Updated 3 June 2025 at 16:27 IST
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings will be facing off against one another in the final of the Indian Premier League 2025. Both RCB and PBKS are yet to win their first ever Indian Premier League title and one of the two teams will break the 18 year old jinx that has plagued their teams. Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Virat Kohli are playing their fourth IPL final and will be hoping to turn things around for the Bengaluru based franchise. As the IPL final nears, here is all you need to know regarding the summit clash between PBKS and RCB.
The final of the Indian Premier League between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The match will be played on 3rd June 2025 at 7:30 PM IST.
The IPL final between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings will be played at the center wicket of the Narendra Modi Stadium. The pitch is expected to be favorable for batters with 10 out of 15 matches that have been played at the venue crossing the 200 run mark.
As the pitch reports suggest, a high scoring affair is on the cards for the final of the Indian Premier League.
According to Accuweather.com, the temperature in Ahmedabad will be hot with temperatures around 36 degrees at the start of the game. As the match goes on, the temperature will drop slightly and come to around 30 degrees at the end of the game.
The weather will be humid in Ahmedabad and players will have to remain hydrated throughout the game. There is also a 2% to 5% chance of rain to spoil the game.
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Ahead of the final match here are the head to head statistics for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings-
The two teams heading into the final are equally matched and it promises to be an exciting encounter between the two teams.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru- Tim Seifert, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma
Punjab Kings- Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Azmatullah Omarzai, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Here are the full match squads for RCB and PBKS as they head into the final of IPL 2025-
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Mayank Agarwal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Mitchell Owen, Kyle Jamieson, Vishnu Vinod.
Published 3 June 2025 at 13:52 IST