Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Prediction: A nail-biting contest is expected at the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium between these incredible sides

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Raiders: Prediction and odds on the Match on 18 April 2025

Prediction for the Indian Premier League cricket match which will take place on the 18th of April 2025. This fixture will pit the Royal Challengers Bengaluru against the Punjab Kings. This will be match 34 of the 2025 season. The home team will head into this game with a poor percentage of home records, while Punjab Kings are coming off a fresh win. In what promises to be an exciting contest, how will these two teams respond? Below, I give a comprehensive game preview and offer the best betting opportunities.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Form and Statistics

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have not been an exciting team at the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium and they will now look to give their fans something to enjoy in this game. In their first two matches at home, this team lost to the Gujarat Titans in a 163-169 runs contest earlier this month before a 6-wicket defeat at the hands of Delhi Capitals. However, this team faces a Punjab Kings side that has been deadly this season with a number of unbelievable explosive performances.

In the meantime, the visiting team heads into this fixture with a hundred per cent winning record on the road, which seems to have been their comfort this season. This team has defeated the Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This season, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have accumulated eight points from a possible 12, leaving them seated in third place in the standings with a +0.672 net run rate.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Lineup

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Expected XII

Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Impact Player: Devdutt Padikkal

Punjab Kings: Form and Statistics

The Punjab Kings will be confident of pulling off another solid performance in this fixture after an incredible performance the previous time out. This season, the visiting team has been flying high, being just two points below the total accumulated points last season, and it is all thanks to Ricky Ponting, who has done well to revitalise this team since his appointment last September. However, this will be another tough contest against a solid side but with their poor home record, this team will be confident of hurting the Royal Challengers Bengaluru the third time at home this season.

Last time out, this team played the Kolkata Knight Riders and needed 16 runs to secure maximum points in a 111-95 contest. Ahead of this game, Punjab Kings have lost only to Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. With 8 points like their opponent, the Punjab Kings sit in 4th place in the standings.

Punjab Kings Lineup

Punjab Kings Expected XII

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis (wk), Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge

Impact Player: Yash Thakur

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Head-to-Head Statistics

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings have played each other 33 times in the Indian Premier League. In those matches, the Punjab Kings had more wins, defeating Royal Challengers Bengaluru 17 times, while the home team wins the remaining 16.

Weather and Pitch Report

The surface of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium has been a paradise for the batters throughout the years, as chasing is the better option at this stadium. Bowlers will have very little margin for error with the short boundaries at the venue. We usually see high-scoring clashes at this ground where the team batting first looks to get past 200.

The temperature for this game 34 will be around 25 degrees Celsius in the evening. There could also be clouds, as it is expected to be around 37% with a 20% chance of precipitation. The humidity levels are expected to be around 58%, while wind gusts travel at up to 33 km/h.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings Raiders: Betting Tips & Odds

• Royal Challengers Bengaluru have lost all of their home matches this season. A win for Punjab Kings is available at 2.05 odds on Dafabet.
• Royal Challengers have won the last three matches of this fixture and will hope to extend that run. This option is available on 1Xbet with odds at 1.79.
• Only one of the last four meetings between these teams has ended with more than 359.5 runs. However, the percentage of higher runs is high with the two teams playing at a top level. An over of 359.5 runs is available at 1.55 odds on BC.game.
• With Royal Challengers Bengaluru at home, I expect them to bat with the pitch reported to be good. The odds for the batting team to win are available on 1Xbet with odds at 1.85.

Expert Betting Tips

The two teams have been an inspiration this season and it is clear we are up for a competition. While they have a long history which has not favoured either side, I believe this game could go either way. While Royal Challengers Bengaluru have not won any home matches this season, I believe this could be their turnaround as they come in well favoured. Yet, the odds of a high run are cheap, and we also opt for that at full time.

Our match prediction is Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first 2 overs (over 13.5 runs) with odds at 1.61 on the 1Xbet bookmaker.

Our betting tip is a win for Royal Challengers Bengaluru with odds at 1.77 on Dafabet.