Apr 18, 2025 9:24 PM 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 9:21 PM IST
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 9:10 PM IST
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 9:05 PM IST
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 9:02 PM IST
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 9:00 PM IST
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 8:56 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings:
Apr 18, 2025 8:45 PM IST
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 8:30 PM IST
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 8:23 PM IST
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 8:16 PM IST
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 8:09 PM IST
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 7:56 PM IST
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 7:40 PM IST
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 7:28 PM IST
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 7:23 PM IST
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 7:12 PM IST
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 7:02 PM IST
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.
Apr 18, 2025 7:00 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: It’s official now.
Apr 18, 2025 6:54 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: And that is because it is still drizzling. Official word hasn’t come yet but it is pretty obvious now folks. Toss has been delayed.
Apr 18, 2025 6:51 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Josh Hazlewood had a chat with the host broadcasters. Here is what he said: “All three of our quick bowlers, are a little bit different. No matter who takes the new ball, we have got a role to play. They are great swing bowlers upfront. They are wicket-takers and I try to do my thing. Powerplay has been the best part for us with the ball so far. It’s going to interesting, it’s raining at the moment. I know the outfield dries quickly here, so as soon as the rain stops, we can get on the field quickly. In a couple of games here, it’s been a great learning curve for us. Some guys have played a lot of cricket here, some haven’t played as much. We are always learning on the go. Got to hit the good length, hit the top of stump. Need to go full and swing the ball in the powerplay.”
Apr 18, 2025 6:39 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Well the city has been intermittently hit by unseasonal showers throughout the past week and today is no different. Steady drizzle at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and with about 20 minutes to go for the scheduled toss time, there could be some delays here.
Apr 18, 2025 6:24 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Krunal Pandya has dismissed Glenn Maxwell five times in the IPL. Moreover, he has a good record against two other international stars in the PBKS lineup. Shreyas Iyer strikes only at 88.89 and Marcus Stoinis has a strike rate of 110.71.
Apr 18, 2025 6:10 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Punjab Kings lead the head-to-head stats between these two sides but only just. They have won 17 while RCB have won 16. RCB trail in this fixture despite winning the last three clashes.
Apr 18, 2025 5:59 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Lockie Ferguson bowled just two balls in the defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday before that extraordinary win against KKR before limping off clutching his left thigh in visible pain. PBKS fast bowling coach James Hopes said that the pacer is out “indefinitely”.
“Ferguson is out indefinitely and the chances of us getting him back by the end of the tournament are very slim, I would have thought,” Punjab fast bowling coach James Hopes said late Monday. “I think he has sustained a pretty serious injury.”
Apr 18, 2025 5:45 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Something quite astonishing seems to be happening this season, the Chinnaswamy, a stadium so good for batting that Gautam Gambhir questioned AB de Villiers’ greatness as an IPL player because he scored half his runs here, doesn’t seem to be a graveyard for bowlers any more. Bhuvneshwar Kumar spoke about that in the pre-match press conference. “Yes, we know Chinnaswamy is known for batting, but look at the wicket, it is not the same as it used to be. I don’t know the reason, but yes, we will bowl or bat for the first few overs and then see how the wicket will play and then we will decide the things,” he said.
Apr 18, 2025 5:39 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Haddin spoke about the impact of PBKS’s victory in the last match. “I think the one thing it (the win over KKR) does with the playing group is it re-ensures everything that we’re doing they start to trust. The players started to believe that they could win from any situation. I reckon that is really important as you go deeper into the tournament,” said Haddin.
“It was a special win. But we’re at the stage in the tournament where you’ve got to make sure you’re getting better and better each game. Our wins are starting to become really important with the way the table’s congested. So, for us, it’s about just building on a little bit of momentum and playing some really brave cricket,” he said.
Apr 18, 2025 5:29 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Maxwell may be having a shockingly poor season with the bat but his offspin has been quite handy for the Punjab Kings. He has taken four wickets thus far and maintains an impressive economy of 8.46. His strikes were among the supporting acts to Chahal in PBKS’s astonishing win in their last game.
Apr 18, 2025 5:19 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: PBKS may have a big-hitting top order and central to that has been the exploits of young openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. But today, they face old warhorses Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who have been purring along in the powerplay this season. Hazlewood has an economy of 5.4 in this period, Bhuvneshwar 6.2, which are the lowest for any bowler in the first six overs of matches this season.
Apr 18, 2025 5:08 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Both these sides possess top orders that have been excelling at going about their business quickly in the powerplay and that is reflected in the numbers. PBKS have the best run rate (11) this season in the first six overs of matches and RCB are second with 10.40.
Apr 18, 2025 4:58 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: RCB won’t be too happy about the fact that their former star spinner has rediscovered some form in the game before this. No one has more T20 wickets at the Chinnaswamy than Chahal does. Moreover, 16 of his 24 IPL wickets since 2024 have been right-handers – RCB have six of them in their top eight.
Apr 18, 2025 4:49 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: The life of PBKS’s astonishing win over KKR in their last game was Yuzvendra Chahal’s four-wicket haul. That was his eighth four-wicket haul in the IPL and he is now level with Sunil Narine for most four-fers in the history of the tournament.
Apr 18, 2025 4:40 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: As was the case for KKR last season, Phil Salt’s incredible starts have been a huge reason as to why RCB are unbeaten away frome home this season. He is the leading run scorer in the powerplay so far this year, hitting 11 sixes and striking at 193.61 in this period.
Apr 18, 2025 4:30 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Glenn Maxwell has had some wild fluctuations in form throughout his career but even by those standards, his current rut is quite extraordinary. Of the 75 players who have batted at least 10 times in the IPL since 2024, only Glenn Maxwell has a sub-10 average (6.64). Now it is as an RCB player that Maxwell arguably enjoyed his longest consistently good run with the bat and so, is today the day?
Apr 18, 2025 4:20 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Pyla Avinash, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis
Apr 18, 2025 4:12 PM IST
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, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi
Apr 18, 2025 4:06 PM IST
RCB vs PBKS IPL Live Score 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings: RCB broke a few winless streaks that lasted a decade or more at different grounds this season but they have been absolutely pulverised during matchs at home. Now they face a side who scored 111 won their last game and before that scored over 240 and lost.
