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Punjab Kings PBKS

2× Finalist
Home Ground
IS Bindra Stadium
Est.
2008
City
Chandigarh

Formerly Kings XI Punjab (until 2020/21)

Punjab Kings have faced Royal Challengers Bengaluru more than anyone — 38 meetings. Virat Kohli is the leading run-scorer against PBKS, while Sunil Narine and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the joint leading wicket-takers. The full head-to-head record against every IPL franchise follows below.

Most-Played Rival
RCB
38 meetings · 18-20
Upper Hand
LSG
5-3 (62.5%)
Bogey Team
KKR
21-13 to them (61.8%)

PBKS (Punjab Kings) Head-to-Head Record vs Every IPL Team

PBKS (Punjab Kings) Head-to-Head Record vs Every IPL Team
Opponent ↕
Played ↕
Won ↕
Win% ↕
PlayoffsLast 5
RCB 38 18 47.4% 2 1W-4L
MI 36 18 50.0% 1 3W-2L
DC 36 18 50.0% — 2W-3L
SRH 36 15 41.7% — 1W-4L
KKR 34 13 38.2% 2 3W-2L
CSK 33 17 51.5% 2 4W-1L
RR 31 13 41.9% — 2W-3L
LSG 8 5 62.5% — 4W-1L
GT 8 4 50.0% — 3W-2L
PWI ✕ 6 3 50.0% — 3W-2L
GL ✕ 4 2 50.0% — —
RPS ✕ 4 2 50.0% — —
KTK ✕ 1 1 100.0% — —
Franchise vs Franchise

PBKS — RCB Their Most-Played Rival: 18-20 From 38 Meetings

Best and worst records are drawn from opponents met 8+ times.

No one fixture dominates PBKS's history: RCB lead the list on 38 meetings, a 47.4% win rate. In the knockouts they have met twice, with PBKS losing both, the 2025 final among them. PBKS have the edge over LSG, five of eight (62.5%). KKR have had the better of them, winning 21 of 34 (61.8%).

Most Runs Against
1217
Virat Kohli · 37 inn · avg 36.9
Most Wickets Against
36
Sunil Narine and Bhuvneshwar Kumar · level

Top Run-Scorers Against Punjab Kings

Top Run-Scorers Against Punjab Kings
Batter ↕
Innings ↕
Runs ↕
AvgSR
Best ↕
Virat Kohli 37 1217 36.9 133.6 113
David Warner 26 1134 49.3 144.3 81
Rohit Sharma 33 905 31.2 137.5 79
Shikhar Dhawan 26 894 40.6 138.6 106
Faf du Plessis 18 831 51.9 145.0 96
Suresh Raina 24 822 41.1 150.5 100
Sanju Samson 26 803 34.9 141.9 119
Chris Gayle 16 797 53.1 174.8 117
Robin Uthappa 31 772 26.6 135.0 70
AB de Villiers 23 736 43.3 155.6 89
Gautam Gambhir 23 730 40.6 123.5 72
MS Dhoni 29 707 41.6 152.0 79
Dinesh Karthik 29 676 32.2 148.6 69
Suryakumar Yadav 21 606 30.3 156.2 78
Shubman Gill 15 598 54.4 146.6 96
Parthiv Patel 17 583 38.9 136.5 81
Jos Buttler 16 553 36.9 150.7 82
Manish Pandey 23 550 28.9 117.5 94
Kieron Pollard 23 539 38.5 162.3 83
Quinton de Kock 14 537 44.8 136.6 112
Opposition Players

Most Runs against PBKS — Virat Kohli (1217 from 37 innings)

Virat Kohli scored at 133.6 SR against PBKS. David Warner is next on 1134, at an average of 49.3 across 26 innings. No one struck faster than Chris Gayle — 174.8 SR.