PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head Records- IPL 2025, Qualifier 1
Published - 29 May 2025, 07:10 PM | Updated - 29 May 2025, 07:15 PM

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the qualifier one of IPL 2025. This article contains information regarding the PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head records in IPL.
PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head Records- IPL 2025, Qualifier 1:
Stats | Matches | PBKS won | RCB won | Draw | Tied | NR |
Overall | 35 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
At Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the last 5 matches | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the ongoing IPL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head Records- Key Statistics
Punjab Kings have played against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on 35 previous occasions in the IPL, with the last meeting between the two sides coming in Mullanpur.
Punjab has a minimal lead of one match, having won 18 out of the 35 games, while RCB has succeeded in winning 17 matches.
Having said that, RCB has the upper hand over PBKS in the last five games that the two oldest IPL sides have featured in, with four victories as compared to PBKS, who have clinched just one game.
The two sides have gone head-to-head twice in the ongoing season of the league, with both teams winning one game each.
Punjab Kings will look to make the most of the home advantage that the Shreyas Iyer-led side will have in the upcoming game scheduled to be played in Mullanpur.
Punjab and Bengaluru have played one game at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, which is the home ground of the Punjab Kings.
The latter won that particular match with ease by chasing a target of 158 runs with seven wickets in hand.
RCB would want their bowlers to put in a much-improved performance against PBKS than what they delivered in the last couple of games.
PBKS, on the other hand, would hope to replicate the near-perfect performance they gave in their last league game against the former Champions, Mumbai Indians.
The PBKS vs RCB rivalry has presented some keenly contested games in the history of the IPL.
Two of those memorable meetings have come in the current season of the league, with PBKS drawing the first blood in a rain-curtailed game in Bengaluru.
RCB bounced back to win the second game in Punjab's den, which made the honors even at the end of the league stage.
PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head Records: Last 5 matches
RCB has won four of the last five matches that the team has played against PBKS, while PBKS has come out victorious on one occasion.
PBKS vs RCB Head-to-Head Records- Result of the last 5 games:
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets
- Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 60 runs
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 4 wickets
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 24 runs
Conclusion:
PBKS and RCB have been a part of some hard-fought games in the history of the IPL, with PBKS piping RCB by one match in the overall head-to-head record.
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