IPL 2025 Today's Match: RCB vs PBKS final playing 11, key players' matchups

After an exhilarating two-month journey, the grand finale of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is taking place on tonight, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The title clash will feature Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS), two of the most consistent teams this season. PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer won the final toss toss of the tournament and decided to bowl first in the final showdown. 

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RCB secured second place in the league standings, recording nine wins and four defeats from their 14 matches. They cruised into the final after a dominant performance in Qualifier 1, where they dismantled PBKS for just 101 runs at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. The Rajat Patidar-led team chased down the target with 60 balls to spare, sealing an emphatic eight-wicket victory.  Check RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 final LIVE SCORE UPDATES and full scorecard here

 

 

Punjab, under Shreyas Iyer's leadership, had to take the tougher route to the final after their heavy loss to RCB. In Qualifier 2, they were up against the formidable Mumbai Indians (MI), who posted a strong total of 203/6. In response, Iyer led from the front with a brilliant unbeaten 87-run knock, guiding PBKS to a historic win. Remarkably, this was the first time any team had successfully chased a 200+ total against MI in IPL history.

 

Shreyas Iyer IPL 2025 Captaincy Record

Matches: 16

Wins: 10

Losses: 6

No result: 0

Win percentage: 62.50% 

 

Rajat Patidar IPL 2025 Captaincy Record

Matches: 15

Wins: 10

Losses: 4

No result: 0

Win percentage: 66.67%

 

RCB Playing 11 vs MI

 

RCB would be coming in with the same formidable eleven that dismantled the Punjab Kings batting line up in the Qualifier 1 clash. They will have the services of Josh Hazlewood yet again who looked like he didn't even leave for sometime and will be crucial for the side's one final hurdle between them and the trophy. 

 

RCB playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

 

RCB Full Squad IPL 2025

 

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Blessing Muzarabani

 

PBKS Playing 11 vs PBKS

 

Shreyas Iyer and co. will be coming in fresh from a morale boosting victory against Mumbai indians in the Qualifier 2 and will be looking for the best revenge there can be, beating RCB in the final and clinching their maiden IPL title on the night. They too have been boosted by the return of Yuzvendra Chahal now and will be going in with full power.

 

PBKS playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

 

PBKS Full Squad IPL 2025

 

Priyansh Arya, Mitchell Owen, Shreyas Iyer, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Marco Jansen, Musheer Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Josh Inglis, Kyle Jamieson, Xavier Bartlett, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal

 

RCB vs PBKS: Key Player Battles to Watch in the final 

Batter	Bowler	Format	Innings	Runs	Outs	Average	Strike Rate
Prabhsimran Singh	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IPL	7	59	3	19.7	169
Shreyas Iyer	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IPL	11	45	3	15	90
Shreyas Iyer	Krunal Pandya	IPL	9	41	1	41	85
Shreyas Iyer	Josh Hazlewood	IPL	5	9	3	3	47
Marcus Stoinis	Liam Livingstone	T20s	4	17	2	8.5	142
Marcus Stoinis	Krunal Pandya	T20s	4	31	0	-	111
Virat Kohli	Arshdeep Singh	IPL	9	93	2	46.5	182
Virat Kohli	Harpreet Brar	IPL	7	74	2	37	110
Virat Kohli	Yuzvendra Chahal	IPL	5	47	1	47	138
Phil Salt	Arshdeep Singh	T20s	8	25	4	6.3	78
Rajat Patidar	Yuzvendra Chahal	IPL	4	40	2	20	148
Mayank Agarwal	Yuzvendra Chahal	IPL	9	72	6	12	160
Mayank Agarwal	Marcus Stoinis	IPL	3	32	2	16	152
Liam Livingstone	Marcus Stoinis	T20s	4	54	0	-	208
Liam Livingstone	Xavier Bartlett	T20s	4	26	1	26	113
Jitesh Sharma	Yuzvendra Chahal	IPL	7	41	3	13.7	117
Krunal Pandya	Yuzvendra Chahal	IPL	10	54	2	27	135
Krunal Pandya	Marcus Stoinis	T20s	6	53	4	13.3	221
Tim Seifert	Yuzvendra Chahal	T20s	5	78	0	-	211
Tim Seifert	Azmatullah Omarzai	T20s	3	46	0	-	177
Tim David	Arshdeep Singh	T20s	7	50	1	50	200
Tim David	Yuzvendra Chahal	T20s	7	18	2	9	95
Tim David	Xavier Bartlett	T20s	5	21	2	10.5	162