Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Punjab Kings Live Streaming: Head To Head, Weather, Pitch Report - All You Need To Know

Two in-form teams clash in the Indian Premier League 2025 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on Punjab Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.  (LIVE Blog | Full Coverage | Points Table | Cricket News)

Both the sides currently have four wins and two losses from their six games this season and only Net Run Rate keeps them apart on the points table.

After winning the first two games of the season, RCB have won and lost in alternative games. In their last match, they easily defeated Rajasthan Royals. The batting looks solid for RCB and their fast bowling led by Josh Hazlewood also packs a punch.

Punjab Kings would be high on confidence after managing to defend 111 against Kolkata Knight Riders in their last game. It is now the record for the lowest total ever defended in IPL. While the Indian batters like Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Prabhsimran Singh and Nehal Wadhera have done well, Glenn Maxwell has not impressed for Punjab yet again this year.

With Yuzvendra Chahal coming into form against KKR, the bowling attack of PBKS looks even better. They would also like to play Harpreet Brar who has done well against RCB in recent years.

Check out all the important details ahead of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2025 match.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Punjab Kings Pitch Report

Bengaluru has hosted only two games so far and both times, the team batting first struggled to score big. The surface at the M Chinnaswamy has not been flat as usual and both teams would like to bowl first after winning the toss to assess the conditions.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Punjab Kings Weather Report

The skies are predicted to be a bit cloudy and the temperature would remain below 30C during the match time. It will be humid with 25% chances of precipitation.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Punjab Kings Head To Head

RCB 16-17 PBKS

Even though Punjab have a one-game lead in the head to head record, the last time they won against RCB was in 2022. Since then, both teams have played thrice and RCB have defeated PBKS all three times.

Also at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, PBKS last beat RCB way back in 2017.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Punjab Kings Live Streaming

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2025 match 34 will be available for telecast on the Star Sports Network. JioHotstar will stream the RCB vs PBKS match live.

The match takes place Friday, April 18 from 7:30pm IST.