Royal Challengers Bengaluru Beat Rajasthan Royals By 11 Runs In IPL 2025
RCB Beats RR By 11 Runs In IPL 2025 Match 42: After impressive half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Devdutt Poojakal, Josh Hazlewood’s decisive 19th over (1 run, 2 wickets) helped RCB end their losing streak at home. Bangalore, which has lost three out of three matches this year at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, lost to Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs on Thursday. RCB moved up to third with their sixth win from their ninth match. On the other hand, the Rajasthan Royals are in danger of missing out on the play-offs with their seventh defeat from their ninth match.
Batting first after losing the toss, RCB’s opening pair of Phil Salt and Virat Kohli put on 59 runs without any loss in the power play. But after a strategic time-out taken towards the end of the innings, Phil Salt (26 off 23 balls) was dismissed by Wanindu Hasaranga. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli and Devdutt Podiatrie, who had come together at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, put on a vital partnership of 95 runs in 8.3 overs to take the home team to 160 with four overs to spare. Kohli (70 off 42 balls, 8 fours, 2 sixes) was dismissed by Jofra Archer, and Pandya (50 off 27 balls, 4 fours, 3 sixes) was put to rest by Sandeep Sharma. Captain Rajat Patidar (1) was the second victim of Sandeep Sharma. Tim David (23 off 15 balls) and Jitesh Sharma (20* off 10 balls) gave away 38 runs in the last three overs. As a result, RCB reached 205 for 20.
Brief Scores of RCB VS RR:
Royal Challengers Bangalore 205/5 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli-70, Devdutt Podiatrik-50, Phil Salt-26, Tim David-23, Jitesh Sharma-20*, Sandeep Sharma-2/45, Wanindu Hasranga-1/30, Jofra Archer-1/33). Rajasthan Royals 194/9 in 20 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal-49, Dhruv Jurel-47, Nitish Rana-28, Josh Hazlewood-4/33, Krunal Pandya-2/31, Yas Dayal-1/33, Bhuvneshwar Kumar-1/50).
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