PBKS Win by Five Wickets | RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 Highlights: Tim David's Fighting Fifty Goes in Vain as Punjab Kings Register Easy Win in Rain-Hit Match

Game Over! Punjab Kings wins the one-sided contest with 11 balls to spare. A dominating five-wicket victory by the Shreyas Iyer-led side. Tim David and Josh Hazlewood tried their best for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but the rest of the players failed to support them. The Rajat Patidar-led side is yet to win their first home game in the Indian Premier League 2025 season. PBKS have solidified their position in the IPL 2025 standings after an easy win in the rain-hit contest. Punjab has moved to second place, whereas RCB has slipped down to fourth in the points table.

Out! Is there any late twist in the game? Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the much-needed breakthrough. The pacer removes a struggling Shashank Singh—a simple catch from Phil Salt at the long-on region. Shashank Singh c Phil Salt b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1(5)

Out!  A double-wicket over for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Josh Hazlewood. The speedster has brought the hosts back into the contest. Josh Inglis departs after slashing it straight to Suyash Sharma. Josh Inglis c Suyash Sharma b Josh Hazlewood 14(17)

Out! Second wicket for Josh Hazlewood. The speedster got the wicket of PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer, who was struggling to score runs. A back-of-length delivery by Hazlewood. The ball took off after hitting the deck. Shreyas went for the glory shot and nicked it to Jitesh Sharma. Shreyas Iyer c Jitesh Sharma b Josh Hazlewood 7(10

After losing openers, captain Shreyas Iyer and Josh Inglis have done well to keep the scoreboard ticking. For RCB, they need to take wickets otherwise, it will be an easy chase for the visitors.

Out! Josh Hazlewood strikes in his first over. The veteran removed dangerous Priyansh Arya, who was looking to score quick runs. A short of a length delivery that climbed on the batter. Priyansh looked to swat it across the line. Sadly, he got a top edge, and Tim David took his second catch of the match. Priyansh Arya c Tim David b Josh Hazlewood 16(11)

Out! There's the first breakthrough for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes and breaks the opening partnership. A superb catch by Tim David at the mid-off region. Prabhsimran Singh departs after attempting to play a big shot. Prabhsimran Singh c Tim David b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13(9)

Welcome back to the run-chase. Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh will get a flying start for the Punjab Kings. Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowlers will try to get quick wickets. Both openers played cautiously in the first two overs.

A maiden Indian Premier League fifty for Tim David. A superb knock by David here. His blistering knock has taken Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a fighting total. It will be an interesting chase as the bowlers are getting some help from the pitch. 

Harpreet Brar gets his first wicket of the Indian Premier League 2025. The left-arm spinner has ended a partnership here. A tossed-up delivery and Bhuvneshwar Kumar slammed it straight towards Marco Jansen. Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Xavier Bartlett b Harpreet Brar 8(13)

Out! Marco Jansen gets his second wicket of the match. Manoj Bhandage was adjudged LBW by the umpire. The RCB challenged the decision, but the ball was hitting the stumps. The hosts are on the verge of all-out here. Manoj Bhandage lbw b Marco Jansen 1(4)

Out! Second wicket for Yuzvendra Chahal, and PBKS are making a meal of the RCB batting line-up. It was a nicely tossed-up leg break, and RCB captain Rajat Patidar tried to go inside out over the cover region. Patidar hit a lot more straight, and it went towards Xavier Bartlett, who was standing in the long-off region. Rajat Patidar c Xavier Bartlett b Yuzvendra Chahal 23(18)

Out! A brutal short delivery from Marco Jansen, and Krunal Pandya gets the top edge before lobbing off from his helmet. Jansen ran across and took a simple catch. PBKS reviewed and on UltraEdge showed a clear spike. The on-field umpire has to reverse his decision. RCB have lost their fifth wicket. Krunal Pandya c and b Marco Jansen 1(2)

Out! Punjab Kings continues to take wickets at regular intervals, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in deep trouble. Yuzvendra Chahal gets his first wicket of the match. Removes Jitesh Sharma for two runs. A simple catch by Nehal Wadhera in deep. Jitesh Sharma c Nehal Wadhera b Yuzvendra Chahal 2(7)

Out! Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in deep trouble. They have lost the third wicket inside the first five overs. Speedster Xavier Bartlett dismissed Liam Livingstone. The RCB batter went for an ugly sweep across the line. Livingstone got a top edge, and Priyansh Arya took a superb catch. Liam Livingstone c Priyansh Arya b Xavier Bartlett 4(6)

Out! Arshdeep Singh gets his second wicket of the match. He removes Virat Kohli for a cheap score. A short ball around off stump. The RCB opener looked to pull across the line but got a top edge. Marco Jansen took a simple catch. Arshdeep Singh is on Fire here. He has removed both the RCB openers. Virat Kohli c Marco Jansen b Arshdeep Singh 1(3)

Out! First breakthrough for Punjab Kings. Arshdeep Singh removes Phil Salt in the very first over of the match. It was a length delivery and the RCB opener looked to pull across the line. Salt got a massive top edge and wicketkeeper Josh Inglis took a superb catch. Phil Salt c Josh Inglis b Arshdeep Singh 4(4)

Playing XIs of RCB and PBKS:

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Yash Dayal.

Impact Players of RCB and PBKS:

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Devdutt Padikkal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and decided to bowl. It's a good toss to win as chasing will be the best option because it has rained earlier. Due to rain, the contest will be a 14-over per side. The RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 match will begin at 9:45 PM IST.

Looks like the rain has stopped completely. The fourth umpire has walked out to the ground. He was seen talking with the head groundsman. Hopefully we will get some positive news. The covers have been removed from the square. An important note: The toss has to happen at the latest by 10:41 PM IST for a five-over contest.