Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It will be the rematch of the first qualifier, which RCB won after chasing down the mere target of 102 runs in just 10 overs.
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In this prediction, get the best cricket tips, RCB vs PBKS Fantasy 11 prediction, pitch report & playing 11 updates for today’s final match IPL 2025. PBKS faced Mumbai Indians. MI scored 203 runs for the loss of six wickets with the help of a knock of 44 runs from Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav, respectively. Azmatullah Omarzai was the pick of the bowlers and took two wickets for 43 runs in four overs. Shreyas Iyer led the charge with the bat for PBKS and remained unbeaten on 87 runs off 41 deliveries. PBKS won the match by five wickets in 19 overs.
RCB has reached the final for the fourth time, while PBKS will feature in the final for the first time since 2014. RCB and PBKS have faced each other 36 times in the IPL so far, and both teams have won 18 matches each. RCB has won four out of the last five games against PBKS. It will be the second time that both teams will meet each other at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
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Match Information- RCB vs PBKS Fantasy 11 prediction
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings, Final
Indian Premier League, 3 Jun 2025, Tue, 7:30 PM IST ,Ahmedabad
Probable PlayingXI
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Virat Kohli, RM Patidar(C), LS Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, KH Pandya, PD Salt, JM Sharma, B Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma
Bench: Devdutt Padikkal, Tim David, Swapnil Singh, S Chikara, M Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Mohit Rathee, Rasikh Salam, L Ngidi, N Thushara, A Singh, Mayank Agarwal, B Muzarabani, Tim Seifert
Punjab Kings
P Arya, S Iyer(C), MP Stoinis, N Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, JP Inglis, KA Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bench: Harnoor Singh, P Simran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Pyla Avinash, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, AM Hardie, P Dubey, M Jansen, Harpreet Brar, KR Sen, YS Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Mitchell Owen, GJ Maxwell, LH Ferguson
Pitch Report
Virat RCB | bat
Kohli is just 17 runs away from scoring the most runs against the Punjab Kings. He has scored 614 runs this season at a strike rate of 146.53. He has made eight half-centuries in 14 outings this season.
Iyer has been in the best of his form this season. He has crossed the 600-run mark for the first time this year since making his debut in the league. PBKS’ skipper has 603 runs to his name in 16 games at a strike rate of 175.80.
Salt has been one of the best batters for RCB in his debut season. He has the best strike rate among the batters who have scored a minimum of 300 runs for RCB. The wicketkeeper-batter has scored 387 runs in 12 games at a strike rate of 175.90.
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