Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl in a rain-shortened IPL 2025 game against hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday night (April 18).
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The match will begin at 9:45 PM with 14 overs per side at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Earlier, rain had delayed the toss, and it took place at 9:30 PM.
PBKS made two changes, bringing back Marcus Stoinis and Harpreet Brar. Out-of-form Glenn Maxwell was dropped. RCB are unchanged.
As per the revised playing conditions, there will be four overs of Powerplay. Four bowlers can bowl a maximum of three overs each.
Playing XIs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.
Impact Players: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey.