PBKS vs RCB: Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Tips, Pitch Report & Key Players | IPL 2025

The high-octane clash between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, promises an exhilarating contest in IPL 2025. With both teams showcasing formidable line-ups, fantasy cricket enthusiasts are in for a treat. Here's your comprehensive guide for the PBKS vs RCB match, including Dream11 tips, pitch insights, and top players to watch.

Pitch Report: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur

The Mullanpur pitch offers a balanced contest between bat and ball. While batters can capitalize on the true bounce and shorter boundaries, bowlers, especially spinners, find assistance as the match progresses. The average first innings score hovers around 170, making it a competitive venue.

Key Venue Stats (IPL)

Average 1st Innings Score: 170
Highest Team Total: 205/4 – Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings (2025)
Lowest Team Total: 111 – Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2025)
Best Bowling Figures: 4/28 – Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS) vs KKR (2025)
Win Rate Chasing: Approximately 55%

Venue Performers to Watch at Mullanpur

The Mullanpur surface has witnessed stellar performances from key players

Virat Kohli (RCB): Known for his consistency, Kohli has been pivotal in anchoring RCB's innings, adapting well to various pitch conditions.
Rajat Patidar (RCB): A dynamic middle-order batter, Patidar's ability to accelerate the scoring rate makes him a valuable asset.
Shreyas Iyer (PBKS): With his recent form, Iyer has been instrumental in stabilizing PBKS's batting lineup.
Glenn Maxwell (PBKS): Maxwell's all-round capabilities, especially his off-spin, can be crucial on the Mullanpur pitch.

Fantasy Captaincy Choices

Captain: Virat Kohli / Shreyas Iyer
Vice-Captain: Rajat Patidar / Prabhsimran Singh

Head-to-Head Record (PBKS vs RCB)

Total Matches: 31
Punjab Kings Wins: 17
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Wins: 14
Last Meeting: PBKS defeated RCB by 5 wickets (IPL 2025)

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IPL PBKS vs RCB players T20 past performance, current series performance, fantasy points and selection percentage.
Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Fantasy Selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Krunal Pandya	RCB	ALL	✅	213	LHB	174	53	2868	86	23.7	130.48	8	342	SLA	201	153	3.2	30.49	7.3	25	3	4/15	77	7	45.28	317	24	8	42	7	50.28	1.43	2.96	✅	4	84	0	72	8
Jitesh Sharma	RCB	WK	✅	132	RHB	120	18	2713	106	26.59	150.38	11	382		1	0	1		5		0	-	106	7	40.85	286	90	0	42	5	17.72	0.45	0.56		14	27	17	0	6
Marco Jansen	PBKS	ALL	✅	104	RHB	68	24	949	71	21.56	140.17	5	121	LF	103	115	3.6	27.2	8.34	19.5	4	5/30	53	7	63	441	43	8	71	8	79.32	6.61	9.13	✅	7	62	37	9	8
Shashank Singh	PBKS	BAT	✅	79	RHB	67	17	1288	68	25.76	144.23	8	161	RM,OB	28	20	2.4	28.3	8.57	19.8	0	3/4	24	7	37.14	260	127	0	28	6	9.72	0.19	0.33	✅	9	43	35	0	0
Nehal Wadhera	PBKS	BAT	✅	41	LHB	36	6	815	64	27.16	136.97	5	108	LB	2	1	1.4	13	4.58	17	0	1/0	10	5	63.33	380	184	0	60	5	40.51	1.01	1.74		17	18	5	1	8
Xavier Bartlett	PBKS	BOWL	✅	64	RHB	34	17	257	42	15.11	111.73	0	27	RFM	63	80	3.3	21.93	8.37	15.7	2	4/10	28	2	61	122	11	2	100	9	23.59	0.34	0.72		20	12	0	8	0
Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	BOWL	✅	161	LHB	39	24	142	23	9.46	106.76	0	18	LMF	161	214	3.5	22.48	8.49	15.8	6	5/32	36	7	57.71	404	2	10	71	10	75.13	1.63	3.41	✅	11	40	0	36	0
Yuzvendra Chahal	PBKS	BOWL	✅	317	RHB	44	27	81	10	4.76	53.64	0	1	LBG	314	366	3.6	23.75	7.68	18.5	12	6/25	72	7	47	329	0	8	28	11	58.58	1.2	2.77		12	39	0	35	0
Tim David	RCB	BAT	✅	275	RHB	248	73	5244	92	29.96	160.51	17	692	OB	60	15	1.8	64.06	8.93	43	0	1/0	154	7	51.42	360	142	0	42	6	25.94	1.17	1.29		16	20	0	0	16
Yash Dayal	RCB	BOWL	✅	62	RHB	6	4	10	4	5	71.42	0	1	LMF	62	60	3.3	29.18	8.53	20.5	0	3/20	7	7	40.42	283	0	7	42	11	23.11	0.28	0.61		24	5	0	1	0
Josh Hazlewood	RCB	BOWL	✅	113	LHB	22	17	71	13	14.2	87.65	0	7	RFM	113	145	3.8	22.23	7.57	17.6	5	4/12	18	7	64	448	0	12	71	10	81.13	2.65	5.63		21	10	0	6	0
Suyash Sharma	RCB	BOWL	✅	32	RHB	1	1	6	6		100	0	0	LBG	32	35	3.7	25.51	7.58	20.1	2	5/13	3	3	23.83	143	0	2	33	9	8.47	0.15	0.29	✅	3	89	0	85	0
Romario Shepherd	RCB	ALL	✅	164	RHB	117	45	1656	72	23	148.52	3	220	RFM	147	158	3	25.24	9.06	16.7	2	4/13	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	28.94	2.63	3.01		13	37	0	33	0
Glenn Maxwell	PBKS	ALL	⚡	464	RHB	435	62	10411	154	27.91	154.37	64	1410	OB	313	177	2.2	30.73	7.83	23.5	0	3/10	239	6	44.66	268	41	4	50	15	7.94	0.37	0.52		26	0	0	0	0
Phil Salt	RCB	WK	✅	282	RHB	273	21	6887	119	27.32	155.95	48	1017	OB	0	0					0	-	166	7	73.42	514	212	0	57	2	81.32	13.67	10		23	5	1	0	0
Josh Inglis	PBKS	WK	✅	139	RHB	131	20	3370	118	30.36	148.06	21	450		0	0					0	-	116	2	30	60	16	0	50	4	29.89	2.33	2.59	✅	6	65	49	0	8
Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	BAT	⚡	105	LHB	105	10	2925	124	30.78	132.29	20	417	OB	0	0					0	-	48	4	42.5	255	119	0	50	12	6.81	0.37	0.48	✅	2	123	111	0	0
Jacob Bethell	RCB	BAT	⚡	63	LHB	57	11	1127	87	24.5	136.77	7	138	SLA	20	11	1.9	26.9	7.65	21	0	2/5	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.26	0.03	0.03		36	0	0	0	0
Rajat Patidar	RCB	BAT	✅	81	RHB	76	7	2649	112	38.39	158.43	27	350	OB	0	0					0	-	40	7	59.57	417	209	0	57	3	77.18	5.89	7.82		15	20	16	0	0
Virat Kohli	RCB	BAT	✅	405	RHB	388	73	13134	122	41.69	134.36	109	1590	RM	45	8	1.7	83.37	8.7	57.5	0	2/25	184	7	67.85	475	249	0	57	1	83.71	22.15	14.53	✅	1	127	109	0	6
Swapnil Singh	RCB	ALL	⚡	89	RHB	70	26	988	52	22.45	128.81	2	112	SLA	83	73	3.1	25.63	7.31	21	1	6/19	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.14	0.01	0.01		25	0	0	0	0
Manoj Bhandage	RCB	ALL	⚡	28	LHB	15	3	187	41	15.58	132.62	0	21	RMF	22	18	2.3	24.05	8.66	16.6	0	3/19	7	0	5	5	1	0	0	14	0.56	0.03	0.03		30	0	0	0	0
Suryansh Shedge	PBKS	BAT	⚡	12	RHB	10	6	133	36	33.25	237.5	0	20	RMF	9	8	2.2	23	9.27	14.8	0	2/11	4	3	7.5	30	6	0	0	16	0.1	0.01	0.01		34	0	0	0	0
Shreyas Iyer	PBKS	BAT	✅	228	RHB	222	38	6224	147	33.82	135.59	43	788	OB,LBG	5	1	1.6	81	9.91	49	0	1/28	96	7	75.85	531	257	0	42	3	82.31	18.32	14.54		19	12	8	0	0
Priyansh Arya	PBKS	BAT	✅	23	LHB	23	1	767	103	34.86	177.54	5	122	OB	1	1	1	2	2	6	0	1/2	8	6	74	518	232	0	66	2	72.95	11.57	9.77	✅	8	46	42	0	0
Praveen Dubey	PBKS	BOWL	⚡	26	RHB	19	7	153	33	12.75	96.83	0	15	LBG	25	24	2.9	21.66	7.17	18.1	1	4/19	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.09	0.01	0.01		40	0	0	0	0
Vijaykumar Vyshak	PBKS	BOWL	⚡	37	RHB	12	4	40	13	5	102.56	0	2	RM	37	47	3.5	23.89	8.63	16.5	0	3/5	8	0	11	11	0	0	0	13	0.14	0.01	0.01		41	0	0	0	0
Harpreet Brar	PBKS	BOWL	⚡	88	LHB	45	22	380	29	16.52	125.41	0	47	SLA	86	77	3.2	25.98	7.29	21.3	3	4/18	25	1	74	74	0	2	100	12	5.04	0.11	0.31	✅	10	42	0	38	0
Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	WK	✅	93	RHB	92	11	2506	119	30.93	146.46	18	383		0	0					0	-	47	6	55.71	390	176	0	50	1	47.35	3.29	3.34	✅	5	73	65	0	0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	RCB	BOWL	✅	300	RHB	105	58	510	27	10.85	94.97	0	48	RM	299	316	3.6	24.92	7.27	20.5	10	5/4	59	6	52.33	314	10	8	66	8	46.3	0.72	1.48		18	15	0	11	0
Rasikh Salam	RCB	BOWL	⚡	36	RHB	15	6	75	10	8.33	102.73	0	9	RM	36	45	3.4	23.13	8.52	16.2	1	6/31	7	1	23.5	47	0	1	100	13	0.17	0.01	0.01		44	0	0	0	0
Marcus Stoinis	PBKS	ALL	✅	312	RHB	283	66	6487	147	29.89	137.37	36	820	RM	195	158	2.4	26.98	9.03	17.9	5	4/15	77	6	26.33	158	66	0	33	7	26.42	1.21	1.74		22	7	1	2	0

Completed matches of Punjab Kings
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
GT vs PBKS	25 Mar - 19:30	Ahmedabad	GT	PBKSPBKS	GT	243/5 (20.0)	232/5 (20.0)	PBKS PBKS won by 11 runs
LSG vs PBKS	01 Apr - 19:30	Lucknow	PBKS	LSGLSG	PBKS	171/7 (20.0)	177/2 (16.2)	PBKS PBKS won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
PBKS vs RR	05 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	RRRR	PBKS	205/4 (20.0)	155/9 (20.0)	RR RR won by 50 runs
PBKS vs CHE	08 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	CSK	219/6 (20.0)	201/5 (20.0)	PBKS PBKS won by 18 runs
SRH vs PBKS	12 Apr - 19:30	Hyderabad	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	SRH	245/6 (20.0)	247/2 (18.3)	SRH SRH won by 8 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
PBKS vs KKR	15 Apr - 19:30	Mohali	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	KKR	111/10 (15.3)	95/10 (15.1)	PBKS PBKS won by 16 runs
RCB vs PBKS	18 Apr - 19:30	Bengaluru	PBKS	RCBRCB	PBKS	95/9 (14.0)	98/5 (12.1)	PBKS PBKS won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
PBKS vs RCB	20 Apr - 15:30	Mohali	RCB	PBKSPBKS	RCB	157/6 (20.0)	159/3 (18.5)	RCB RCB won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
CHE vs PBKS	30 Apr - 19:30	Chennai	PBKS	CSKCSK	PBKS	190/10 (19.2)	194/6 (19.4)	PBKS PBKS won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Completed matches of Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
KKR vs RCB	22 Mar - 19:30	Kolkata	RCB	KKRKKR	RCB	174/8 (20.0)	177/3 (16.2)	RCB RCB won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
CHE vs RCB	28 Mar - 19:30	Chennai	CSK	RCBRCB	CSK	196/7 (20.0)	146/8 (20.0)	RCB RCB won by 50 runs
RCB vs GT	02 Apr - 19:30	Bengaluru	GT	RCBRCB	GT	169/8 (20.0)	170/2 (17.5)	GT GT won by 8 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
MI vs RCB	07 Apr - 19:30	Mumbai	MI	RCBRCB	MI	221/5 (20.0)	209/9 (20.0)	RCB RCB won by 12 runs
RCB vs DC	10 Apr - 19:30	Bengaluru	DC	RCBRCB	DC	163/7 (20.0)	169/4 (17.5)	DC DC won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
RR vs RCB	13 Apr - 15:30	Jaipur	RCB	RRRR	RCB	173/4 (20.0)	175/1 (17.3)	RCB RCB won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
RCB vs PBKS	18 Apr - 19:30	Bengaluru	PBKS	RCBRCB	PBKS	95/9 (14.0)	98/5 (12.1)	PBKS PBKS won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
PBKS vs RCB	20 Apr - 15:30	Mohali	RCB	PBKSPBKS	RCB	157/6 (20.0)	159/3 (18.5)	RCB RCB won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
RCB vs RR	24 Apr - 19:30	Bengaluru	RR	RCBRCB	RR	205/5 (20.0)	194/9 (20.0)	RCB RCB won by 11 runs
DC vs RCB	27 Apr - 19:30	Delhi	RCB	DCDC	RCB	162/8 (20.0)	165/4 (18.3)	RCB RCB won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Completed matches at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
PBKS vs RR	05 Apr - 19:30	PBKS	RRRR	PBKS	205/4 (20.0)	155/9 (20.0)	RR RR won by 50 runs
PBKS vs CHE	08 Apr - 19:30	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	CSK	219/6 (20.0)	201/5 (20.0)	PBKS PBKS won by 18 runs
PBKS vs KKR	15 Apr - 19:30	PBKS	PBKSPBKS	KKR	111/10 (15.3)	95/10 (15.1)	PBKS PBKS won by 16 runs
PBKS vs RCB	20 Apr - 15:30	RCB	PBKSPBKS	RCB	157/6 (20.0)	159/3 (18.5)	RCB RCB won by 7 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for PBKS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
PBKS vs CHE	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	103	42	7	9	245.23
GT vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	not out	97	42	5	9	230.95
KKR vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	83	49	6	6	169.38
SRH vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	caught	82	36	6	6	227.77
CHE vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	bowled	72	41	5	4	175.6
LSG vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	69	34	9	3	202.94
KKR vs PBKS	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	69	35	8	4	197.14
PBKS vs RR	5	Nehal Wadhera	caught	62	41	4	3	151.21
CHE vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	54	36	5	3	150
LSG vs PBKS	3	Shreyas Iyer	not out	52	30	3	4	173.33
PBKS vs CHE	7	Shashank Singh	not out	52	36	2	3	144.44
GT vs PBKS	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	47	23	7	2	204.34
GT vs PBKS	7	Shashank Singh	not out	44	16	6	2	275
LSG vs PBKS	4	Nehal Wadhera	not out	43	25	3	4	172
SRH vs PBKS	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	42	23	7	1	182.6
SRH vs PBKS	1	Priyansh Arya	caught	36	13	2	4	276.92
PBKS vs CHE	8	Marco Jansen	not out	34	19	2	2	178.94
SRH vs PBKS	7	Marcus Stoinis	not out	34	11	1	4	309.09
RCB vs PBKS	5	Nehal Wadhera	not out	33	19	3	3	173.68
PBKS vs RCB	2	Prabhsimran Singh	caught	33	17	5	1	194.11

Top bowling performance for PBKS
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
PBKS vs KKR	Yuzvendra Chahal	4	28	4	7
CHE vs PBKS	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	32	4	10.66
LSG vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	4	43	3	10.75
PBKS vs KKR	Marco Jansen	3.1	17	3	5.36
GT vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	4	36	2	9
PBKS vs RR	Lockie Ferguson	4	37	2	9.25
PBKS vs CHE	Lockie Ferguson	4	40	2	10
RCB vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	3	10	2	3.33
RCB vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	3	23	2	7.66
RCB vs PBKS	Harpreet Brar	2	25	2	12.5
RCB vs PBKS	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	11	2	3.66
CHE vs PBKS	Arshdeep Singh	3.2	25	2	7.5
CHE vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	4	30	2	7.5
GT vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	4	44	1	11
GT vs PBKS	Glenn Maxwell	2	26	1	13
LSG vs PBKS	Marco Jansen	4	28	1	7
LSG vs PBKS	Lockie Ferguson	3	26	1	8.66
LSG vs PBKS	Glenn Maxwell	3	22	1	7.33
LSG vs PBKS	Yuzvendra Chahal	4	36	1	9
PBKS vs RR	Arshdeep Singh	4	35	1	8.75

Top batting performance for RCB
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
PBKS vs RCB	1	Virat Kohli	not out	73	54	7	1	135.18
DC vs RCB	5	Krunal Pandya	not out	73	47	5	4	155.31
RCB vs RR	2	Virat Kohli	caught	70	42	8	2	166.66
MI vs RCB	2	Virat Kohli	caught	67	42	8	2	159.52
RR vs RCB	1	Phil Salt	caught	65	33	5	6	196.96
MI vs RCB	4	Rajat Patidar	caught	64	32	5	4	200
RR vs RCB	2	Virat Kohli	not out	62	45	4	2	137.77
PBKS vs RCB	3	Devdutt Padikkal	caught	61	35	5	4	174.28
KKR vs RCB	2	Virat Kohli	not out	59	36	4	3	163.88
KKR vs RCB	1	Phil Salt	caught	56	31	9	2	180.64
RCB vs GT	5	Liam Livingstone	caught	54	40	1	5	135
CHE vs RCB	4	Rajat Patidar	caught	51	32	4	3	159.37
DC vs RCB	2	Virat Kohli	caught	51	47	4	0	108.51
RCB vs PBKS	7	Tim David	not out	50	26	5	3	192.3
RCB vs RR	3	Devdutt Padikkal	caught	50	27	4	3	185.18
MI vs RCB	6	Jitesh Sharma	not out	40	19	2	4	210.52
RR vs RCB	3	Devdutt Padikkal	not out	40	28	5	1	142.85
MI vs RCB	3	Devdutt Padikkal	caught	37	22	2	3	168.18
RCB vs DC	1	Phil Salt	run out	37	17	4	3	217.64
RCB vs DC	8	Tim David	not out	37	20	2	4	185

Top bowling performance for RCB
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
MI vs RCB	Krunal Pandya	4	45	4	11.25
RCB vs RR	Josh Hazlewood	4	33	4	8.25
KKR vs RCB	Krunal Pandya	4	29	3	7.25
CHE vs RCB	Josh Hazlewood	4	21	3	5.25
RCB vs PBKS	Josh Hazlewood	3	14	3	4.66
DC vs RCB	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4	33	3	8.25
KKR vs RCB	Josh Hazlewood	4	22	2	5.5
CHE vs RCB	Yash Dayal	3	18	2	6
CHE vs RCB	Liam Livingstone	4	28	2	7
MI vs RCB	Yash Dayal	4	46	2	11.5
MI vs RCB	Josh Hazlewood	4	37	2	9.25
RCB vs DC	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4	26	2	6.5
RCB vs PBKS	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3	26	2	8.66
PBKS vs RCB	Suyash Sharma	4	26	2	6.5
PBKS vs RCB	Krunal Pandya	4	25	2	6.25
RCB vs RR	Krunal Pandya	4	31	2	7.75
DC vs RCB	Josh Hazlewood	4	36	2	9
KKR vs RCB	Suyash Sharma	4	47	1	11.75
KKR vs RCB	Yash Dayal	3	25	1	8.33
KKR vs RCB	Rasikh Salam	3	35	1	11.66