IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Wadhere sends a good length delivery, outside off. Wadhera gets a inside edge, onto the leg stump.

Wadhera b Dayal 8 (10)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Back in a length delivery by Hazlewood, at the stumps. Stoinis pulls it, to deep backward square leg, for a six! SHOT! Over ends with a dot!

PBKS - 48/4 (6)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: OUT! A short delivery by Hazlewood, and Inglis tries to pull, but ends up getting to long leg for a simple catch!

Inglis c Bhuvneshwar b Hazlewood 4 (7)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: FOUR! A full length delivery by Dayal, on off. Wadhera launches it over the bowler for a four! Then it is two dots, followed by a single, no run and then another single.

PBKS - 38/3 (5)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A length delivery by Hazlewood, outside off and Iyer gets a thin edge, it goes to Jitesh for a catch!

Iyer c Jitesh b Hazlewood 2 (3)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: A length delivery by Bhuvneshwar and Prabhsimran got a thin edge to the wicketkeeper.

Prabhsimran c Jitesh b Bhuvneshwar 18 (10)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Back of a length delivery by Dayal, on the hips of Prabhsimran. He smacks it over long leg.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Second delivery and caught at coevr!!! A good length delivery by Dayal and Priyansh directs it straight to cover for a catch! OUT!

Priyansh c Krunal b Dayal 7 (5)

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The action begins! Priyansh and Prabhsimran to open for PBKS. Bhuvneshwar to bowl the opening over!

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: RCB - Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma

PBKS - Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: After winning the toss, RCB captain Patidar said, “We will bowl first. Wicket looks very hard, decent covering of grass and will try to maximise the first few overs. Everyone gave more than 100 percent in the last game, Jitesh Salt and Kohli they were tremendous. One change for us. Hazlewood comes in place of Thushara.”

Meanwhile, PBKS’ Iyer said, “Would have bowled first as well. If you look at the record here, teams batting first have done well, so I am optimistic. They (the crowd) have been tremendous and you need such kind of vibration when you enter the ground and it gives us a lot of energy as well. The way they (openers) have been showing the fearless approach and the attitude has been brilliant. Marco goes out and Azmatullah comes in for him.”

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Patidar wins toss and RCB opt to bowl.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Toss is upcoming! It is set for 7:00 PM IST!

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS have been in good form this season and have the second-best scoring rate in the powerplay phase at 10.02. RCB have the lowest economy rate of 8.79 in that phase.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS - WLWWW

RCB - WLWWW

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hazlewood has removed Iyer thrice in 19 balls in T20 cricket, conceding only nine runs. Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar has also removed him thrice, conceding 45 in 50 balls. 

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The venue in New Chandigarh has hosted four matches this season, with the first two seeing three 200-plus totals. Meanwhile, the last two saw 111 all out, 95 all out and 157/6 in 20 overs. The temperature is expected to be 30 degrees Celsius and there will be no rain today!

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: During run-chases this season, Kohli has registered 342 runs in six innings at an average of 114 and strike rate of 144.30. Kohli also has bagged 1104 runs in 34 innings vs PBKS in IPL history, packed with a ton and five fifties, at a strike rate of 133.49.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Speaking ahead of the match, RCB wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh said, “I can't express my thoughts, I was thinking about just staying in the present. When Virat got out I thought of taking the game deep and that is what my mentor (Dinesh Karthik) tells me.. that the kind of calibre I have, I can finish the game from any situation.”

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Speaking ahead of the match, PBKS skipper Iyer said, “We have a camaraderie from the last few years, he (Ponting) lets me be decisive on the field, all these things have culminated in a great way. Ecstatic that everything is working.”

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: It will an interesting battle between PBKS seamer Arshdeep and RC openers. He has only leaked 25 off 34 balls vs Salt, taking his wicket four times. Against Kohli, he hasn’t had similar luck, being smacked for 93 off 51 balls.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, There will be no Jansen for PBKS, who has returned to South Africa to prepare for the upcoming WTC final vs Australia, starting on June 11 in London. Omarzai is expected to fill in for him!

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: The last time btoh sides met at this venue, RCB sealed a win, racing to an unprecedented away record of seven victories in seven.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: In terms of head-to-head, PBKS lead 18-17 vs RCB, and have faced each other twice this season, winning once each.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: PBKS have finished IPL runners-up once in 2014 and RCB did it thrice in 2009, 2011 and 2016. The failures in the previous seasons will motivate both sides to a win.

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Tim Seifert, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Blessing Muzarabani, Tim David, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash

IPL 2025, Qualifier 1 PBKS vs RCB IPL Live Updates, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of today's IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 as PBKS take on RCB. All eyes will be on Virat Kohli, who will be looking to drive RCB to the final and win their maiden IPL trophy.

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