IPL 2025, RCB vs PBKS Highlights: Wadhera powers Punjab's win, Bengaluru sink to hat-trick of home losses

Apr 19, 2025, 01:44:43 IST

IPL 2025, RCB vs PBKS Highlights: RCB kept chipping away at Punjab Kings but in the end, they just did not have enough on the board for their bowlers to stop them from falling to their third consecutive loss at home.

Key Events

12:15 AM IST, Apr 18Stoinis ends it with a six, PBKS beat RCB by 5 wickets
12:12 AM IST, Apr 18GONE! Bhuvi gets another, is there another twist?
12:07 AM IST, Apr 1815 runs in the 11th! Has Wadhera ended RCB's challenge?
11:58 PM IST, Apr 18FOUR! That silences the Chinnaswamy crowd
11:55 PM IST, Apr 18GONE! 2 IN THE OVER FOR HAZLEWOOD!
11:53 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Now Iyer falls to Hazlewood!
11:44 PM IST, Apr 18Back to back fours, some movement for PBKS
11:42 PM IST, Apr 18Just 3 runs in the 5th, the batting struggle continues
11:32 PM IST, Apr 18GONE! Priyansh Arya is next
11:24 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Back to back fours and then a wicket!
11:23 PM IST, Apr 18Edged and four! No easy runs here
11:18 PM IST, Apr 18Just 3 runs in the first over!
11:12 PM IST, Apr 18Now for the PBKS chase
11:06 PM IST, Apr 1821 RUNS IN THE LAST OVER! TIM DAVID BLASTS HIS WAY TO 50 AND RCB 95/9 IN 14 OVERS
10:54 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Wickets off consecutive deliveries for Brar!
10:52 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Bhuvneshwar is next to fall
10:40 PM IST, Apr 18GONE! RCB into their last 3 wickets...
10:32 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! The wickets keep coming
10:24 PM IST, Apr 18GONE! It's a procession now
10:19 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Jitesh is the next to go
10:17 PM IST, Apr 18Just 3 runs in the 5th over
10:09 PM IST, Apr 18GONE! Bartlett strikes, RCB lose three in the powerplay!
10:05 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Now Arshdeep sends back Kohli!
10:00 PM IST, Apr 18A six and a bizarre non-boundary in the 2nd over
9:57 PM IST, Apr 189 runs and a wicket in the first over...
9:51 PM IST, Apr 18OUT! Arshdeep sends back Salt
9:46 PM IST, Apr 18The players and umpires walk out at long last
9:44 PM IST, Apr 18A BIT OF DRIZZLE AND THE COVERS ARE BACK!
9:43 PM IST, Apr 18PBKS XI and Impact Subs
9:42 PM IST, Apr 18RCB XI and Impact Subs
9:39 PM IST, Apr 18The revised match conditions
9:33 PM IST, Apr 18IT'S TIME FOR THE TOSS AT LONG LAST
9:24 PM IST, Apr 18TOSS TO TAKE PLACE AT 9.30PM IST
9:21 PM IST, Apr 18Update on the toss imminent
9:10 PM IST, Apr 18Virat Kohli walks out...
9:05 PM IST, Apr 18The main cover is off now
9:02 PM IST, Apr 18THE COVERS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF!
9:00 PM IST, Apr 18SOME MOVEMENT AT LAST!
8:56 PM IST, Apr 18The drizzles continue…
8:45 PM IST, Apr 18Update delayed...
8:30 PM IST, Apr 18What is the cut-off time?
8:23 PM IST, Apr 18Puddles forming on the covers now
8:16 PM IST, Apr 18A couple of team changes elsewhere
8:09 PM IST, Apr 18Rain only fluctuating, no end in sight
7:56 PM IST, Apr 18The covers remain and the drizzles continue
7:40 PM IST, Apr 18Rain continues!
7:28 PM IST, Apr 18The rain is back!
7:23 PM IST, Apr 18The rain has stopped at the Chinnaswamy Stadium
7:12 PM IST, Apr 18'Will join the party at some stage,' says Maxwell
7:02 PM IST, Apr 18The IPL turns 18
7:00 PM IST, Apr 18TOSS DELAYED!
6:54 PM IST, Apr 18Still no activity at the Chinnaswamy
6:51 PM IST, Apr 18Josh Hazlewood talks…
6:39 PM IST, Apr 18It is raining in Bengaluru
6:24 PM IST, Apr 18Krunal Pandya's good record against PBKS's key batters
6:10 PM IST, Apr 18Punjab with the slight edge in head-to-head records
5:59 PM IST, Apr 18Lockie Ferguson could be out for the season
5:45 PM IST, Apr 18The Chinnaswamy is not what it used to be: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
5:39 PM IST, Apr 18'Got to make sure you're getting better and better,' says PBKS coach Brad Haddin
5:29 PM IST, Apr 18Glenn Maxwell's handy overs of spin
5:19 PM IST, Apr 18Can PBKS's top order beat Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar?
5:08 PM IST, Apr 18Couple of high scoring sides in powerplay
4:58 PM IST, Apr 18Yuzvendra Chahal back at the stadium where he ruled the roost
4:49 PM IST, Apr 18Yuzvendra Chahal standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Sunil Narine
4:40 PM IST, Apr 18Salt assault in the powerplay
4:30 PM IST, Apr 18Can Glenn Maxwell turn it around at his former home ground?
4:20 PM IST, Apr 18PBKS Full Squad
4:12 PM IST, Apr 18RCB Full Squad
4:06 PM IST, Apr 18Hello and welcome!

IPL 2025, RCB vs PBKS Highlights:

IPL 2025, RCB vs PBKS Highlights: Nehal Wadhera ensured that the Punjab Kings survived a scare and successfully chased down a target of 96 to seal a five-wicket win over RCB. Batting was not an easy occupation at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and the Punjab Kings have been made to feel the heat by RCB despite chasing a target of just 96 in a match that had been curtailed to 14 overs a side. Josh Hazlewood left the chasing side rattled with two wickets in he eighth over. However, Nehal Wadhera has since got PBKS closer to the target....Read More

It had earlier been a rather shaky start for Punjab Kings. Openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya both fell inside the first four overs with just 33 runs on board.

Tim David earlier gave RCB something to fight for by smashing his way to an unbeaten 50 in 26 balls. RCB had lost as many as seven wickets before they reached 50 but David's late surge has taken them to a score of 95/9 in 14 overs. Punjab Kings thus have to chase down a target of 96 in 14 overs, with the match being heavily curtailed due to a rain delay that pushed back toss by over two hours.

Arshdeep Singh earlier dismissed Virat Kohli in the third over after sending back his opening partner Phil Salt in the first to give Punjab Kings a strong start in their rain-curtailed match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The match has been reduced by six overs due to a rain delay which lasted more than two hours.

Shreyas Iyer won the toss, which was delayed to 9.30pm IST, and Punjab Kings are bowling first against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Rain forced the match to be delayed for more than two hours. It has led to the game being reduced to a 14-overs-a-side affair.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

It is the 18th anniversary of the first-ever IPL match. There have been unseasonal showers the past few days in the city of Bengaluru and it is no different today. The ground was all covered up and it was drizzling steadily in the minutes leading up to, and in the hours after, the originally scheduled time for toss.

Follow all the updates here:

Apr 19, 2025, 24:15:31 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: Stoinis ends it with a six, PBKS beat RCB by 5 wickets

RCB vs PBKS Live: Stoinis finishes off Nehal Wadhera's good work. This has been some knock from the latter. He finishes unbeaten on 33 off 19 balls, Stoinis on seven off two. RCB have sunk to an incredible third consecutive loss at home. They are looking pretty unbeatable in matches they have played away from home but it is the opposite at the Chinnaswamy. It has to be said, though, today is the closest they came to actually making an opposition side sweat here, especially in the immediate aftermath of that two-wicket over from Josh Hazlewood. They just didn't have enough runs on board.

Apr 19, 2025, 24:12:56 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: GONE! Bhuvi gets another, is there another twist?

RCB vs PBKS Live: Whether Shashank needed to do that or not could be a question worth considering. Short of a length from Bhuvneshwar for the third ball of the 12th, Shashank tries to hit it down the ground and ends up holing out at long on.

Shashank Singh c Salt b Kumar 1 (5)

PBKS 81/4 in 11.3 overs

Apr 19, 2025, 24:07:19 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: 15 runs in the 11th! Has Wadhera ended RCB's challenge?

RCB vs PBKS Live: Suyash returns for the 11th over, the first is tonked over long off for a six. Then huge turn second ball that beats the batter and the wicketkeeper, runs behind for four byes. Wadhera then finds the gap between extra cover and cover for a four. He takes a single last ball and keeps strike.

Wadhera on 22 off 15, Shashank Singh at the other end on one off four.

PBKS need 17 to win off 18.

Apr 18, 2025, 23:58:03 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: FOUR AND SIX! That silences the Chinnaswamy crowd

RCB vs PBKS Live: That is the first boundary in 19 balls and it came after four dots. The Chinnaswamy had become a cauldron of noise and Wadhera's hit seems to have let some of the pressure out of the cooker. Suyash Sharma bowling the ninth over, fifth ball was full and straight, Wadhera shaped up for the reverse sweep and nailed it, past backward point for a four. Then he smashes the last ball over midwicket for a six.

PBKS 63/4 in 9 overs, need 34 to win from 30 balls

Apr 18, 2025, 23:55:25 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: GONE! 2 IN THE OVER FOR HAZLEWOOD!

RCB vs PBKS Live: Oh can the RCB fans dare to dream here? Extra bounce again last ball of that over, it was wide and Inglis takes a hack at it. It goes up and the catch is taken at deep third.

Inglis c Suyash Sharma b Hazlewood 14 (17)

PBKS 53/4 in 8 overs, need 44 to win from 36 balls

Apr 18, 2025, 23:53:41 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: OUT! Now Iyer falls to Hazlewood!

RCB vs PBKS Live: That is quite a take by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Extra bounce for Hazlewood, Iyer pulls and it flies up off a top edge. It goes behind the batter and Jitesh runs and dives forward to finish the catch.

Iyer c Jitesh b Hazlewood 7 (10)

PBKS 52/2 in 7.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 23:44:22 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: Back-to-back fours, some movement for PBKS

RCB vs PBKS Live: Krunal Pandya brought in for the sixth over and he ends up conceding 10 runs in it. Iyer gets off strike first ball and then Inglis smashes the second past square leg for four. The third is sent between deep cover and long off for another four. Just a single after that off the last ball of the over.

Inglis on 11 off 12, Iyer on four off four.

PBKS need 51 to win from 48 balls.

PBKS 46/2 in 6 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 23:42:04 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: Just 3 runs in the 5th, the batting struggle continues

RCB vs PBKS Live: Yash Dayal returns for the first over after the powerplay and his first ball is wide down the leg side. Inglis and Shreyas take singles off the second and third balls. Then, Inglis simply unable to put away any of the last three balls.

PBKS need 61 to win from 54 balls.

Inglis on two off seven, Iyer on three off three.

PBKS 36/2 in 5 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 23:32:30 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: GONE! Priyansh Arya is next

RCB vs PBKS Live: He hit a top-edge six fine on the leg side off the third ball, which dented RCB's chances, and then fell got caught at mid-off next ball, which boosted RCB's chances. It looks like we are going to have a see-saw chase here. David takes another catch, keep him out of the game if you can today.

Arya c David b Hazlewood 16 (11)

PBKS 32/2 in 3.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 23:24:34 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: OUT! Back to back fours and then a wicket!

RCB vs PBKS Live: Prabhsimran tries to take Bhuvi on, has some success but the veteran pacer has the last laugh. Prabhsimran first skies the first ball and it lands in a safe zone around deep square leg. Then he lofts the second ball down the ground for four. The third is sent over mid-off for another four. Then Bhuvi pulls back his length fourth ball, Prabhsimran goes downtown again but splices it. Caught by David after he moved to his right from mid-off.

Prabhsimran Singh c David b Kumar 13 (9)

PBKS 22/1 in 2.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 23:23:37 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: Edged and four! No easy runs here

RCB vs PBKS Live: Wow Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh have been kept absolutely quiet by RCB in these first two overs, with Yash Dayal almost dismissing the latter off the last ball. Four singles and a wide make it five runs off the first five balls. Then Arya flashes at the last one which is outside off, takes a thick edge and flies above the diving Kohli at slips.

Arya on eight off seven, Prabhsimran on three off five.

PBKS 12/0 in 2 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 23:18:06 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: Just 3 runs in the first over!

RCB vs PBKS Live: How about that for a first over from Bhuvi. The first ball is a dot, the next is a tight single, could've been interesting had Krunal Pandya collected cleanly near the stumps at the non-striker's end. Two more singles next two balls and that is all that comes from the first over.

Apr 18, 2025, 23:12:15 IST

RCB vs PBKS Live Score: Now for the PBKS chase

RCB vs PBKS Live: Now this may not be too big a target to chase but PBKS would know from their own recent experiences more than any other team just how difficult any target can be on any given day. Priyansh Arya to open with Prabhsimran Singh, with the latter being impact sub for Chahal. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over for RCB. 96 to win.

Apr 18, 2025, 23:06:37 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: 21 RUNS IN THE LAST OVER! TIM DAVID BLASTS HIS WAY TO 50 AND RCB 95/9 IN 14 OVERS

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Tim David as consistent as ever for RCB and he gets a very well deserved half-century. Brar returns to bowl the last over. Three dots to start off and then David takes his helmet off. The fourth ball is sent over long off for a six. The fifth is blasted over deep square leg for another six and the last ball was sent over cover for another six. Except, wait a minute, that wasn't the last ball because the clarion went off for no ball. David's partner Josh Hazlewood had actually run back to the dugout and he is called back. David miscues his shot off the last ball to deep midwicket, the batters snaffle two runs and that helps the big Aussie to finish with his first fifty for RCB.

Apr 18, 2025, 22:54:18 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: OUT! Wickets off consecutive deliveries for Brar!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Appeal for LBW and given! Harpreet Brar on a hat-trick here. Fullish length delivery, Dayal's defence is beaten on the inside edge and it is as straightforward an LBW call as they come.Dayal lbw b Harpreet Brar 0 (1)

RCB 63/9 in 11.5 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:52:46 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: OUT! Bhuvneshwar is next to fall

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well Tim David gave RCB fans a reason to smile by smashing two fours in the 11th over by Arshdeep. Now Harpreet Brar brought in, Bhuvi manages to loft the third ball over extra cover for four. The next ball, though, he is caught at long off.

Bhuvneshwar c Bartlett b Harpreet Brar 8 (13)

RCB 63/9 in 11.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:40:36 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: GONE! RCB into their last 3 wickets...

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: And they haven't even scored 50. Appeal for LBW against Manoj Bhandage, who has been sent in as an Impact Sub for Liam Livingstone. The umpire raises his finger, Bhandage reviews. There wasn't much of an appeal there from PBKS. And well, ball-tracking shows that the length delivery would've gone on to take down leg stump.

Bhandage lbw b Jansen 1 (4)

RCB 42/7 in 8.2 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:32:58 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: OUT! The wickets keep coming

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Chahal gets his second and this time, it is a the spin-hitter Patidar. Fourth ball of the eighth is fullish, the dip on it seems to have done Patidar in. He tries go downtown but is caught at long off.

Patidar c Bartlett b Chahal 23 (18)

RCB 41.6 in 7.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:24:07 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: GONE! It's a procession now

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Wow Marco Jansen has sent back Krunal Pandya first ball of the next over with an absolute snorter. First ball of the seventh is banged in short, Krunal tries to pull but it rushes on to him, seems to take an edge before absolutely clattering on to his helmet and flew up in the air. Jansen himself took the catch but Pandya reviewed. He has a concussion test during which time replays show a spike as ball passes bat.

Krunal Pandya c & b Jansen 1 (2)

RCB 33/5 in 6.1 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:19:49 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: OUT! Jitesh is the next to go

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Chahal strikes in his first over, no surprises there. It is another good catch though. Fifth ball of the sixth over is drifted on to middle, Jitesh swings and it takes a top edge. Wadhera runs in from deep square leg, dives forward and takes the catch. Made it look easy.

Jitesh c Wadhera b Chahal 2 (7)

RCB 32/4 in 5.5 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:17:30 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Just 3 runs in the 5th over

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Brilliant work there from Marco Jansen and now Yuzvendra Chahal to bowl the sixth over. This is not going well for RCB at all. Jitesh Sharma is the new batter and he is beaten by Jansen last two balls in that over.

RCB's run rate has dipped to 5.80.

RCB 29/3 in 5 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:09:11 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: GONE! Bartlett strikes, RCB lose three in the powerplay!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well it doesn't matter how curtailed a game it may be, it is always bad news to lose three wickets in the powerplay. Particularly when said powerplay lasts just four overs. Livingstone comes charging out to Bartlett last ball of the fourth over, gets a big leading edge. Priyansh Arya runs backwards from cover and takes the catch.

Livingstone c Arya b Bartlett 4 (6)

RCB 26/3 in 4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:05:37 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: OUT! Now Arshdeep sends back Kohli!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: That is an excellent catch by Marco Jansen. This was a length ball angling across the batter, Kohli tries to hit it downtown for a six. But he can't get the required connection, Jansen has to track back a good distance from mid-on and he takes the ball over his head.

Kohli c Jansen b Arshdeep Singh 1 (3)

RCB 21/2 in 2.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 22:00:08 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: A six and a bizarre non-boundary in the 2nd over

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Virat Kohli will finally face his first delivery on the 18th anniversary of his IPL debut in the third over. Patidar kept pinned for the first three balls and then they run two off the fourth. Then he whips the fifth over square leg for a six. He lofts the last ball straight down the ground, the fielder at mid-on hadn't even bothered to move as it looked set to go for a one-bounce four. However, it bounces and just stops right there. The batters run two.

Patidar on 15 off eight balls.

RCB 19/1 in 2 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 21:57:22 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: 9 runs and a wicket in the first over...

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Xavier Bartlett to bowl the second. RCB captain Rajat Patidar comes in at No.3 and dispatches the first ball he faces right down the ground for a four. He takes a single next ball and so will be on strike next over as well.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:51:27 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: OUT! Arshdeep sends back Salt

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: It was either early big hits or an early wicket. The latter has happened for now. Shortish good length delivery for the fourth ball, Salt tries to go downtown but skies it. Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis calls for it but he has a long way to run. He is almost at square leg when he dives forward and takes the catch.

Salt c Inglis b Arshdeep Singh 4 (4)

RCB 4/1 in 0.4 overs

Apr 18, 2025, 21:46:34 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The players and umpires walk out at long last

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: All right then, Kohli and Salt come bursting out from the boundaries, as do the PBKS players. Match start has been delayed by just over five minutes but it remains a 14-overs-a-side game. Arshdeep Singh to bowl the first over.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:44:18 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: A BIT OF DRIZZLE AND THE COVERS ARE BACK!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well it isn't much, we can only hope that it just passes by as quickly and suddenly as it came. It doesn't look like there is too much alarm about it. We can see Virat Kohli and Phil Salt come down and stand by the boundary.

AND SURE ENOUGH, THE COVERS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF EVEN BEFORE THEY COULD BE PROPERLY PUT IN PLACE.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:43:18 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: PBKS XI and Impact Subs

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey

Apr 18, 2025, 21:42:49 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: RCB XI and Impact Subs

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal

Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

Apr 18, 2025, 21:39:09 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The revised match conditions

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: It is a 14-over game and the powerplay will be of four overs. Four bowlers can bowl a maximum of 3 overs each, 1 bowler can bowl the remaining 2 overs. The match could end around 11.55pm IST.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:33:34 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: IT'S TIME FOR THE TOSS AT LONG LAST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Rajat Patidar tosses the coin up, Shreyas Iyer calls it right and says that the Punjab Kings are bowling first.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:24:59 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: TOSS TO TAKE PLACE AT 9.30PM IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: And the match is scheduled to start at 9.45pm IST. No official confirmation on how many overs will be played and what the other match conditions are but it should be coming shortly.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:21:16 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Update on the toss imminent

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Right the ground is buzzing with activity now. The umpires are walking around the pitch, having urgent conversations with the head honchos among the ground staff.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:10:44 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Virat Kohli walks out...

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: As do the other RCB players. At long last, we are seeing the kind of activity that one should be seeing at a cricket ground before a match - players warming up. The Punjab Kings players have also made their way into the middle.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:05:19 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The main cover is off now

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The super sopper is going around doing its thing, as is the drainage system beneath the ground. We should have an official about toss and start time soon.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:02:05 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: THE COVERS ARE BEING TAKEN OFF!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The crowd has come alive at the Chinnaswamy. As stated earlier, this place is packed to the rafters but it was very silent for a while now. But as the ground staff start moving the covers on the practice pitches, those decibels level increase steadily, eventually reaching a full throated roar. The big cover on the square is still in place but the ground staff is getting to it.

Apr 18, 2025, 21:00:06 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: SOME MOVEMENT AT LAST!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well updates of such enthusiasm should have been reserved for a few sixes or wickets or big overs at this point but it is for the fourth umpire walking out with a folded umbrella. The rain has stopped. He is going and having a long chat with the curator.

Apr 18, 2025, 20:56:15 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The drizzles continue…

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings:

Apr 18, 2025, 20:45:25 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Update delayed...

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The delays keep coming. It was said on broadcast that there would be an update of some sort around 8.30pm IST. Well, it's been more than 15 minutes since and nothing yet.

Apr 18, 2025, 20:30:10 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: What is the cut-off time?

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The cut-off time for toss is 10.41pm IST and for the start of the match, it is 10.56pm. Needless to say, a minimum of five overs a side should be possible. Overs get deducted from 8.30pm IST and so we have already lost a few deliveries.

Apr 18, 2025, 20:23:15 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Puddles forming on the covers now

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well the rain has only got heavier in the last few minutes and we can see puddles now forming on the covers on the square. This is looking quite bleak. We can see Shreyas Iyer in conversation with Virat Kohli since well over half an hour now.

Apr 18, 2025, 20:16:47 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: A couple of team changes elsewhere

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: A couple of running repairs have taken place in the squads in the past couplem of days. Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka has been snapped up by the Gujarat Titans as a replacement for the injured Glenn Phillips. Meanwhile CSK have roped in Dewald Brevis as replacement for their injured captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Apr 18, 2025, 20:09:05 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Rain only fluctuating, no end in sight

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Hope levels went up slightly in the stadium when the showers decreased in intensity around 8pm. However, it has since proceeded to only increase since and is just fluctuating. Important thing is that it hasn't stopped. No activity whatsoever on the field. We are as far away from a restart as Bengaluru is from Mumbai.

Apr 18, 2025, 19:56:26 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The covers remain and the drizzles continue

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The update from the ground is that well, there are no real updates. The covers are firmly in place, ground staff nowhere to be seen and the pitter patter of rain everywhere.

Apr 18, 2025, 19:40:07 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Rain continues!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The rain is light and covers haven’t come off yet. The start could be as late as 10:54 PM IST, and then we will have a 5-over-a-side match.

Apr 18, 2025, 19:28:27 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The rain is back!

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well this is quite annoying. The stadium is packed to the rafters but all the progress that had been made after the drizzles stopped have to be rolled back now.

Apr 18, 2025, 19:23:45 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The rain has stopped at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The drizzles have stopped and the officials are walking around. Ground staff are also making their way out onto the ground. Bengaluru does have a fantastic drainage system and so we could have a quick turnaround.

Apr 18, 2025, 19:12:01 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: 'Will join the party at some stage,' says Maxwell

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Glenn Maxwell also had a chat with the broadcasters, as his Australia teammate and opponent for the day Josh Hazlewood did earlier. "Certainly instills a lot of belief in the team (the win against KKR). We certainly knew we weren't the best with the bat but we realized that there was something in the wicket that we could exploit. Obviously while defending a low total, you need a lot of things to go your way. I felt the energy we brought throughout the innings was a really good sign of things to come. Hopefully, we can keep the standards on the field and keep that energy. Hopefully, helps us going forward. Well hopefully, the rain goes away. With rain around since the last two days, the outfield is gonna be soft and slow. Scoring might not be as high as I have probably known in the last few years. But should be a really good contest. The small boundaries will always be enticing the batters. You have to be good with your skills as a bowler. The lucky thing about being an all-rounder, a couple of things about my bowling going really well. Will join the party at some stage. Probably a bit of luck and something going your way as a batter. Probably should have reviewed the first ball of the tournament that I faced (laughs). Things might have been different. I think making sure I keep my energy and am still upbeat. I have some of the best guys watching me train. Fingers crossed and I might turn it around with the bat."

Apr 18, 2025, 19:02:38 IST

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The IPL turns 18

RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Yes, this is the 18th season of the IPL and so you might be wondering why we are saying this now, right before the 34th game of the year. Well, that is because it is on April 18, 2008 that the first ever IPL match was played. Newly born fans of RCB didn't really have a great time that night thanks to Brendon McCullum, who would go on to play for them many years later of course.