RCB and punjab face each other on IPL's birthday, 14-14 overs match; Know all the rules of this match

IPL RCB vs PBKS: The 34th match of IPL is going to be played between royal challengers Bangalore (RCB) and punjab Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Due to rain, the toss was delayed by two and a half hours at 9.30 pm.

IPL RCB vs PBKS

Today is the birthday of IPL. This league started on this day 17 years ago on 18 april 2008. Today, on the birthday of IPL, the teams of RCB and punjab Kings are face to face. Rain disrupted this match, but after waiting for about two and a half hours, the toss of the match took place. This match will be of 14-14 overs. Know all the rules related to this match here.


All the rules of RCB vs PBKS match

The 34th match of the IPL is going to be played between royal challengers Bangalore (RCB) and punjab Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Due to rain, the toss was delayed by two and a half hours to 9.30 pm. punjab won the toss and decided to bowl first. The first ball of this match will be bowled at 9.45 pm. The batting powerplay in this match will be of 4 overs.


Talking about the bowling rules, four bowlers will bowl three overs each and another bowler will bowl the remaining two overs. The first innings of the match will end by 10:45 and the second innings will start by 10:55. punjab Kings' playing 11Shreyas Iyer (captain), Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal.


Royal Challengers Bangalore's playing 11- Rajat Patidar (captain), virat kohli, Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, yash Dayal.


Special focus will be on Virat Kohli

RCB star batsman virat kohli will be in special focus in today's match as he has scored 1030 runs against punjab Kings so far, which is the highest number of runs scored for RCB while playing against PBKS. Kohli's performance remains good on the pitch of M Chinnaswamy. He has scored 248 runs in 6 matches in IPL 2025 at an average of 62, which is also the highest number of runs scored for RCB this season.

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