Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match, IPL 2026
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match Match Timing, Venue, Squad and Captain - Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match, IPL 2026, to be played on Sun May 17, 2026, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium 2026.
PBKS vs RCB, 61st Match
61st Match, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, 17 May 2026, IPL 2026
Punjab Kings - 199/8 (20) 
Royal Challengers Bangaluru 🏆 - 222/4 (20) Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 23 runs
Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer
Player of the series:
Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match Match, to be played on Sunday May 17, 2026 at the at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
Punjab Kings cricket team will take on Royal Challengers Bangaluru cricket team 61 T20 match of the IPL 2026 on Sun May 17, 2026. The match will be played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
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Match Details
Match
PBKS VS RCB, 61st Match
Scorecard
PBKS( 199/8 (20)) VS RCB(222/4 (20))
Match Days
17 May 2026 Day/Night (20-over match)
Match Format
T20
Series
Toss
Punjab Kings won the toss and opt to Bowl
Toss Time
9:00 am
Result
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 23 runs
Player of the match
Venkatesh Iyer For RCB 73* (40) Runs
Player of Series
Series Result
Umpire
Adrian Holdstock, KN Anantha Padmanabhan
Third umpire
Parashar Joshi
Match referee
Pankaj Dharmani
Priyansh Arya
Prabhsimran Singh (†)
Cooper Connolly
Shreyas Iyer (captain)
Azmatullah Omarzai
Harpreet Brar
Lockie Ferguson
Arshdeep Singh
Yuzvendra Chahal 
Marcus Stoinis 
Jacob Bethell
Virat Kohli
Devdutt Padikkal 
Venkatesh Iyer
Jitesh Sharma (captain)†
Tim David
Romario Shepherd
Krunal Pandya
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Josh Hazlewood
Suyash Sharma
Rasikh Dar Last Updated: May 17, 2026
