Punjab Kings (PBKS), a team at top of the points table for IPL 2025, will face off against inaugural season winner Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 18th match of IPL 2025. This match will unfold at a new venue for this season, which is scheduled at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh on 5th April 2025 (Saturday), starting at 7:30 PM IST. While PBKS have home advantage along with a winning streak, RR are coming off a victory against five-time IPL champions (CSK).
Punjab Kings played 2 games in IPL 2025, ending up winning all of them. Having gained 4 points, PBKS have certainly made new fans. After scoring a massive 243/5 in the first match, the team repeated the form, this time in a chase condition. Restricting LSG to 171/7 came handy for Arshdeep Singh getting 3 wickets with slightly higher economy rate (10.75). In reply, Prabhsimran Singh played a blazing inning of 69 runs off 34 balls with a strike rate of nearly 200. In this team, skipper Shreyas Iyer is leading the charts for most runs in IPL 2025.Â
After a disappointing start, Rajasthan Royals have obtained 2 points having played 3 games, winning one and losing two. However, in a recent match, RR cleared the misconception as they defeated CSK by 6 runs after losing the second match to KKR by 8 wickets. While playing against the Yellow Army, Nitish Rana powered the team to get 182 runs on the scoreboard. In response to this, CSK batting order collapsed because of Wanindu Hasaranga’s 4 wickets at an economy rate of 8.75. In this team, Dhruv Jurel is a top run scorer. RR will look to secure more wins to find themselves among the top-four teams of IPL 2025.Â
