🏏 BAN vs PUN Dream11 Prediction Today Match – Fantasy Tips, Probable Playing 11, Pitch Report

Match Details:

• Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings

• Date: 18 April 2025

• Time: 07:30 PM IST

• Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

🧠 Win Probability

• BAN: 47%

• PUN: 53%
  Punjab Kings go in as slight favorites based on recent performances and form.

🏟️ Pitch Report & Venue Insights

• Average Score: 152

• Avg. Wickets Per Innings: 6

• Chasing Record: 90% success rate for teams batting second at this venue.

• Pitch Nature: Balanced. Prefer powerplay hitters and death-over bowlers.

• Fantasy Points Distribution: 55% batting, 45% bowling. Pace bowlers take a 52% share.

Powerplay Batting Targets:

• Phil Salt (BAN): 56.8 FPts

• Prabhsimran Singh (PUN): 52.6 FPts

Death Overs Bowling:

• Krunal Pandya (PUN): 46 FPts

• Arshdeep Singh (PUN): 28.8 FPts

📋 Probable Playing 11

Bengaluru:
V Kohli, P Salt (WK), D Padikkal, R Patidar, L Livingstone, G Maxwell, K Pandya, J Hazlewood, Y Dayal, S Singh, J Sharma (WK)

Punjab:
P Singh (WK), P Arya, S Iyer, J Inglis, N Wadhera, M Jansen, H Brar, A Singh, Y Thakur, L Ferguson, S Sharma

🔥 Players in Top Form (Last 5 Matches)

• Phil Salt (BAN): 372 pts (Avg: 74)

• Prabhsimran Arya (PUN): 369 pts (Avg: 73)

• Virat Kohli (BAN): 361 pts (Avg: 72)

• Prabhsimran Singh (PUN): 352 pts (Avg: 70)

• Shreyas Iyer (PUN): 329 pts (Avg: 65)

📊 Venue Top Performers

• Virat Kohli: 69 Avg FPts in 17 matches

• Rajat Patidar: 46 Avg FPts in 12 matches

• Devdutt Padikkal: 43 Avg FPts in 19 matches

• L Ferguson: 70 FPts in last venue match

🔑 X-Factor Picks

• Yuzvendra Chahal (PUN): Could thrive on this track if PUN bowls first.

• Marco Jansen (PUN): Death-over utility and economy value.

• Suyash Sharma (PUN): Huge surprise package in powerplay (70 FPts in 1 match).

💰 Dream11 Most Valuable Players

• P Arya (PUN): 9x value return

• P Singh (PUN): 9x value return

• Phil Salt (BAN): 8x value return

• Virat Kohli (BAN): 8x value return

⚠️ Underperformers & Risky Picks

• Josh Hazlewood (BAN): Just 6 FPts in last match

• Vijaykumar Vyshak (PUN): Just 4 FPts

• Livingstone (BAN): Declining impact; only 33 Avg FPts recently

🏁 Final Tips for GL

• Stack BAN top order if they chase.

• Consider a combo of Kohli + Salt + Patidar for BAN-heavy fantasy picks.

• If PUN bowls first, pick Arshdeep + Chahal as bowling anchors.

• Captain choices: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, P Arya

• Vice-captain choices: Prabhsimran Singh, Marco Jansen, S Iyer