June 3 will be remembered as one of the historic days in the history of either the Royal Challengers Bengaluru or the Punjab Kings, as both teams will lock horns to win the Indian Premier League for the first time in their history.
The Royal Challengers have already failed on three previous occasions to lift the title, while the Punjab Kings lost their solitary final back in 2014.
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This day could also put an end to the wait of the highest run scorer in the history of the league, Virat Kohli who has played every season with the franchise, while PBKS — after loads of trial and errors, have found their leader in Shreyas Iyer, who is the defending IPL winning captain.
As the teams face of in Ahmedabad on June 3, we take a look at what to expect from the final and the betting odds for the match.
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IPL 2025 Final: RCB vs. PBKS predictions
Both RCB and PBKS will come into the final with all their bases well covered and all the players in their core groups available.
RCB will rely on Josh Hazlewood to play a similar role that he has been playing throughout the season in the powerplay and at the death, while the batting, as always, will be led by Virat Kohli and Phil Salt at the top.
For PBKS, the openers will start explosively alongside Josh Inglis who took down Jasprit Bumrah in the 2nd qualifier and Shreyas Iyer will be expected to play deep into the second phase of the innings after his heroics vs MI.
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Arshdeep Singh will lead the PBKS bowling line-up with Kyle Jamieson partnering him with the new ball.
The spells of Suyash Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal in the middle overs are expected to determine the result of the game in a cutthroat battle that will go down to the wire.
Picking a winner is not easy in a game of this magnitude, but this sporting season has been a big evidence that this is the year of first timers so we might also see Virat Kohli to finally getting his hands on the trophy.
IPL 2025 Final: RCB vs. PBKS betting odds
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