PBKS vs RCB IPL 2025 Toss Report: RCB Win the Toss, Choose to Bowl First

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru are up against Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 for IPL 2025 on Thursday (May 29) at the New PCA Stadium in Mullanpur.

PBKS qualified for the Qualifier 1 after finishing at the top of the table, while RCB finished 2nd to seal the deal for the flagship encounter.

PBKS vs RCB Toss Report

RCB captain Rajat Patidar won the Toss and decided to Bowl first.

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Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma

"We will bowl first. Wicket looks very hard, decent covering of grass and will try to maximise the first few overs. Everyone gave more than 100 percent in the last game, Jitesh Salt and Kohli they were tremendous. One change for us. Hazlewood comes in place of Thushara," Patidar said at the Toss.

PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer also confirmed that he would have bowled first in this pitch and confirmed that Marco Jansen won't play as Afghanistan all-rounder Azmat Omarzai is back in the side.

"We Would have bowled first as well. If you look at the record here, teams batting first have done well, so I am optimistic. They (the crowd) have been tremendous and you need such kind of vibration when you enter the ground and it gives us a lot of energy as well. The way they (openers) have been showing the fearless approach and the attitude has been brilliant. Marco goes out and Azmatullah comes in for him," Iyer said.