PBKS vs RCB Qualifier 1: Bangalore or Punjab, who will win Qualifier-1? You will get the answer here before the match

PBKS vs RCB Match Prediction Today: The first qualifier (PBKS vs RCB Qualifier 1) match will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings in IPL 2025 today. This match will be played at the stadium in Mullanpur and today a team which has never won the IPL title is sure to reach the final. On one hand there is Punjab which has not played the final since 2014, on the other hand RCB has also not been able to enter the title clash after 2016. Know here on the basis of statistics who can win the first qualifier match?

Head to head record

So far in IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings have faced each other 35 times. Punjab has won 18 times and Bangalore has won 17 times. In the current season, both the teams have defeated each other once each. Talking about the last 5 matches of both in IPL, RCB has won four times. So far, both the teams have played only one match on the ground of Mullanpur, in which RCB was victorious.

Record of both teams in playoff

RCB has played 15 matches in the playoffs so far, out of which it won only 5 times and lost 10 times. On the other hand, Punjab has played only 4 matches in the playoffs so far, out of which it lost three matches. If we evaluate based on all the statistics, then RCB seems to be going directly to the finals.

Punjab played fearlessly, RCB has in-form players

Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer and the coaching of Ricky Ponting, Punjab Kings have played fearless cricket. Shreyas Iyer is the player who led Delhi Capitals to the finals in 2020, led KKR to the title after 10 years in 2024 and now led Punjab Kings to the finals after 11 years. His pairing with Ricky Ponting has been very good. Punjab suffered only 4 defeats in 14 matches in the league stage.

On the other hand, RCB has a lot of in-form players. Virat Kohli has so far scored 602 runs in 13 matches including 8 fifties. In the last match, Jitesh Sharma is coming after playing a stormy innings of 85 runs in just 33 balls. Josh Hazlewood can return to the Bangalore team, who has taken 18 wickets in the tournament so far. Apart from him, Krunal Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been the 'silent heroes' of RCB by taking 15 and 14 wickets respectively.

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