IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 pbks vs rcb: The first qualifier match will be played on Thursday in the Indian Premier League. The match will be held between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium in Mohali. The winning team will directly enter the finals. While the losing team will get another chance to go to the title match.
Both head to head records
The PBKS vs RCB match will be played on Thursday 29 May at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium in Mohali. The match will start at 7:30 pm. While the toss of the match will be at 7 pm. Punjab vs Bangalore match will be broadcast live on Star Sports Network. The live streaming of the match will be on Jio Hotstar. So far, a total of 35 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Of them, 17 matches have been won by Bengaluru and 18 matches have been won by Punjab. There has always been a collision between the two teams.
Mullanpur Cricket Stadium Pitch
The pitch of this stadium is considered favorable to batsmen. The batsmen may get help in the pitch initially. The team will have to take advantage of this in the powerplay. After that spinners can get a lot of help in the middle overs. As the match progresses, the pitch will slow down. The bowlers have been dominating the field this season. Due to that, even today, batsmen can be difficult. The team that batted first on this ground reached 190-200. So the team chasing the target will be difficult. Here this season has won 3 of the 4 matches this season.
This will be such a weather in qualifier-1
There is a possibility of light drizzle during the Punjab vs Bengaluru match. On Thursday, Mohali will be cloudy. But according to the Meteorological Department, there is no forecast of heavy rains. For this reason, a full game of 20-20 overs is expected to be held in Mohali. During this time the temperature will be up to 37 degrees Celsius. The winds are expected to run at a speed of 14 kilometers per hour. In the last match, captain Rajat Patidar played but could not do fielding. Therefore, Jitesh Sharma had commanded the command. Today it has to be seen who the command of RCB in qualifier-1 is in his hand.
Qualifier-1 match pride
There can be a competition of thorns in this match. Punjab is expected to win, as the team will play matches on the home ground. Once again, the Punjab team can win in Mullanpur.
RCB’s possible playing XI- Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Tim CFT, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yash Dayal.
Punjab Kings potential playing XI– Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Josh England, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Ajmatullah Umarjai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.
