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A home match will take place between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals at home where the team aims to end its losing streak consisting of three consecutive defeats in their home games this season. The sole contest of RCB at home stands out dramatically since their overall performance in away matches in IPL 2025 remained undefeated. Team leader Virat Kohli observed during the last match that RCB plays outstanding cricket when playing matches outside of their home stadium. The crux of the matter here is whether they will maintain their winning style at their home ground.
RCB now holds the fourth position with 10 points from eight games while Rajasthan Royals maintain a spot at eighth place with four points from eight matches in IPL 2025.
Without Sanju Samson leading the team as captain the Rajasthan Royals will let their season begin under Riyan Parag who started the season as leader. Rajasthan Royals begins this match while carrying four consecutive losses behind them. They experience consecutive disappointments in their last two matches by not scoring nine runs in the final over of matches against Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Hazlewood to Dhruv Jurel, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! What a good review that is and is that the moment that wins RCB this game? Credit to Jitesh Sharma for spotting the edge. Was a bottom-edge as Dhruv Jurel backed away to squeeze it out,
Hazlewood to Hetmyer, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Gone. A back of a length delivery on middle, Hetmyer looks to flick, thick inside-edge on to thigh and an easy catch for Jitesh Sharma behind the stumps. Tucked up Hetmyer there. The finisher for RR is gone and RCB inch ahead. Hetmyer c Jitesh Sharma b Hazlewood 11(8) [4s-1]
Suyash Sharma to Dhruv Jurel, SIX, Dhruv Jurel breaks the shackles. Just two off the over so far and he has nailed the six. Helped by a half-tracker on middle, Jurel goes on the back foot and smashes the pull flat into the deep mid-wicket boundary
Krunal Pandya to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Bhuvneshwar!! Good catch and Krunal Pandya is pumped. Big wicket this. Length delivery on middle, Nitish bends low to sweep, Bhuvi needn't have leapt there at short fine-leg but does so, palms it up before catching the rebound. Krunal hugs Bhuvi. Nitish Rana c Bhuvneshwar b Krunal Pandya 28(22) [4s-3 6s-1]
Suyash Sharma to Dhruv Jurel, 1 run, tough chance and Jitesh Sharma drops it. A short delivery outside off, but with extra bounce, Dhruv Jurel cuts and the top-edge flies, Jitesh gets gloves but can't hang on. Dribbles to short third man
Krunal Pandya to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR, Dhruv Jurel releases the pressure with a boundary. Switches around and this is full just outside off, he reverse-sweeps up and over backward point, nice manipulation of the field
Yash Dayal to Nitish Rana, FOUR, runs flowing in boundaries now.
Yashashvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi & Nitish Rana are in the top three for RR - this is the first time in IPL history RR have all left-handers in their top three.
Hazlewood to Jaiswal, out Caught by Shepherd!! Jaiswal c Shepherd b Hazlewood 49(19) [4s-7 6s-3]
Bhuvneshwar to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, out Bowled!! Bhuvneshwar provides the much-needed breakthrough and brings the crowd to life! Keeps it simple, goes full and straight and ensures he hits the stumps as Suryavanshi misses.
Bhuvneshwar to Vaibhav Suryavanshi, SIX, Suryavanshi joins the party! RCB took until the 14th over of their innings to hit their first six, but the two RR openers have struck three already in less than three overs. Back of a length, looked like pace off and Suryavanshi gets stuck into it as he pulls it high in the air. Gets enough distance as well to clear the square leg boundary
Jofra Archer to Tim David, out Tim David Run Out!! 1 run completed. Back of a length outside off,
Jofra Archer to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, slower short ball outside off,
Sandeep Sharma to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, again goes short and wide to Jitesh but it doesn't work. He's already expecting it and standing across his stumps. Manages to reach out and slap it over extra cover
Sandeep Sharma to Rajat Patidar, out Caught by Dhruv Jurel!! Double strike from Sandeep as Patidar doesn't last long! Short of length outside off, cross seam at 128kph, he looks to cut but fails to get on top of the bounce, nicking it through to the keeper. Rajat Patidar c Dhruv Jurel b Sandeep Sharma 1(3)
Sandeep Sharma to Padikkal, out Caught by Nitish Rana!! After juggling with it multiple times, Rana finally holds on to a catch that should've been a sitter to start with. He seemed to lose it while it was mid-air but managed to recover. Slower ball angling away outside off, back of a length, Padikkal c Nitish Rana b Sandeep Sharma 50(27) [4s-4 6s-3]
Jofra Archer to Tim David, no run, oh cracking short ball and David has to take evasive action! Dug into the pitch at high pace, lifts sharply and David arches his back and manages to get out of the way in time as it zips past his nose
Jofra Archer to Kohli, out Caught by Nitish Rana!!
Tushar Deshpande to Padikkal, SIX, to long-off
Tushar Deshpande to Padikkal, SIX, to deep backward point
Sandeep Sharma to Kohli, FOUR, fifty up for Kohli as the Chinnaswamy jump and holler in joy. Went hard at a back of a length delivery and the outside edge flew past the keeper to his right. No-one at third man
Sandeep Sharma to Kohli, FOUR, to deep backward point
Riyan Parag to Padikkal, FOUR, to backward square leg
Riyan Parag to Kohli, FOUR, dropped short and Kohli is onto it in a flash!
Hasaranga to Phil Salt, out Caught by Hetmyer!! Hasaranga strikes his first over and does the PUSHPA celebration
Tushar Deshpande to Phil Salt, FOUR, that's a juicy full toss from Tushar Deshpande and Salt takes full toll of it
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Phil Salt, FOUR, to third man
Jofra Archer to Kohli, FOUR, nearly chopped on! Good length swinging in towards off, Kohli looks to guide off the back foot and gets a thick inside edge that skims past the leg peg and beats the fielder at fine leg
Jofra Archer to Kohli, 1 run, 145ks short of length on the stumps, Kohli swivels and pulls to the right of backward square leg
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Phil Salt, no run, dropped. It is the skipper. Oh dear! Low full toss outside off, Salt chips the drive off the cue end to the right of Parag at mid-off
Jofra Archer to Kohli, FOUR, 148ks short ball outside off
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