IPL 2025, Match 71st, Qualifier 1, PBKS vs RCB: Weather Forecast And Pitch Report

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PBKS vs RCB: After attaining the top 2 spot in the IPL 2025 league stage, number 1 ranked Punjab Kings and number 2 ranked Royal Challengers Bengaluru will clash at Mullanpur, Punjab, today in the Qualifier 1 of the league. Punjab Kings, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, is aiming to reach the final by defeating RCB at their home ground, but RCB’s performance outside their home ground is impressive as they won all of their away home matches and became the first team to do so in a season and it would be exciting to see whether they can maintain that record in the playoffs stage or get their first loss in away game today.

If Punjab Kings get the win, they will reach the final after a decade. The last time Punjab reached the final was in 2014, and they can reach the final again by defeating RCB today.

IPL 2025, Match 71st, PBKS vs RCB: Weather Forecast

There is only a 1% chance of precipitation, and rain is less likely to play spoilsport. There would be 50% cloud cover, and if rain happens and the match gets abandoned, Punjab Kings will reach the final, and RCB has to play a game against the winner of Eliminator between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans.

IPL 2025, Match 71st, PBKS vs RCB: Pitch Report

The pitch at Mullanpur is batting-friendly, but it behaved otherwise in some matches, so it will be exciting to see which departments’ batting or bowling gets help from the surface.

IPL 2025, Match 71st, PBKS vs RCB: Squads

PBKS IPL 2025 squad:

Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera

RCB IPL 2025 squad:

Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee

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