Just under 48 hours from beating them in their own backyard, Punjab Kings (PBKS) will look to do the double over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) when the two sides lock horns in match 37 of IPL 2025 at the New PCA Stadium in Mullanpur on Sunday (April 20).
Shreyas Iyer-led PBKS are fresh from handing Rajat Patidar’s RCB their third successive loss after restricting the Royal Challengers to paltry 95/9 in the rain-hit match which was contested as a 14-over per side game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Former Royal Challenger Yuzvendra Chahal’s bowling spell of 2/11 in 3 overs along with Marco Jansen’s figures of 2/10 in 3 overs helped PBKS apply the squeeze on RCB batting which faltered for the third time in a row at home.
Thanks to Tim David’s maiden fifty, RCB posted a respectable total of 95/9 after being reduced to 42/7 at one stage of the game. While the total was not adequate, RCB’s pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/26) and Josh Hazlewood (3/14) made a game of the contest with PBKS needing Nehal Wadhera to see the team home.
PBKS will aim for the double, but RCB, who are yet to lose away from home, will be looking for revenge when the two teams clash for 35th time in IPL and for the first time in Mullanpur. Here is a look at the head to head record of PBKS vs RCB IPL 2025 Match 37:
In the 34 RCB vs PBKS head to head meetings in IPL, it’s Punjab Kings, who hold the advantage with 18 wins against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who had reduced the deficit in 2024 with back to back three wins to take their record to 16 wins versus the Punjab-based side.
In the last 8 meetings, however, it’s honours even at 4-4. RCB was undefeated since 2023 season, but saw their streak halted by Shreyas & Co on Friday (April 18). Here is a look at the stats and top performers from the Royal Challengers and Kings’ battles in previous matches:
| Stats | For PBKS vs RCB | For RCB vs PBKS |
|---|---|---|
| Wins Batting 1st | 7 | 9 |
| Wins Chasing | 11 | 7 |
| Highest Total | 232 | 241 |
| Lowest Total | 88 | 95 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 208 | 204 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 138 | 145 |
| Most Runs | KL Rahul (451 runs) | Virat Kohli (1031 runs) |
| Highest scorer | KL Rahul (132*) | Chris Gayle (117) |
| Most Sixes | KL Rahul (28 sixes) | Chris Gayle (49 sixes) |
| Most Fours | KL Rahul (34 fours) | Virat Kohli (108 fours) |
| Most Fifties | KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Ravi Bopara, Shaun Marsh (2 fifties each) | AB de Villiers (7 fifties) |
| Most Hundreds | KL Rahul, Adam Gilchrist & David Miller (1 hundred each) | Chris Gayle (2 hundreds) |
| Most wickets | Sandeep Sharma (16 wickets) | Yuzvendra Chahal (25 wickets) |
| Best Bowling | Piyush Chawla (4/17) | Sreenath Aravind (4/14) |
As mentioned earlier, the two sides will cross paths for the first time at the New PCA Stadium, which has hosted only 8 IPL matches so far. Earlier, PBKS had hosted RCB in home games at Mohali’s PCA Stadium (IS Bindra Stadium) and the HPCA Stadium in Dharmasala.
The Punjab Kings, however, has faced six other teams in the IPL at the New PCA Stadium so far and possess a mixed record, having lost five of 8 matches, but they won the previous two encounter against CSK and KKR at the Mullanpur ground. Here is a look at PBKS’ record at the venue: