In the 34th match of the IPL 2025 season, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium of Bangalore on 18 April. Punjab Kings (PBK) won five wickets on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Despite flexible 50 runs off 26 balls from Tim David, RCB managed to post a total of 95 runs in 14 overs. In response, PBK easily pushed the target forward, reaching 98 to 5 in 12.1 overs. Nehal Wadhera played an important role in chasing, scored 33 runs off 19 balls, directed his team to win. Jeet marked an important achievement for PBKS, as he managed to pursue RCB on his home ground, exposing the team’s balanced performance in both bowling and batting departments.

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Match Details : Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings|| RCB vs PBKS

Venu	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Toss	Punjab Kings, elected to field first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2025
Player Of The Match	Tim David
RCB Player Replacement	Impact player: Manoj Bhandage in, Liam Livingstone out (1st innings, 7.4 ov)
PBKS Player Replacement	Impact player: Prabhsimran Singh in, Yuzvendra Chahal out (1st innings, 13.6 ov)
Umpires	Ulhas Gandhe Virender Sharma
Points	Punjab Kings 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 0

1st Inning of Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting

Batting	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Phil Salt	c †Inglis b Arshdeep Singh	4	4	1	0	100
Virat Kohli	c Jansen b Arshdeep Singh	1	3	0	0	33.33
Rajat Patidar (c)	c Bartlett b Chahal	23	18	1	1	127.77
Liam Livingstone	c Arya b Bartlett	4	6	1	0	66.66
Jitesh Sharma †	c Wadhera b Chahal	2	7	0	0	28.57
Krunal Pandya	c & b Jansen	1	2	0	0	50
Tim David	not out	50	26	5	3	192.3
Manoj Bhandage	lbw b Jansen	1	4	0	0	25
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	c Bartlett b Harpreet Brar	8	13	1	0	61.53
Yash Dayal	lbw b Harpreet Brar	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Hazlewood	not out	0	1	0	0	0
Extras	(nb 1)	1
Total	14 Ov (RR: 6.78)	95/9

Did not bat: Suyash Sharma
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Phil Salt, 0.4 ov) 2-21 (Virat Kohli, 2.4 ov) 3-26 (Liam Livingstone, 3.6 ov) 4-32 (Jitesh Sharma, 5.5 ov) 5-33 (Krunal Pandya, 6.1 ov) 6-41 (Rajat Patidar, 7.4 ov) 7-42 (Manoj Bhandage, 8.2 ov) 8-63 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11.4 ov) 9-63 (Yash Dayal, 11.5 ov)

Punjab Kings Bowling

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON
Arshdeep Singh	3	0	23	2	7.66
Xavier Bartlett	3	0	26	1	8.66
Marco Jansen	3	0	10	2	3.33
Yuzvendra Chahal	3	0	11	2	3.66
Harpreet Brar	2	0	25	2	12.5

2nd Inning of Punjab Kings Batting

Batting	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Priyansh Arya	c David b Hazlewood	16	11	1	1	145.45
Prabhsimran Singh	c David b Kumar	13	9	2	0	144.44
Shreyas Iyer (c)	c †Sharma b Hazlewood	7	10	0	0	70
Josh Inglis †	c Suyash Sharma b Hazlewood	14	17	2	0	82.35
Nehal Wadhera	not out	33	19	3	3	173.68
Shashank Singh	c Salt b Kumar	1	5	0	0	20
Marcus Stoinis	not out	7	2	0	1	350
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 2)	7
Total	12.1 Ov (RR: 8.05)	98/5

Did not bat: Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett,Harpreet Brar,Arshdeep Singh
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Prabhsimran Singh, 2.4 ov) 2-32 (Priyansh Arya, 3.4 ov), 3-52 (Shreyas Iyer, 7.4 ov) 4-53 (Josh Inglis, 7.6 ov) 5-81 (Shashank Singh, 11.3 ov)

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