Punjab Kings v/s Royal Challengers Bengaluru Match Tickets IPL 2025 Scorecard: Highlights, Full Scorecard of PBKS vs RCB | The match between the Punjab Kings and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League 2025 was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Match Scorecard will guide you through every important moment of the match, from bat to ball and back again with just about every stat you’ll need to make sense of how it played out.
Match Overview
LEAGUE MATCH: PUNJAB KINGS VS ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE
- RESULT: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets
- Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium, Chandigarh.
- Date: April 5, 2025
- Format: Twenty20 (T20) Cricket
- TOSS: Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to field first.
This is the scorecard from this Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match that summed up both teams through their batting and bowling exploits.
Batting Scorecard – Punjab Kings Innings
It helped Punjab Kings set a target to defend — but not enough of one. So, let us take their batting record and analyse it:
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priyansh Arya | 22 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 146.67 |
| Prabhsimran Singh | 33 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 194.12 |
| Shreyas Iyer (c) | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Josh Inglis (wk) | 29 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 170.59 |
| Nehal Wadhera | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Total | 157/6 | 20 Overs | – | – | – |
Punjab chased down their target and posted 157/6 in 20 overs with Prabhsimran Singh (33 off 17 balls) and Josh Inglis (29 off 17 balls) being the notable contributors. But their middle-order failed to post a higher total leaving them with only the above score as their result on the Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match scorecard.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Innings – Batting Card
Virat Kohli top scored with 53 runs as RCB chased down a target of 158 comfortably. This is how Royal Challengers Bengaluru made chase for them look easy:
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli (c) | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 183.33 |
| Jitesh Sharma (wk) | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.50 |
| RCB Team Total | 159/3 | 18.5 Overs | – | – | – |
RCB chased the target of 158 runs in just 18.5 overs with a titanic margin of 7 wickets. The chase so easy looked up to the top order, who were lead by Virat Kohli. The RCB middle order contributed to the chase and they chased it down with considerable ease, indicative of their complete command on proceedings up until that point in the game. Scorecard of the Punjab Kings v Royal Challengers Bengaluru match provides maximum clarity about tactical superiority side RCB had during chase.
Bowling Performances
Punjab Kings Bowling Performance
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 |
| Harpreet Brar | 4 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 |
Punjab Kings did their best to prevent Royal Challengers Bengaluru from scoring a large total. Although Suyash Sharma was the top bowler for KKR, with 2 wickets in his 4 overs and conceding 28 runs, bowlers in general were not effective in preventing a hammering from RCB.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bowling Performance
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Maxwell | 4 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 |
| Harshal Patel | 4 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
Bowlers kept their discipline for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru during the chase, and they were even well served by Mohammed Siraj who took 2/33 in his 4 overs. While bowlers kept up the pressure on Punjab Kings, especially during those middle overs.
Key Highlights
Below are the major nick points that had an impact to scorecard of Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
- Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis played important roles in Punjab Kings’ 157/6 (20 overs).
- RCB chased the target with ease, because of powerful duo Virat Kohli, and an all-round performance from Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj.
- TARGET: RCB won the match, chased 158 in 18.5 overs with loss of 3 wickets.
MOM — Mohammed Siraj
Player of the match Mohammed Siraj was this voting process of failure. He along with the other bowlers of RCB gave vital upper hand to their team and secured Punjab Kings to a total score below par, took 2 wickets on cost of 33 runs. His extra effort in the middle overs also made it easy for RCB to tighten the screws and brought down an otherwise daunting chase to less intimidating proportions.
Conclusion
Here Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru match scorecard: RCB won easily with clinical chase and tight bowling Mohammed Siraj did the most damage with the ball, while Virat Kohli was ice cool in control of the chase. In contrast, Punjab Kings could not defend their paltry total as the innings saw little contributions from a few of their batsmen.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beacause this match is a perfect guide of how bowling discipline and a sound chase win you the games by a long margin.
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