RCB vs PBKS TATA IPL 2025 Final Match: In the final of IPL 2025, there is going to be a title clash between RCB and Punjab Kings. Both the teams have shown excellent game this season and have reached the final. Today IPL will get a new champion, both the teams have not won the IPL title even once so far. Both the teams have been playing in the league for 18 years but have not won the title. Punjab Kings have reached the IPL final for the second time, while RCB has reached the IPL final for the fourth time.

Punjab has made it to the finals by defeating Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2. At the same time, RCB has performed brilliantly throughout the season.

RCB vs PBKS Head-to-Head Records

In the 18 years of IPL, there have been 36 matches between the two teams, in which the win-loss ratio is 50-50. That is, both have won 18-18 matches. In these matches, the average score of RCB has been 160.17, while the average score of Punjab Kings has been 158. Both are almost equal in terms of wickets as well. RCB's average is 5.83 wickets per match, while Punjab's is 5.89 wickets.

The two teams faced each other for the first time this season on 18 April at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, where the match was reduced to 14 overs due to rain and Punjab won by five wickets. Two days later on 20 April, RCB retaliated and defeated Punjab by seven wickets.

Virat Kohli vs Shreyas Iyer Battle

Virat Kohli has performed brilliantly since his debut with Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has been a part of RCB since 2008 and also captained from 2013 to 2021. In 2016, he led the team to the final and scored 973 runs in the same year, which is the most runs in an IPL season. Kohli is also the only player to score more than 8000 runs in the IPL.

Kohli is in great form this year and his strike rate is 146.54. He has scored eight half-centuries this year and is among the top five players in the Orange Cap race with 614 runs.

Shreyas Iyer is also in the race for the Orange Cap behind Kohli. He has scored 603 runs so far. He is the only captain to take two different teams to the finals in the IPL and gave Kolkata Knight Riders their third title in 2024. When he was made the captain of Delhi Capitals in 2019, he led the team to the playoffs consecutively. In 2025, Iyer has recorded the highest strike rate (175.8) of his IPL career.

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Kyle Jamieson, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash.

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

Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report

The final match will be played on the central pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium, where the length of the boundary will be the same at both ends. This ground has been high scoring in IPL 2025. From this, it can be guessed that the final can be a high-scoring match. So far 8 matches have been played here this season. In this, 11 times the teams scored more than 200. Twice the teams have also chased a target of more than 200.

The team winning the toss can choose to bowl first keeping in mind the effect of dew in the second innings. The bowlers may have difficulty gripping the pitch in the second innings, which may benefit the batsmen. However, the record of this ground has been slightly different. This season, 6 out of 8 matches have been won by the teams batting first. Only twice the team chasing the runs has become the winner. This also includes the second qualifier between Punjab and Mumbai.

Ahmedabad Weather Forecast

According to AccuWeather, the probability of rain today i.e. Tuesday is 64%. There is a possibility of cloud cover during the match as well. The minimum temperature is expected to be 27 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is expected to be 38 degrees Celsius. According to AccuWeather, it may rain in the evening. The toss may also be delayed due to rain.

What if Rain Washed out the Title Match?

If the game is not completed for any reason, then how will the winning team be decided? There is a possibility of rain during this match. If rain interferes with the final, then two hours of extra time is fixed for the game. If rain spoils the match time for more than two hours, then an attempt will be made to play at least five overs each. There is a provision of 'reserve day' for this final match to be played between Punjab Kings and RCB. If the match is not able to start on June 3 due to rain, then it will be played on June 4.

Broadcast and Streaming Details

TATA IPL 2O25 final match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings will be live telecast on Star Sports Network and live streaming of this match will be on JioHotstar app and website.