PBKS vs RCB: Bangalore beat Punjab by seven wickets, Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 73 runs, Padikkal also scored a half-century

Padikkal and Kohli – Photo : IPL-BCCI

IPL Live Cricket Score, PBKS vs RCB Indian Premier League 2025: Hello! Welcome to the live blog of Prime Look. Punjab Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday in the 37th match of IPL. This match is being played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. Punjab defeated Bangalore on Friday. Today the RCB team has come to take revenge.

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In the 37th match of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings at their home. The team has maintained its 100 percent win record in away matches so far. The three matches that RCB have lost, they have lost on their home ground. The team has won all its five matches away from home. Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Punjab team could score 157 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Bangalore achieved the target in 18.5 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Virat Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 73 runs. At the same time, Devdutt Padikkal scored 61 runs. With this win, Bangalore team has come to third place in the points table with 10 points. At the same time, Punjab team has slipped to fourth place. It also has 10 points. Punjab has won five out of eight matches so far and has lost three. Bangalore’s next match is against Rajasthan Royals on 24 April in Bangalore. Punjab’s next match is against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens. Earlier, Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma bowled well and took two wickets each. They played an important role in restricting Punjab to a low score. Prabhsimran Singh scored the highest 33 runs for Punjab.
06:42 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Third blow to Bangalore
Bangalore got the third blow at the score of 143. Yuzvendra Chahal got Rajat Patidar caught out. He could score only 12 runs. Currently Kohli is at the crease with 68 runs and Jitesh with one run. Bangalore needs 14 runs in 18 balls.
06:32 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Kohli’s half-century
Virat Kohli scored the 59th half-century of his IPL career. Bangalore has scored 122 runs for two wickets. Bangalore needs 36 runs in 30 balls. Punjab is in danger of defeat.
06:23 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Second blow to Bangalore
Bangalore got the second blow at the score of 109. In the 13th over, Harpreet Brar got Padikkal caught by Nehal Vadhera. Currently, captain Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli are at the crease. Kohli and Padikkal shared a 103-run partnership in 69 balls. Bangalore now needs 46 runs in 42 balls.

06:13 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Padikkal’s half-century

Bengaluru has scored 95 runs after losing one wicket in 11 overs. Devdutt Padikkal scored the 10th half-century of his IPL career. He is at the crease with 51 runs and Kohli with 42 runs. Bangalore now needs 63 runs in 54 balls.

06:12 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Bangalore in strong position
Bengaluru has scored 88 runs after losing one wicket after 10 overs. Currently Devdutt Padikkal is at the crease with 49 runs and Virat Kohli with 38 runs. There has been a partnership of more than 80 runs between the two. Bangalore now needs 70 runs in 60 balls.

05:43 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Score crosses 30
Chasing the target against Punjab Kings, RCB’s score has crossed 30. After the end of four overs, RCB’s score is 31 runs for one wicket.

05:28 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: First blow to RCB
Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has given the first blow to RCB by dismissing Phil Salt. Punjab has set a target of 158 runs in front of RCB. Chasing the target, Bangalore lost the wicket of Salt early who was dismissed after scoring one run.

05:08 PM, 20-Apr-2025
Punjab scored 157 runs
Punjab scored 157 runs for the loss of six wickets after 20 overs. Punjab had a good start after losing the toss and batting first. Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh added 42 runs in 26 balls. After this, however, Punjab’s middle order faltered and the team’s score became 68 runs for three wickets.

Punjab’s team started well by batting first. Priyansh Aryam and Prabhsimran Singh made an opening partnership of 42 runs in 26 balls. Krunal got Priyansh caught by Tim David in the fifth over. Then he also got Prabhsimran Singh caught by David in the seventh over. Priyansh scored 22 runs in 15 balls with the help of three fours and a six and Prabhsimran scored 33 runs in 17 balls with the help of five fours and a six. After this, Shreyas got out after playing a bad shot. He got caught by Krunal off Romario Shepherd’s ball. Shreyas could score six runs in 10 balls.

After this, there was a misunderstanding between Josh Inglis and Nehal Vadhera and Nehal got run out while trying to take two runs. He could score only five runs. Josh Inglis tried to handle the innings along with Shashank Singh, but leg spinner Suyash Sharma again put Punjab’s innings in trouble by taking two wickets in the 14th over. Suyash clean bowled Inglis on the second ball of the over. Inglis could score 29 runs in 17 balls with the help of two fours and a six.

After this, Suyash clean bowled Marcus Stoinis on the fifth ball of the over. Stoinis could score only one run. In the end, Marco Jansen and Shashank shared a 43-run partnership and took Punjab past 150. Jansen remained unbeaten on 25 runs in 20 balls with the help of two sixes and Shashank remained unbeaten on 31 runs. Krunal and Suyash took two wickets each from Bangalore’s side. Whereas, Romario Shepherd got one wicket.

04:50 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: 16 overs over
After 16 overs, Punjab has scored 129 runs after losing six wickets. At present, Marco Jansen and Shashank Singh are at the crease. Despite a good start, the Punjab team has not been able to score big. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals and the team has suffered.
04:38 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Sixth blow to Punjab
In the 14th over, leg-spinner Suyash Sharma bowled brilliantly and took two wickets. First of all, he clean bowled Josh Inglis on the second ball of the over. Inglis was able to score 29 runs in 17 balls with the help of two fours and a six. After this, Marcus Stoinis was clean bowled on the fifth ball. Stoinis could score one run. At present, Marco Jansen and Shashank Singh are at the crease. Punjab’s score after 14 overs is 114 runs for six wickets.

04:30 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Fifth blow to Punjab

Punjab got the fifth blow at the score of 112. In the 14th over, Suyash Sharma clean bowled Josh Inglis. Inglis shared a 36-run partnership with Shashank Singh for the fifth wicket. Marcus Stoinis is currently at the crease with Shashank.

04:20 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Nehal run out

Punjab got the fourth blow at the score of 76. Due to misunderstanding at the crease between Josh Inglis and Nehal Vadhera, Nehal had to be run out. Nehal got run out while trying to take the second run. He could score only five runs. Currently Josh Inglis and Shashank Singh are at the crease.

04:08 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Shreyas fails for third consecutive match
Shreyas Iyer fails for third consecutive match. Punjab suffers a big blow in the eighth over. Punjab’s team suffers third blow at a score of 68. Shreyas was dismissed after scoring six runs off 10 balls. Priyansh and Prabhsimran gave Punjab a good start, but the team has lost three wickets in scoring 27 runs. Priyansh and Prabhsimran were dismissed by Krunal Pandya. At the same time, Krunal took a brilliant catch of Shreyas off Romario Shepherd. Currently Josh Inglis and Nehal Vadhera are at the crease. Shreyas has failed for the third consecutive match. Earlier, he could not open his account against KKR, while in the last match against RCB, he scored seven runs.

04:02 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Second blow to Punjab
Punjab got a second blow in the seventh over on the score of 62. Krunal Pandya got Prabhsimran Singh caught by Tim David. Prabhsimran was dismissed after scoring 33 runs in 17 balls with the help of five fours and a six. Earlier, Krunal also got Priyansh Arya caught by David. He could score 22 runs. Currently captain Shreyas Iyer and Jose Inglis are at the crease. Punjab had scored 62 runs for one wicket in six overs i.e. powerplay. This is the highest number of runs scored in the powerplay against RCB this season. Punjab overtook Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata had scored 60 runs for one wicket at Eden Gardens.

03:52 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: First blow to Punjab
Punjab got the first blow in the fifth over on the score of 42. Krunal Pandya got Priyansh Arya caught by Tim David in his very first over. Priyansh along with Prabhsimran took the first wicket of Punjab.
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03:31 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Match starts
The match has started. Punjab openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh are at the crease. At the same time, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the first over for Bangalore. Two runs came from the first over.

03:09 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Impact sub will be selected from these
Punjab Kings: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandaage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.

03:04 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Both teams are as follows
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

02:59 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Bangalore won the toss
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first against Punjab Kings. Patidar has made one change in the playing-11. Romario Shepherd has been included in place of Liam Livingstone. At the same time, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer has not made any changes in the playing-11.
02:39 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: RCB would like to avenge the defeat from Punjab
In the match played against Punjab in Bengaluru on Friday, except Tim David, no RCB batsman could perform well and the team had to face defeat by five wickets. RCB has strong batsmen like Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, captain Rajat Patidar and Liam Livingstone but they have very little time to make a comeback. In this match played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore team could score only 95 runs for nine wickets in 14 overs in a rain-interrupted match. In reply, Punjab achieved the target in 12.1 overs by losing five wickets.

02:39 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Captain Patidar lashed out at the batsmen
Patidar blamed the failure of the batsmen for the defeat at the hands of Punjab in Bengaluru. He said- The wicket was not very conducive to batting initially but we could perform well as a batting unit. It was important to maintain partnerships but we lost wickets at regular intervals. This is a big lesson for us.
02:38 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: RCB expects good performance from these players
RCB is currently fifth in the points table and if it has to maintain its place in the top four, then its batsmen will have to improve their performance as soon as possible. RCB will rely on Salt and Kohli to provide an explosive start and Patidar, Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya and David will be responsible for providing stability in the middle order.

On the bowling front, Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the attack, but they will need more support from bowlers like Yash Dayal, Krunal and Suyash Sharma. As far as Punjab Kings are concerned, their team led by Shreyas Iyer is performing consistently well. They have won five out of seven matches and are second in the points table after Delhi Capitals.

02:38 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Punjab bowlers impress

Punjab bowlers have performed very well so far. Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett and Marco Jansen have been excellent on the fast bowling front, while leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has proved himself again by taking important wickets in the middle overs.

02:38 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Iyer praises Chahal
Iyer also praised Chahal’s contribution to Punjab’s victory. Iyer said- I spoke to Chahal personally. I told him that you are a match winner and you have to get as many wickets as possible for us. You do not need to adopt a defensive attitude and you have the ability to make a comeback. We admire him for this as a leg spinner. He is one of the best bowlers in the IPL, probably the best bowler ever in the IPL. You have to support him all the time.
02:37 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live: Punjab’s batting order is strong
As far as the Punjabi batting is concerned, the team will expect a good start from young Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh, who have already scored centuries. It has skilled batsmen in the form of Iyer, Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis in the middle order.

02:33 PM, 20-Apr-2025
PBKS vs RCB Live Score: Punjab gets first blow at 42, Krunal dismisses Priyansh, Prabhsimran-Shreyas at the crease
Hello! Welcome to Prime Look (English) Live Blog. Punjab Kings will face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday April 20 , 2025 in the 37th match of IPL. This match is being played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. Punjab defeated Bangalore on Friday. Today the RCB team has come to take revenge.