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Nehal Wadhera was a key figure in the win over Bangalore. Now, before Sunday’s match, this Punjab player has made a big statement, one that RCB supporters are not going to enjoy.

The 37th match of IPL 2025 will be between the Punjab Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match will be held at the Mullapur Stadium in Chandigarh on Sunday. In this match, RCB wants to take revenge for its defeat on the ground in Bangalore.

In that match, Nehal Wadhera played a major role in the win against Bangalore. Now, before this match to be played on Sunday, this Punjab player has made a huge statement, which will perhaps not be appreciated by fans of RCB.

Nehal Wadhera wanted to silence RCB Fans

Punjab Kings has posted a video on their social media. Nehal Vadhera is seen in the video with owner Preity Zinta. In the video, Preity talked to him regarding the match against RCB, where he scored 33 runs in 19 balls with a strike rate of 173. After this inning, Preity Zinta said, “I’m really proud of the way you played; you looked really, really focused.”

Then Nehal said, “ As you all know, when we were playing the match in Chinnaswamy, everyone was supporting the RCB. After so much support, I wanted to silence them all with my innings.”

The match played at Chinnaswamy on 18 April was interrupted by rain, so the match was 14 overs. In this 14-over game, RCB batted first, but no batsman performed well on the ground. The biggest innings was played by Tim David, who made 50 runs. Then Bangalore made 95 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 14 overs. Nehal Wadhera replied with a stormy innings and made 33 runs, and Punjab reached this score in 12 overs.

PBKS vs RCB Probable Playing XI

PBKS Probable XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Josh Inglis, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player: Harpreet Brar/ Suryansh Shedge

RCB Probable XI: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (C), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.

Impact Player: Devdutt Padikkal

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