match. Let us know the pitch report for this match and the possible playing 11 of both teams.

Extremely balanced Is Punjab Kings of Team

This season, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings (PBKS) are doing very well forgetting their previous IPL season. The team has a good batsman in which captain Shreyas is running in the best form. This time the depth of batting is also seen in the Punjab Kings team. The team has strong batsmen like Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh and Nehal Badhera who have the ability to destroy any opposition bowler. Apart from these batsmen, the best openers like Prabh Simran Singh and Josh English are also part of the team. However, the biggest challenge of this team can be a lack of a reliable opener. If you talk about bowling, Pesar is showing good for pacemen teams like Arshdeep Singh and Marco Yansenon and the best game is seen in the death over. The kind of storm that Yuzvendra Chahal created against Kolkata Knight Riders, now he has also returned to his farm which will have great hope against RCB. This time Punjab Kings are seen with a strong and balanced team.

RCB Too Is Strong Contenders

Under the captaincy of Rajat Patidar, this season RCB is showing the best game where the bowling and batting attack of the team is doing wonders in every match. The team has an opening combination like Virat Kohli and Phil Salat. In the last match against Rajasthan Royals, both these players had done half -centuries. The same Devdutt Padikkal is also seen in the amazing form at this time. In the middle order, the team is getting full support of Leium Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma with captain Rajat Patidar. At the same time, the trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal and Krunal Pandya is rocking the bowling.

pitch Report

This pitch is very suitable for batting. Black and red earthen pitch is a favorite of fast bowlers due to good bounce, but the special thing in this pitch is that this is a flat pitch where the ball does not move even a slight movement. There is a little help for the fast bowlers here, but it is difficult for the spin bowlers to take wickets here. The highest team and private score in the history of IPL were made on this ground. Bangalore scored 263 runs here. It is beneficial to win the toss and bat in the second innings because the team achieves a faster by chasing the target. Not only this, there is something else in the evening game, due to which it is favorable for another team to bat in the second innings.

Head-to-head record

In the IPL, 33 matches have been played between the two teams, out of which Royal Challengers Bangalore has won 16 while Punjab Kings have won 17 matches.

Match details

Both Teams of potential Playing 11

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