IPL Playoffs 2025, PBKS vs RCB Highlights: Bangalore book finale ticket with commanding win over Punjab

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Rajat Patidar smashes a boundary against Musheer, then closes the match in style by hitting a six. RCB complete the paltry 102 chase with 60 balls to spare and win by 8 wickets. RCB are into the IPL 2025 finals.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Phil Salt continues to run the show and reaches his half-century in 23 balls. He then smashes Harpreet Brar for a boundary. RCB reach 92/2 in 9 overs.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Punjab try Musheer Khan, who is hit for a six straight down the park by Mayank Agarwal. The shot also brings up the 50-run partnership between him and Phil Salt. Agarwal then hits a boundary in the next ball. The fifth delivery, however, results in another wicket as Agarwal is caught by Shreyas Iyer for 19(13). RCB: 85/2 (8 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Punjab introduce spin as Harpreet Brar joins the attack. He is hit for a six by Phil Salt as RCB move to 72/1 in 7 overs.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Mayank Agarwal and Phil Salt combine to hit Kyle Jamieson for three fours and a maximum in the final over of the powerplay. 21 runs come off it as RCB race to 61/1.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: PBKS take a review against Mayank Agarwal, who is beaten in the final delivery of the over bowled by Kyle Jamieson. UltraEdge confirmed there was no waste, so a review is burned.

The next over by Azmatullah Omarzai also beats the outside edge of Phil Salt and PBKS players get excited. However, this time no review was taken and the batter gets a boundary in the next delivery. RCB 34/1 (4.4 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Kyle Jamieson draws first blood. Bounce, movement and Kohli tries to poke the delivery outside off with no movement. A reminder of the Australia series as Kohli is caught-behind for run-a-ball 12. RCB: 30/1 (3.2 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Phil Salt joins the show and gets enough connection to send a short ball by Arshdeep for a four and then ends the over with a maximum. RCB: 30/0 (3 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Kyle Jamieson leads the attack from the other end as Virat Kohli gets another boundary. RCB race to 17/0 after 2 overs.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: The chase begins as Virat Kohli gets a boundary against Arshdeep Singh. 11 runs come off the first over as RCB chase 102.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Josh Hazlewood finishes with three wickets as he removes Azmatullah Omarzai for 18(12), who is brilliantly caught by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. That will be the end of PBKS innings, who are bundled out for 101 in 14.1 overs.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Romario Shepherd also joins the wicket-list and strikes in his first over. He gets rid of tailender Harpreet Brar for 4(11). PBKS: 101/9 (14 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score:  Bangalore continue to build pressure as Azmatullah Omarzai and Harpreet Brar try to make a match out of it. But it won't be enough it seems like. Meanwhile, the Afghan all-rounder hits Suyash for a six. PBKS: 92/8 (12.4 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: The wickets continue to tumble as Marcus Stoinis runs out of patience and goes for a big swing only to miss the ball by Suyash Sharma, who crashes on to the stumps. He falls for 26(17). PBKS: 78/8 (10.3 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Marcus Stoinis charges down the track against Krunal Pandya and sends the ball over the bowler's head for a maximum. PBKS: 71/7 in 10 overs.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Suyash Sharma picks his second wicket in the same over as Punjab Kings' impact substitute Musheer Khan is trapped LBW for 0(3). PBKS: 60/7 (8.5 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: This is turning out to be a disaster for Punjab Kings, who are now 6 down for 60 in the 9th over. Suyash Sharma joins the attack and cleans up Shashank Singh for 3(5). PBKS: 60/6 (8.2 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Punjab have lost half the side with just 50 on board. Yash Dayal castles Nehal Wadhera for 8(10).

Hazlewood is then hit for a boundary by Marcus Stoinis, who is joined by Shashank Singh at the other end. PBKS: 59/5 (8 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: The damage continues as Josh Hazlewood gets rid of his countryman Josh Inglis for 4(7). The batter fails to deal with the extra bounce and is caught Bhuvneshwar at long leg's throat.

Marcus Stoinis joins Nehal Wadhera in the middle. PBKS: 42/4 (5.4 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Josh Hazlewood strikes in his first over as PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer is caught-behind for 2(3).

Nehal Wadhera and Josh Inglis are batting in the middle as Punjab badly need a rescue act.

Meanwhile, Yash Dayal oversteps in the next over and the free-hit delivery is struck for a boundary by Wadhera. PBKS: 36/3 (4.2 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Yash Dayal ends the over with a back of a length delivery, which is whacked over long leg for a maximum. A good start to the over but not the ideal end.

Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar continues from the other end and hits a boundary towards long-off. He then hits the senior pacer for another boundary, this time by charging down the track and clearing mid-on, which was enough to send the ball towards the boundary ropes.

However, Bhuvneshwar responds with a wicket as Prabhsimran is caught-behind in the final ball of the third over. He falls for 18(10). PBKS: 27/2 (3 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Yash Dayal strikes in the first ball as Priyansh Arya hands a straightforward catch to Krunal Pandya at covers. The opener falls for 7(5). PBKS: 9/1 (1.2 overs)

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh kick-off the proceedings as Bhuvneshwar Kumar opens the attack for RCB.

He starts with a tidy over but gets hit for a boundary by Priyansh, who pushed it wide off the fielder at point and beats the fielder near the boundary ropes. PBKS: 8/0 (1 over)

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Royal Challengers Bengaluru win toss, opt to bowl against Punjab Kings.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: As per an input on Cricbuzz, Blessing Muzarabani was the first to train from the RCB camp. Josh Hazlewood too was seen doing his stretches under the supervision of trainer Shanker Basu. Tim David was out too but he was rather looking at others practice from a distance.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Despite Shreyas Iyer's stellar show, he hasn't replicated the same against RCB, getting out on single-digit scores twice this season.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Shreyas Iyer, on the other hand, is also enjoying a dream season - both in terms of batting and captaincy. Shreyas has strike-rate of 148.38 in Powerplay, it increases to 164.57 in middle-overs and then 216.12 in the death overs.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Virat Kohli is known to be a chase master and he has proved time and again, why he is regarded as the best in business. This season too Kohli has scored 342 runs in 6 innings at an average of 114 and strike rate of 144.30 while chasing.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Virat Kohli has been enjoying purple patch in the ongoing edition of the T20 tournament and boasts of an impressive record against Punjab Kings. The talisman has 1104 runs from 34 innings against them, which includes one century and five half-centuries. His strike rate is 133.49.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Meanwhile, RCB will be boosted with Josh Hazlewood's return to fitness. He can prove to be a lethal option against PBKS, especially against their skipper Shreyas Iyer - who has dismissed thrice in 19 deliveries against the Aussie.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: The weather at Mullanpur is expected to be hot with no signs of rain.

But if it does rain and the match is abandoned because of it, PBKS will march into the finals, owing to their superior position on the points table.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Key battles to look forward...

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has dismissed Prabhsimran Singh four times in 46 balls in all T20s.

Against Shreyas Iyer - 45 runs off 50 balls, 3 dismissals.

Bhuvneshwar also has a dot ball percentage of 50.6 in the PowerPlay

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Both RCB and PBKS will miss the services of a few players heading into the high-stake battle.

For PBKS, Marco Jansen is unavailable as the South Africa pacer has returned home to prepare for the upcoming World Test Championship final against Australia, starting on June 11 in London.

Meanwhile, it'll be interesting to see if Tim David has recovered from a hamstring, which he pulled in the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The injury forced him to miss RCB's final league match against Lucknow Super Giants. Also who'll be leading RCB - Rajat Patidar or Jitesh Sharma? RCB regular skipper has been taking part as an Impact Substitute and his full-time participation remains a suspense.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: If we look at the head-to-head record between the two, there is not much to separate. PBKS have won 18 times and RCB have emerged victorious on 17 occasions. The last time the two met at this venue, it was RCB who won the match.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Both teams head into the match on the back of commanding wins. Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians to secured the pole position, while RCB beat Lucknow Super Giants to finish second, which was also the final league fixture.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak/Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Rajat Patidar, Mayank Agarawal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (c), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara/Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: The duo of Ricky Ponting and Shreyas Iyer has been a hit for Punjab Kings, who qualified for the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. Can they now lead the franchise to their maiden IPL glory? Chances of it appear solid considering their supreme show in the tournament, which reflects on the points table.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: This year both teams finished top (PBKS) and second (RCB). Although the two teams had the exact number of points (19), they are separated by Net Run-Rate (NRR). However, points and NRR will only matter now if there is a complete washout.

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Both teams are yet to lift their maiden IPL title but they know the experience of being in the final.

Kings XI Punjab - the erstwhile name of PBKS - finished runners-up in 2014

RCB did it thrice in 2009, 2011 and 2016

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: The winner of the match will automatically qualify for the final, which the loser will get another chance to reach the finals.

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Tim Seifert, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Blessing Muzarabani, Tim David, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh

PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Hello and welcome to the Live Coverage of the Indian Premier League match between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, which will be played in Mullanpur. The action starts at 7:30 pm and toss will take place at 7:00 pm.