Royal Challengers Bengaluru Vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights, IPL 2025: RCB Seal 11-Run Victory At Home

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Played: 33

RCB: 16

RR: 14

NR: 3

At M Chinnaswamy Stadium

Played: 10

RCB: 4

RR: 4

NR: 3

Virat Kohli vs Wanindu Hasaranga

Phil Salt vs Jofra Archer

Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Josh Hazlewood

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The Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to field first.

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

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

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh

Rajasthan Royals: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore

RCB's openers start strong. Kohli hit a four off a top edge, and Archer also conceded five wides with a bouncer. Jofra Archer opened with serious pace.

RCB: 11/0 (1)

Virat Kohli reaching 28 off 17 balls, while Salt racing to 26 off 23. The pair has managed cross fifty in 6 overs. In pursuit of first win at home RCB are handling the conditions well so far.

Oh no! RCB lose its first wicket as Wanindu Hasaranga strikes! Salt, who was looking comfortable on 26 off 23, is caught by Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket. RCB are now 61/1 in 6.4 overs, with Virat Kohli still at the crease on 28 off 17 balls.

RCB 61/1 (6.4)

Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal are putting on a show at the Chinnaswamy as RCB move to 114/1 after 12.2 overs. Losing Phil Salt in the 7th over didn't take much form the team as the experienced Kohli and the rejuvenated Padikkal have responded with a fluent 53-run stand off just 34 balls.

Kohli up against the pace of Archer smashed 70 but eventually departs as the RR pacer strikes just when Rajasthan needed it most! A slower leg-cutter grips off the surface, and Kohli only manages to sky it off the splice. Nitish Rana takes a simple catch inside the circle, ending a fluent knock of 70 off 42 balls (8 fours, 2 sixes).

Tim David now walks in to joing Paddikkal.

RCB: 156/2 (15.1)

Tim David keep things ticking with a handy cameo, Jitesh explodes with boundaries. He's now raced to 13 off just 5 balls, hammering Sandeep Sharma for a four over extra cover to take RCB to 189/4 in 18.3 overs.

Earlier, Devdutt Padikkal helped in building RCB innings with a 27-ball 50 before falling to Sandeep, who also removed Patidar in the same over.

RCB: 189/4 (18.3)

Now this is the highest total of RCB against Rajasthan Royals, finishing with 205/5 on a slightly tricky surface in Bengaluru.

This is a tall ask for Rajasthan now. Will the Royals chase down 206 or will RCB's bowlers step up on home turf? Might be a Bhuvi-Josh show! Let's see

Rajasthan Royals are off to strong start in their chase of 206, thanks to a blistering assault from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi! He is racing to 35 off just 14 balls. At the other end, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, introduced as the Impact Player, joined the party with

After 4.1 overs, RR are cruising at 52/0, needing 154 more from 95 balls.

RR: 52/0 (4.1)

And ....Wickets! First, Bhuvneshwar Kumar brings his experience into play by cleaning up Vaibhav Suryavanshi with a knuckle ball, sending the young opener back for 16 off 12. Then came the big one: Hazlewood, after taking some early punishment, strikes gold by dismissing the in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal for 49 off just 19 balls. Now, Rajasthan Royals, now 87/2 after 7 overs, have lost both openers in quick succession and need 119 off 78 balls.

RR: 87/0 (7)

After a brisk start post powerplay, Rajasthan Royals have hit a roadblock! Krunal Pandya has turned the game with a double strike. First, he dismissed the dangerous Riyan Parag (22 off 10) with a smartly tossed-up delivery that resulted in a top-edge, and now he라이브 바카라 removed Nitish Rana (28 off 22), caught at long-off by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

RR: 134/4 (13.3)

They needed a wicket and they get it! The Royals are now in a tricky situation, needing 17 runs from 9 balls after the dismissal of Dhruv Jurel (47 off 34) to Josh Hazlewood.

Shubham Dubey (12 off 7) and Jofra Archer are now at the crease.

Josh Hazlewood has been absolutely sensational in the death overs, turning the tide in RCB's favor.

In the 19th over, he picked up two crucial wickets, including Jofra Archer and Dhruv Jurel, with a brilliant caught-and-bowled and a sensational review that resulted in Jurel's dismissal. His figures of 4 for 33 is the game-changer!

There comes the home victory for RCB. An 11-run victory to break their 3-match losing streak at M Chinnaswamy this season.

Josh Hazlewood in his magic show picked 4 wickets and closed out the game with some brilliant death bowling.

RCB: 205/5 (20)
RR: 194/9 (20)

First home win of the season for RCB at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium after three consecutive losses.

Josh Hazlewood now holds the record for fewest matches (36) to 50 IPL wickets by an overseas pacer, equalling Mitchell McClenaghan.

Hazlewood's 19th over (W, dot, W, 1, 1, 1) proved decisive – only 1 run conceded with 2 key wickets, including set batter Dhruv Jurel.

Rajasthan Royals' fifth consecutive defeat – equaling their longest losing streak in IPL history (2009-10).

Riyan Parag admitted RR were in the "driver라이브 바카라 seat" at the halfway mark of the chase but "lacked intent" against spin.

RCB remains unbeaten away in IPL 2025 but finally cracks the code at home.

Kohli: "We figured out a way to bat now... this venue is the best place to play cricket in the IPL."

Patidar: "That was a much-needed win... credit goes to the bowlers after the 10th over."

Parag: "We've got ourselves to blame... just couldn’t execute it tonight."

Josh Hazlewood earns the Player of the Match honour. In the post match interview he said, "First of all was sticking to your strengths. Knew the hard length was tough to hit on this wicket, mixing it up with the odd yorker, the slower balls and the order in which to bowl them was the way to go. Opportunity to play the format, did not have the opportunity with Test cricket and then ODI cricket. First it is Sydney Sixers, CSK and now RCB, these are the three teams majorly and a bit for Australia as well. Taking information from different pieces and putting it all together. One of the big keys for us is to get the information to the group as well. I love our bowling attack. I feel we have got every base covered, everyone has their days and we are doing well. The bounce is quite steep here throughout the whole tournament, getting that score was phenomenal. I feel that was well-above par and the guys did a really great job."

With this win, RCB move to third place in the points table with 12 points from 9 matches. Meanwhile, RR go to 8th with 4 points from 9 games.

RCB will take on Delhi Capitals on April 27, while, RR will face GT on April 28.

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