IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates: Hazlewood strikes, removes Iyer; RCB in total control
- IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl vs PBKS, on Thursday. Follow live score and latest updaes of PBKS vs RCB IPL 2025 Qualifier 1.
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl against PBKS in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2025, in New Chandigarh on Thursday. In this knockout competition, only one of two things can happen: either hearts get broken, or dreams come true. The two teams participating in IPL 2025’s Qualifier 1 know all about the first of that equation, but this year, both have intentions of realising the second. Which of Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru put nearly two decades of scar tissue behind them to win this match and head to the IPL 2025 Finals, where they will have a chance to finally get their hands on that coveted IPL trophy?...Read More
The New Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh has only been an IPL venue for two years, but already, it has the chance to host a set of playoff games after rescheduling took this game away from Hyderabad. It is a home game for Punjab Kings in some ways — but that might well be advantage RCB. Rajat Patidar’s team has done something which has never been done before in the IPL by winning every single away match they played this tournament. Their final league victory over Lucknow saw Jitesh Sharma play one of the best high-pressure knocks in the history of this tournament, sealing that crucial top two spot in the most dramatic of styles, and earn two tilts at the final. But this team will back themselves to only need one.
In their way will be the new-look, refurbished Punjab Kings of Shreyas Iyer and Ricky Ponting. The Iyer-Ponting axis know their way around reaching the IPL final, having done so with Delhi Capitals in 2020 — but Qualifier 1 is a match they have never cracked, losing to MI and CSK respectively in 2020 and 2021. But things can change: Iyer now has experience of not just winning but absolutely dominating in the playoffs, helping KKR brush aside SRH with some ferocity not once but twice in his title run last year. That sort of leadership experience is invaluable: pair that with a born winner in Australia’s most successful captain, and you get a team built for the big stage.
There isn’t much to separate these two teams on the pitch itself: they had identical points, 17 in the league stage, nearly identical net run-rate, and they split their two games this season when they played in quick succession in the middle of the tournament. This is a well-matched pair of teams, even if they are built in different ways, relying on impact and players up and down the team putting their hand up when it mattered most. In such a contest, it is often mistakes that come to define it rather than the successes. A dropped catch here, a miscommunication while running there, and the match will swing. For the neutral, that is exactly what you want a knockout cricket match to look like: no underdog, no favourite, just two quality units leaving it all out on the field.
And these are two teams that will certainly do that. Expect full effort, an entire commitment to the cause, and a desire to win stemming from two historic franchises that have never quite cracked the code. Today, one of those two teams will be one step closer to figuring it out. The only question that remains is which one.
Key moments from PBKS vs RCB Qualifier 1 IPL 2025-
- RCB Playing XI - Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma
- PBKS Playing XI - Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson
- RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and opted to bowl
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- 29 May 2025, 08:14:08 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Wadhera b Dayal 8 (10)
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Wadhere sends a good length delivery, outside off. Wadhera gets a inside edge, onto the leg stump.
Wadhera b Dayal 8 (10)
- 29 May 2025, 08:13:53 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS - 48/4 (6)
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Back in a length delivery by Hazlewood, at the stumps. Stoinis pulls it, to deep backward square leg, for a six! SHOT! Over ends with a dot!
PBKS - 48/4 (6)
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- 29 May 2025, 08:04:02 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT!!! ANOTHER WICKET! INGLIS HAS TO LEAVE!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! A short delivery by Hazlewood, and Inglis tries to pull, but ends up getting to long leg for a simple catch!
Inglis c Bhuvneshwar b Hazlewood 4 (7)
- 29 May 2025, 08:00:04 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS - 38/3 (5)
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: FOUR! A full length delivery by Dayal, on off. Wadhera launches it over the bowler for a four! Then it is two dots, followed by a single, no run and then another single.
PBKS - 38/3 (5)
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- 29 May 2025, 07:54:45 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hazlewood removes Iyer
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A length delivery by Hazlewood, outside off and Iyer gets a thin edge, it goes to Jitesh for a catch!
Iyer c Jitesh b Hazlewood 2 (3)
- 29 May 2025, 07:52:10 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! ANOTHER WICKET!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A length delivery by Bhuvneshwar and Prabhsimran got a thin edge to the wicketkeeper.
Prabhsimran c Jitesh b Bhuvneshwar 18 (10)
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- 29 May 2025, 07:47:16 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: SIX!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Back of a length delivery by Dayal, on the hips of Prabhsimran. He smacks it over long leg.
- 29 May 2025, 07:43:33 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT!!!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Second delivery and caught at coevr!!! A good length delivery by Dayal and Priyansh directs it straight to cover for a catch! OUT!
Priyansh c Krunal b Dayal 7 (5)
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- 29 May 2025, 07:33:11 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Action begins!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The action begins! Priyansh and Prabhsimran to open for PBKS. Bhuvneshwar to bowl the opening over!
- 29 May 2025, 07:08:02 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Playing XIs
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB - Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma
PBKS - Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson
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- 29 May 2025, 07:07:11 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: What did the captains say?
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: After winning the toss, RCB captain Patidar said, “We will bowl first. Wicket looks very hard, decent covering of grass and will try to maximise the first few overs. Everyone gave more than 100 percent in the last game, Jitesh Salt and Kohli they were tremendous. One change for us. Hazlewood comes in place of Thushara.”
Meanwhile, PBKS’ Iyer said, “Would have bowled first as well. If you look at the record here, teams batting first have done well, so I am optimistic. They (the crowd) have been tremendous and you need such kind of vibration when you enter the ground and it gives us a lot of energy as well. The way they (openers) have been showing the fearless approach and the attitude has been brilliant. Marco goes out and Azmatullah comes in for him.”
- 29 May 2025, 07:03:13 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Toss update!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Patidar wins toss and RCB opt to bowl.
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- 29 May 2025, 07:00:26 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Toss is upcoming!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Toss is upcoming! It is set for 7:00 PM IST!
- 29 May 2025, 06:39:30 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS and RCB in PowerPlay
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS have been in good form this season and have the second-best scoring rate in the powerplay phase at 10.02. RCB have the lowest economy rate of 8.79 in that phase.
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- 29 May 2025, 06:24:38 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Form guide
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS - WLWWW
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- 29 May 2025, 06:17:46 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB seamers vs Iyer
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hazlewood has removed Iyer thrice in 19 balls in T20 cricket, conceding only nine runs. Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar has also removed him thrice, conceding 45 in 50 balls.
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- 29 May 2025, 06:08:39 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: What to expect?
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The venue in New Chandigarh has hosted four matches this season, with the first two seeing three 200-plus totals. Meanwhile, the last two saw 111 all out, 95 all out and 157/6 in 20 overs. The temperature is expected to be 30 degrees Celsius and there will be no rain today!
- 29 May 2025, 05:53:06 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Kohli vs PBKS
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: During run-chases this season, Kohli has registered 342 runs in six innings at an average of 114 and strike rate of 144.30. Kohli also has bagged 1104 runs in 34 innings vs PBKS in IPL history, packed with a ton and five fifties, at a strike rate of 133.49.
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- 29 May 2025, 05:43:12 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Jitesh Sharma on his 33-ball 85* knock vs LSG which sent RCB to Q1
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Speaking ahead of the match, RCB wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh said, “I can't express my thoughts, I was thinking about just staying in the present. When Virat got out I thought of taking the game deep and that is what my mentor (Dinesh Karthik) tells me.. that the kind of calibre I have, I can finish the game from any situation.”
- 29 May 2025, 05:37:43 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Iyer hails PBKS head coach Ponting
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Speaking ahead of the match, PBKS skipper Iyer said, “We have a camaraderie from the last few years, he (Ponting) lets me be decisive on the field, all these things have culminated in a great way. Ecstatic that everything is working.”
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- 29 May 2025, 05:29:22 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Arshdeep vs RCB openers
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: It will an interesting battle between PBKS seamer Arshdeep and RC openers. He has only leaked 25 off 34 balls vs Salt, taking his wicket four times. Against Kohli, he hasn’t had similar luck, being smacked for 93 off 51 balls.
- 29 May 2025, 05:14:28 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: No Jansen for PBKS
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, There will be no Jansen for PBKS, who has returned to South Africa to prepare for the upcoming WTC final vs Australia, starting on June 11 in London. Omarzai is expected to fill in for him!
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- 29 May 2025, 05:08:39 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB eye win
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The last time btoh sides met at this venue, RCB sealed a win, racing to an unprecedented away record of seven victories in seven.
- 29 May 2025, 05:03:57 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Head-to-head
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: In terms of head-to-head, PBKS lead 18-17 vs RCB, and have faced each other twice this season, winning once each.
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- 29 May 2025, 04:57:27 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Trophy-less!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS have finished IPL runners-up once in 2014 and RCB did it thrice in 2009, 2011 and 2016. The failures in the previous seasons will motivate both sides to a win.
- 29 May 2025, 04:40:21 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB squad
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Tim Seifert, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Blessing Muzarabani, Tim David, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
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- 29 May 2025, 04:30:13 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS squad
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash
- 29 May 2025, 04:22:38 PM IST
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hello and good afternoon everyone!
IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of today's IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 as PBKS take on RCB. All eyes will be on Virat Kohli, who will be looking to drive RCB to the final and win their maiden IPL trophy.
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