Mullanpur Stadium
The first qualifier of IPL 2025 will be played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match will be played at Mullanpur Stadium in New Chandigarh. The eyes of both teams will win this match and confirm their place in the finals. Meanwhile, let us tell you how the mood of the pitch of Mullanpur Stadium will be during this qualifier match.
Mullanpur’s pitch is suitable for batting
Talking about the pitch of Mullanpur, it is favorable for batting. It is easy for batsmen to put shots on this pitch. Here the ball comes well on the bat. The score on this ground is expected to be more than 200. The bowlers are expected to get more help in the second innings than the first innings here. On this ground, fast bowlers have proved to be more effective than spinners. In the 37th match of the current season of IPL, when the two teams clashed on this ground, Royal Challengers Bangalore stopped Punjab Kings for 157 runs and won by 7 wickets with 7 balls remaining. A total of 9 matches have been played here so far, in which the first batting team won 5 matches, while the team batting later won 4 matches. The average of the first innings in this ground is close to 165 to 170 runs.
The league of both teams showed a great performance in the stage
The Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore team have witnessed a great performance in the IPL 2025 league stage. Both teams won 9 of the 14 matches, while there was a 1-1 match canceled. The Punjab Kings team finished number one while finishing first on the basis of better net runrate, then RCB’s team stood second. At the same time, if we talk about the head to head record between Punjab Kings and RCB, a total of 35 matches have been played in it. In this, where the Punjab Kings team won 18 matches, RCB has won 17 matches.
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