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IPL 2025 Updates: RCB register first win at home

Thu, 24 April 2025

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23:37

Royals collapse spectacularly

RR 194-9 (20 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Yash Dayal to bowl the final over. RR need 17 off it.

Shubham Dubey is on strike. And he goes, caught by Phil Salt!

A juicy full-toss and Dubey flicks it but the ball goes straight to Salt.

He is out for 12 off 7 balls.

Tushar Deshpande comes to the crease. Leg byes, 1 run.

Hasaranga is one strike and he's out! RR lose their ninth. Hasaranga runs back for the second but falls short. He makes1 off 3 balls.

Fazalhaq Farooqi is the last man in. Three singles and that's it!

RCB win the match by 11 runs. Their first win on their home soil in IPL 2025.

Once again, RR collapsed spectacularly after being in control till the 15th over. They lost wickets in a heap towards the fag end of the chase and slumped to their seventh defeat of the season.

23:26

RR need 17 off last over

RR 189-7 (19 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into the attack. Jurel is on strike. Sixer! What a hit!

A half-volley in the slot and Jurel lofts over long-on.

Follows it up with a single to long-on.

Sixer! This time it is Dubey's turn. Length delivery and Dubye shuffles across and pulls it with confidence as the ball soars over deep square-leg for a maximum.

A single and Jurel hits two consecutive fours to end the over. This over has tilted the match in RR's favour. 22 come off it.

Hazlewood with the penultimate over. RR need 18 off the last two over.

Dubey picks a single through cover and hands the strike to Jurel.

A dot ball follows. Hazlewood is keeping it tight here by varying his pace.

Out! Jurel is gone, caught by Jitesh. RCB review the on-field decision and there was a bottom edge, show the replays.

Jurel departs after making 47 off 34 balls.

Jofra Arches comes to the crease and he departs!. Two in two for Hazlewood.

Archer tries to smash the first ball he faced through covers but mistimes it and offers a simple catch to Rajat Patidar.

Wanindu Hasaranga comes to the crease. What an over from Hazlewood. Just one run has come off it so far.

Two dots to end the over. 1-0-W-W-0-0 reads the 19th over!

23:11

Hazlewood sends back Hetmyer

RR 166-5 (17 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Hazlewood with his third over. Jurel is on strike. Starts with a wide and a dot.

Jurel then gets off the mark with tap to backward point.

Out! Hetmyer is out. Hazlewood with the timely wicket. Hetmyer makes room and tries to flick the good length ball but ends up inside-edging it to the 'keeper.

He is out for 11 off 8 balls.

Shubham Dubey is the new man in. Two dots and he gets off the mark with a stunning boundary through extra cover.

6 off the over.

23:04

RR need 46 off 24 balls

RR 160-4 (16 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Suyash Sharma continues. Jurel on strike. A dot and then the batters rotate the strike with two easy singles.

Two dots as Jurel struggles with his timing.

Sixer! Jurel breaks the shackles with a flat hit over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

8 off the over.

Krunal with his final over. Hetmyer is on strike. He heaves but the ball takes an edge and rolls down leg. No run.

He then gets off the strike with a single to cover.

Jurel is on strike and he smokes one over deep mid-wicket for a monstrous six.

Follows it up with a single to mid-on.

Hetmyer picks a brace to backward square leg.

Another brace to mid-wicket and Hetmyer survives a run-out chance. A better throw would have landed him in deep trouble.

12 off the over. RR need 46 off 24 balls.

22:53

RR need 66 off 33 balls

RR 140-4 (14 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Suyash Sharma with his third over. Concedes just three of his first five balls. Both Suyash and Krunal are giving nothing away. The pressure is building and RR batters are in need of some quick runs.

Just four off Suyash's third over. The required run-rate has gone up to 10.6.

Krunal continues. Starts off with two dots.

Two wides. And Rans is out caught by Bhuvi. Krunal strikes again. Length delivery and Rana tries to sweep but the ball goes straight to Bhuvi at fine-leg.

He departs after making 28 off 22 balls.

Shimron Hetmyer is the new man in. Gets off the mark with a push outside off.

Jurel then picks a single through deep backward square leg.

Four! Hetmyer smashes one to fine leg four a boundary.

8 off the over.

22:43

Krunal removes Parag

RR 128-3 (12 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Suyash Sharma continues. Jurel plays a dot ball and then picks two braces, through sweeper cover and long-off.

Three singles to end the over. 7 come off it.

Krunal Pandya with his second over. Jurel is on strike.

Starts with two singles and a dot. Jurel then reverse-sweeps one over backward point for a boundary.

Follows it up with a single to mid-wicket. 8 off the over.

22:35

RR need 93 off 60 balls

RR 113-3 (10 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Yash Dayal is back into the attack. Parag is on strike and he steers one to sweeper cover and picks a single.

A dot and Rana cuts hard to pick a brace through sweeper cover.

Consecutive boundaries! he lofts a slower delivery over extra-cover before drives one through the gap on the off-side.

A dot to end the over. 11 come off it.

Krunal Pandya into the attack. Required run-rate has gone down to 8.73.

And Krunal strikes straightaway. Parag is out, caught by Jitesh Sharma. The RR skipper slog sweeps the shortish delivery but ends but top-edging it. Krunal's first wicket for RCB at Chinnaswamy.

He departs after making 22 off 10 balls.

Dhruv Jurel comes to the crease. Gets off the mark with a single square of the wicket.

Rana then rotates strike with a pull to deep mid wicket.

Jurel then survives and LBW appeal. Jurel challenges the on-field decision and and replays show there was a clear inside edge.

A dot and a single to end the over. Just 3 off it.

RR are 113-3 at the half-way mark.

22:18

RR cruise along

RR 99-2 (8 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Romario Shepherd comes into the attack. Nitish Rana is on strike.

A dot followed by a boundary. Back of a length delivery and Rana slashes it to beat the third man fielder.

A dot and a single follow.

Another boundary! A big heave by Parag and the edge flies to third man.

Follows it up with a top-edged sixer! Shortish delivery and Parag pulls and the top-edge flies over the 'keeper.

15 off the over.

Suyash Sharma into the attack.

Nitish Rana drives one to sweeper cover and picks a single.

Parag is on strike and he belts one for a maximum. He swings hard and gets enough on it to clear the deep square-leg fielder.

A dot followed by a boundary! Another thick edge and the ball races away to third man.

A dot and a single to end the over. 12 come off it.

22:10

Hazlewood sends back Jaiswal

RR 72-2 (6 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Bhuvneshwar Kumar with his third over. Suryavanshi is on strike.

Sixer! Short delivery and Suryavanshi throws his hands at it and gets a thick edge as the ball sails over the boundary line.

Out!. Bhuvi has his revenge, cleans up Suryavanshi. Full and straight and the youngster swings and misses.

He returns after making 16 off 12.

Nitish Rana comes the crease.

Two dots and he opens his account with a maximum. Back of a length delivery and Rana gets into position and pulls it over square leg.

A single to end the over. 12 come off it.

Hazlewood continues. Jaiswal is on strike. A dot ball followed by back-to-back boundaries. First one cuts away very hard and then carves one to deep backward point.

Follows it up with a massive six over third man.

Out!. Jaiswal departs, caught by Shepherd. Short of length delivery and Jaiswal attempts to pull it but the ball climbs sharply.

He falls just one short of his fifty.

Riyan Parag comes to the crease. A dot to end the over. 14 come off it.

21:58

Jaiswal on a boundary-hitting spree

RR 46-0 (4 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

Bhuvneshwar Kumar with his second over. Suryavanshi is on strike. No run.

Sixer! Back of a length, pace-off ball and Suryavanshi pulls it and clears the square leg boundary.

Two dots followed by a brace. A dot to end the over. 8 come off it.

Josh Hazlewood into the attack. Starts with three dot balls.

Boundary! Jaiswal gets into position early and smashes one over the fielder at mid-wicket.

Another boundary, this time through deep extra cover.

Third boundary on the trot. This time through deep mid-wicket.

Three dots and three fours in the over!

21:48

RR off to a brisk start

RR 26-0 (2 ovs) vs RCB 205-5 | Scorecard

The chase is on. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal to open for RR.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the ball for RCB.

Jaiswal is on strike. Sixer! What a way to begin the chase. Back of a length delivery on off side, and Jaiswal is quick to pulls to perfection.

A dot and a single and that brings young Suryavanshi on. A dot and he gets off the mark with slice to deep backward point.

A dot to end the over. 8 come off it.

Yash Dayal from the other end. Starts with a dot and a wide. Suryavanshi then punches one to long-on and picks a single.

Jaiswal is on strike and he gets a leading edge and the ball races to third man for a boundary.

Another four! This time through long off.

A brace and Jaiswal smokes the last ball of the over for a maximum over deep mid-wicket!

18 runs come off it.

21:27

Kohli, Padikkal hit fifties for hosts

RCB 205-5 (20 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Archer with the final over. Jitesh is on strike. Starts with a a single and leg byes.

Tim is on strike and he nudges one to backward point for a single.

Four! Slower delivery and Jitesh puts it over deep backward square leg for a boundary.

Follows it up with a single to square leg.

Tim runs himself out off the final ball, trying to steal a second. 8 off the final over.

RCB end on 205 for 5.

RCB started steadily, but lost a couple of wickets towards the fag end of their innings.

The 95-run second wicket partnership between Kohli and Padikkal was the highlight of the RCB innings.

Tim David and Jitesh Sharma gave the final touches to the innings and took them past 200.

21:19

Sandeep picks two quick wickets

RCB 197-4 (19 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Farooqi with his third over. Tim David is on strike. He drags the pull to mid-wicket and picks a single.

Boundary! Jitesh Sharma attempts a reverse-scoop but the ball goes over short fine-leg.

A single and a brace followed by another boundary. Low full toss outside off and Tim works it through deep backward point.

A brace to end the over. 14 come off it.

Sandeep Sharma with his final over. Starts off with a wide outside off.

Leg byes followed by a single to mid-wicket.

Another wide. And then Jitesh hammers the short, wide delivery to deep extra cover for a boundary.

Follows it up with a single to fine leg.

Wide ball as Tim challenges the on-field devcsion.

Sixer! Tim is putting on a show here. Short and wide delivery and he mishits but the ball goes over the backward point fielder.

A dot to end the over. 16 come off it.

21:06

Sandeep scalps two in one over

RCB 167-4 (17 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Sandeep Sharma with his third over. Padikkal on strike.

Out, caught by Nitish Rana. Short delivery outside off and Padikkal mistimes and hits it straight to Nitish Rana at covers. Rana fumbles and juggles it multiple times before completing the catch. Padikkal returns after scoring 50 off 27 balls, laced with four boundaries and three sixes.

Skipper Rajat Patidar walks in. A dot and gets off the mark with a push to long-on. One run.

Tim then plays one to extra cover for a single.

Out! Patidar is out, caught by Dhruv Jurel. Short of a length delivery and Patidar swings hard and offers an edge to the 'keeper. He falls cheaply, making just 1 off 3 balls.

Jistesh Sharma is the new man in. And he gets off the mark with an edged four.

7 off the over.

20:58

Padikkal brings up 50; RCB on top

RCB 160-2 (16 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Deshpande back into the attack. And Padikkal welcomes him with a massive six! Short and wide delivery and Padikkal makes room and slashes it over backward point. The ball goes all the way.

A dot and a wide.

Padikkal gets off the strike with a single behind square.

Sixer! Full delivery and Kohli swipes it away for a maximum.

A wide and a single follow.

Sixer! Padikkal smokes one over long off and completes his fifty.

Big over as 22 come off it.

Archer back into the attack. And he strikes. Kohli goes back after a brilliant knock, caught by Nitish Rana. Slow leg cutter and Kohli tries punching it over extra cover but miscues it, offering a simple catch to Rana in the circle.

Kohli goes back after making 70 off 42 balls, studded with 8 boundaries and 2 sixes.

Tim David is the new man in. A dot and then Tim edges one four a boundary.

Three dots to end the over. Just four off the it.

20:42

RCB on top

RCB 134-1 (14 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Hasaranga with his final over. Kohli sweeps and gets an edge to square leg. One run.

Four! Padikkal rocks back and cuts the googly wide of offside and the ball races to short third boundary.

Two more singles.

Dropped! Padikkal gets a life. He top-edges and Tushar puts in a dive but the ball pops out of his hand.

A brace to mid-wicket to end the over. 10 come off it. Hasaranga ends his quota with 1-30.

Parag continues. Sixer! Padikkal dances down and launches the ball over long-off! First maximum of the innings.

Four singles including leg byes follow.

Another maximum! Kohli gets into position quickly and smokes one over long-off.

A dot to end the over. 15 off Parag's third over.

20:34

RCB on top

RCB 109-1 (12 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Sandeep Sharma back into the attack. Slow, short delivery and Kohli drags the pull to the left of deep mid-wicket for a single.

A single to deep mid-wicket.

Back-to-back fours by Kohli. And he completes his fifty! First he slices the drive through backward point and then edges one past the keeper.

A single and Padikkal finishes the over in style with a boundary through long-off.

15 off the over.

20:29

Kohli, Padikkal score freely

RCB 94-1 (11 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Riyan Parag with his second over. Kohli plays the full delivery to the mid-wicket pocket and picks a quick brace. Follows it up with a single to mid-wicket.

Four! Padikkal rocks back pulls the shortish delivery on leg behind square. Archer puts in a dive but the ball races past the ropes.

Two dots and a single to end the over. 8 come off it.

Hasaranga back with his third over. Boundary! Fuller delivery and Padikkal makes good connection and sweeps it for four runs.

Follows it up with a single to deep mid-wicket.

Kohli is on strike and he cuts it to the sweeper cover for a single.

Hasaranga then sends in one down the leg and Padikkal pounces on it and flicks it to short fine. 2 runs.

A wide and two dots to end the over. 11 come off it.

20:19

Hasaranga strikes; sends back Salt

RCB 75-1 (9 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Skipper Riyan Parag into the attack. Padikkal drives a length delivery to long-off and picks a single.

Four! Shortish delivery and Kohli sends the ball through deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Two dots and two singles to end the over. 7 come off it.

Hasaranga continues. A single to deep mid-wicket. Kohli on strike. A single to long-off.

A dot and a single follow.

A brace to mid-wicket and a single to cover point to end the over. 6 come off it.

20:13

RCB lose first wicket

RCB 62-1 (7 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Former RCB player Wanindu Hasaranga into the attack. Salt picks a single through mid-wicket.

Kohli then punches one down to long-on for a single.

Salt is on strike. A dot and he perishes, out caught by Shimron Hetmyer. Slower delivery on the stumps, tempting Salt to go big and he miscues and holes out to Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket.

He departs after making 26 off 23 balls.

Devdutt Padikkal comes to the crease. Off the mark with a single to long-on.

A dot to end the over. Just 3 runs come off it.

20:07

Kohli, Salt mix caution with aggression

RCB 59-0 (6 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Tushar Deshpande comes into the attack. And Salt greets him with back-to-back boundaries. First he puts away a juicy full toss through mid-on and then smashes a back of a length delivery past the fielder at cover.

Follows it up with a single. Kohli on strike and he joins the party.

Fully delivery on the pads and Kohli flicks it to perfection for a boundary.

A dot and a single to end the over. 14 runs come off it.

Sandeep Sharma into the attack. Kohli picks a single through deep square leg.

A single to mid-off and then Kohli cracks a boundary through long-off.

Follows it up with a single to short third man.

Another single to long-on to end the over. 8 come off Sandeep's first over.

RCB are 59 without loss at the end of Powerplay.

19:57

RCB off to a steady start

RCB 37-0 (4 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Archer is back into the attack. Kohli is on strike. A dot followed by a single through backward square leg.

Salt then miscues the pull but picks a single through fine leg.

A dot followed back-to-back boundaries. Kohli gets a thick inside edge and the ball beats the fielder at fine leg. He then pulls the short ball through fine leg to fetch the second boundary of the over.

10 come off Archer's second over.

Farooqi continues. Salt is on strike. Four singles off the first four balls.

Boundary! Short delivery just outside off and Salt attempts to pull it but gets a thick top-edge. The ball flies over the lone slip to the ropes at third man.

A single to end the over. 9 come off it.

19:48

RCB off to cautious start

RCB 18-0 (2 ovs) vs RR | Scorecard

Phil Salt and Virat Kohli to open for RCB. Salt is on strike.

Jofra Archer will open the attack for RR. Starts off with a wide down the leg side. The keeper dives full stretch to stop the ball.

Three dot balls and finally Salt opens his account with a single to fine leg.

Kohli is on strike. 5 wides! The swing and bounce too hot to handle for the keeper.

Four! First boundary of the innings. Kohli cuts and gets a thick edge and the ball flies through the third man.

A dot to end the over as Archer touches the 150kmph mark. 11 come off it.

Fazalhaq Farooqi into the attack. Starts with a dot and a wide down the leg side.

Salt is off the strike with a single to deep mid-wicket.

Then Kohli steers the length ball past the fielder at sweeper cover.

A dot and a boundary! Salt drives one to long on to pick four runs. 7 come off the over.

19:23

RR make one change

Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag has won the toss and he has decided to field first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

RR make one change, Fazalhaq Farooqi comes in for Maheesh Theekshana.

RCB remain unchanged.

Riyan Parag said, "We will bowl first. The wicket looks a bit sticky and should get better later on. If we can give our 100 percent, the results will take care of themselves. Sanju (Samson) bhai is recovering and hopefully he will be back soon."

Rajat Patidar said, "We would have loved to bowl first as well, the surface has been tricky and unpredictable this season and we will try to adapt as quickly as we can. We have to be good at shot-selection."

Have a look at the Playing XIs:

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurel (Wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma.

Impact Subs: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.

18:49

Can RR keep slim playoff hopes alive?

Welcome to the coverage of the Indian Premier League 2025 match No. 42 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

RCB, who are fourth on the points table with five wins from eight matches, will be desperate to register their first win at home, whereas RR will be heading into the clash on the back of two heart-breaking losses.

In their previous outings - against Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) - RR fell tantalizingly short of victory, failing to score nine runs off the last six balls on both occasions.

To make matters worse, their regular skipper Sanju Samson has been ruled of the RCB match due to an abdominal injury.

In his absence, they will be led by Riyan Parag who was in charge at the start of the season.

When they take on a confident RCB, all eyes will be on teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The 14-year-old became the youngest player to make his IPL debut in the last match after coming on as an Impact Player.

He announced his arrival in an emphatic fashion, delivering a 20-ball 34.

Royals, however, come into the game on a four-match losing streak.

They have lost 6 of their eight matches so far and are languishing at the 8th spot on the 10-team table with four points and a poor net run-rate.

One more defeat will virtually end their playoff ambitions.

On the other hand, RCB have 10 points from 8 games and a couple of wins in the remaining fixtures will help them clinch a playoff spot.

They will be more than happy to host a struggling Royals at this stage to put their home record straight and pocket two crucial points. Importantly, there are no injury concerns in their camp.

In IPL history, RCB have won 16 out of the 30 matches played between the two teams.

RCB will be high on confidence coming into the game, having beaten Punjab Kings by seven wickets in an away fixture.

Their batters will have another chance to adapt to the tacky Chinnaswamy surface and find the right tempo to get to a decent total.

In all three previous home matches, RCB had to settle for below-par scores after their batters failed miserably to deal with quality spin attacks.

When RR hosted RCB in their home-leg match on April 13, the visitors beat them handsomely by nine wickets, chasing down a 174-run target with 15 balls to spare, thanks to a 33-ball 65 by man-of-the-match Phil Salt.

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