The Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Punjab Kings contest the final of the 2025 edition of the IPL at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Tuesday, RCB were comfortable winners when the teams met in Qualifier 1 last week, will it be any different this time around?
Tuesday 3rd June, Final: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Punjab Kings
In the regular season these two sides finished first and second with identical records, 9 wins, 4 defeats and 1 no result and Punjab Kings topped the log with a marginally better run rate.
The three head to heads between the sides this season went as follows.
Match 34 at Bengaluru, Punjab Kings won a game reduced to 14 overs a side by 5 wickets
Match 37 at Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, RCB won by 7 wickets
Qualifier 1 (Thursday 29th May) also at Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, RCB won by 8 wickets after bowling out Punjab for jut 101 to advance directly to the final.
Punjab then had a second bite at the cherry in the Qualifier 2 at this venue on Sunday and they chased down Mumbai Indians bat first total of 203/6 for a 5wicket win with Shreyas Iyer top scoring in the chase, not out 87
Selected Betting Markets (prices BetXchange, correct at the time of writing but subject to change)
To Win The Match
RCB 17/20, Punjab Kings even money
To Hit The Most Sixes
RCB 23/20 Tie 7/1 PK 19/20
Total Match Sixes
Over 18.5 8/10
Player of the Match
Kohli 5/1
Iyer 9/1
The Verdict
The result of the first Qualifier points to RCB but Punjab did well to recover and win the second qualifier with a very decent run chase that came on this ground.
I think it will be high scoring enough and I'll go with Phil Salt to score a 50 for RCB.
Bet: To Score a 50 Phil Salt at 5/2 with BetXchange
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