PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer (left) and RCB skipper Rajat Patidar at the toss. Photo: BCCI
RCB vs PBKS: Punjab opt to bowl in 14-over contest
PBKS made two changes, bringing back Marcus Stoinis and Harpreet Brar. Glenn Maxwell was dropped. RCB are unchanged
Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl in a rain-shortened IPL 2025 game against hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday night (April 18).
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The match will begin at 9:45 PM with 14 overs per side at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Earlier, rain had delayed the toss, and it took place at 9:30 PM.
PBKS made two changes, bringing back Marcus Stoinis and Harpreet Brar. Out-of-form Glenn Maxwell was dropped. RCB are unchanged.
As per the revised playing conditions, there will be four overs of Powerplay. Four bowlers can bowl a maximum of three overs each.
Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.
Impact Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey.