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RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025 final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings preview, Dream 11 predictions, head-to-head

RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025 final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been the better side in the meetings between the two this season.

June 03, 2025 / 09:41 IST
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RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025 final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings preview, Dream 11 predictions, head-to-head
RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025 final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings preview, Dream 11 predictions, head-to-head (BCCI/AP Photo)

RCB vs PBKS, IPL 2025 final: Virat Kohli's nearly two-decade-long agonizing wait to hold an IPL trophy with Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face Shreyas Iyer's determination to turn the tenacious Punjab Kings into first-time winners when the 18th season finale of the world's biggest T20 league takes place in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Thousands of supporters may don jersey number 18 to cheer on Kohli, who will be competing in an IPL final for the fourth time in his career, at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Given that it will be Kohli's final appearance on the cricket field for some time — he recently retired from Test cricket — and that India's next ODI assignment is still a few months away, emotions among his supporters will undoubtedly be running high.

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RCB have been clinical throughout, putting an end to the problems that marred their past seasons and defeated Punjab by eight wickets in a lopsided Qualifier 1 to reach the final. Despite the humiliating loss at their home ground in Mullanpur, Iyer's Kings showed no signs of weakness as they defeated five-time champion Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 2 to get to their first final in eleven years.