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Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru players: The first match of the Sunday (20 April) doubleheader in the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The PBKS vs RCB match will be played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur at 3.30 PM IST.
It will be the second meeting between PBKS and RCB in 48 hours after Punjab defeated Bengaluru by five wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday. In that match, RCB were restricted to just 95/9 as Punjab bowlers, including Yuzvendra Chahal, had a great outing on a smaller ground. Punjab Kings completed the chase in 12.
1 overs with Nehal Wadhera smashing 33 not out. Revenge will be on RCB’s mind when they take on PBKS on Sunday. Punjab Kings’ predicted playing XI for RCB match: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis(wk), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru predicted playing XI for PBKS match: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal. In the first match of IPL 2025 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Rajasthan Royals smashed 205 batting first and won by 50 runs against PBKS. The second match saw PBKS and Chennai Super Kings score 200-plus each as Punjab won but in the third game, the Kings were bowled out for just 111 and Kolkata Knight Riders were cleaned up for just 95.
So it’s difficult to guess what to expect from the pitch today but dew shouldn’t be an issue. Pacers had a lot of support in the PBKS vs KKR match and if the same is the case today, we can see another low-scoring game. As per AccuWeather, there’s a 25% chance of rain in Mullanpur on Sunday.
However, the chances of rain during the afternoon game are very less. Lesser than 7%. Temperatures will be high and it will be a hot day with temperatures around 41-36 degrees Celsius.
Matches played: 34 PBKS won: 18 RCB won: 16 Tied: 0.
