RCB vs PBKS: Whether Punjab wins or Bengaluru, both teams are sure to clash again; Know why

Whatever be the result of the match played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 18 in the Indian Premier League 2025, both teams will face each other again after 2 days i.e. on April 20. Bangalore is third and Punjab is fourth in the points table. Both have played 6-6 matches so far and have won 4-4. 

The 10 teams participating in IPL 2025 have been divided into two groups. Group A has Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, and Kolkata Knight Riders, while Group B has Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, and Lucknow Super Giants. Teams in both groups are placed in a sequence and they have to play two matches with the same team. They also have to play 2 matches each with all the teams in their group and one match each with the other four teams, except the same team from the other group. Punjab and Bangalore are in the same group, due to which both teams have to face each other twice.

Punjab Kings for IPL 2025: Nehal Wadhera, Harnoor Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Mushir Khan, Paila Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Umarzai, Aaron Hardy, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Vijaykumar Vaishya, Yash Thakur

Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2025: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar (captain), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinandan Singh, Manoj Bhandaage, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Nuwan Thushara, Jacob Bethell, Mohit Rathi and Swastik Chikara.