IPL 2025, RCB vs PBKS match prediction: Rain likely to play spoilsport at Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru

RCB vs PBKS Today Match Prediction: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) for their seventh match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 which is scheduled to take place on April 18 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Both teams have played six matches so far and managed to register four wins. RCB and PBKS are currently fourth and fifth in the IPL 2025 points table. 

Bengaluru weather update

There are chances that rain wil play spoilsport at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the rainfall is predicted in the city till Sunday, April 20. According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), light to moderate rainfall is predicted in the city, which will be accompanied by gusty winds in North Interior Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka.

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RCB vs PBKS Toss Prediction

Despite the unseasonal rain, captains will want to bowl first given the ground's (in)famous characteristics and the 100% record for chasing teams here this season.

RCB vs PBKS Win Probability

RCB and PBKS played 33 IPL matches against each other, where PBKS holds the edge by winning 17 of them. RCB managed to win 16 clashes. Considering the stats, PBKS holds the edge over RCB. 

Squads

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Swastik Chikara, Mohit Rathee, Nuwan Thushara, Romario Shepherd, Lungi Ngidi.

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Pyla Avinash, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis.