Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2025 Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lost by 42 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The Hyderabad team led by Pat Cummins won the match and performed brilliantly. RCB has already qualified for the playoffs, but it was necessary to win the remaining two matches to make it to the top two in the table. After this defeat, now Bangalore will have to depend on the results of other teams.
In the match, Hyderabad scored 231 runs while batting first. Chasing the target, RCB performed well for 14 overs and scored 163 runs for 3 wickets, but after that the team stuttered and all out for 189 runs in the final over.
First innings game
The biggest innings for the team was played by wicketkeeper batsman Ishaan Kishan, who scored 94 runs in just 48 balls, including 7 fours and 5 sixes. His strike rate was 195.83 and remained unbeaten till the end. Initially, Abhishek Sharma played a stormy innings of 34 runs, while Travis Head also scored 17 runs. Heinrich Klassen also speeded up the team by scoring 24 runs fast. In the end, captain Pat Cummins added 13 runs off 6 balls to reach the score to 231.
RCB bowling faded
This day was quite challenging for RCB bowlers. The team shifted wickets on several occasions, but could not stop the speed of runs. Suyash Sharma was the most expensive bowler, who took 45 runs in 3 overs and took a wicket. Lungi Angidi bowled somewhat economical and one wicket for 51 runs in 4 overs, Chokayay Bhuvneshwar Kumar took one wicket for 43 runs in 4 overs, while Krunal Pandya also got a success.
Romario Shepherd took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 2 overs, but his economy rate was very good. Yash Dayal gave 36 runs in 3 overs and could not take any wickets.
RCB defeat
Chasing a huge target of 232 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore was given a fast start by Virat Kohli and Phil Salt. Both added 80 runs in the first 7 overs. Kohli scored 43 runs from 25 balls, while Phil Soldt hit 62 runs in 32 balls.
Middle order remained unstable
After the opening pair, Mayank Agarwal could not do anything special and returned to the pavilion after scoring just 11 runs. Rajat Patidar started well, but he was run out unfortunately by playing a slow innings of 18 runs in 16 balls. Jitesh Sharma, who is captaining, made an aggressive start but he too was dismissed for playing a big shot by scoring 24 runs.
Match turned in 5 balls
RCB was in a strong position after 15 overs. There were 167 runs for 3 wickets on the scoreboard and the victory looked easy. But everything changed in the 16th over. First, the silver Patidar was runout in the affair to steal the run, then Romio Shepherd was dismissed without opening an account on the next ball.
After this, Jaydev Unadkat also dismissed Jitesh Sharma at the beginning of the 17th over. Meanwhile, Tim David was also dismissed by scoring only 1 run. RCB’s innings collapsed due to these rapid tremors.
The team did not care till the last over
Despite the fast start, the middle order and lower order batsmen could not stand and the entire team was reduced to 189 runs. In this way, Hyderabad took the match with 42 runs and RCB had to face defeat in an important match.
Playing XI of both teams
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing Xi) | Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) |
|---|---|
| Philip salt | Abhishek Sharma |
| Virat Kohli | Travis Head |
| Mayank Aggarwal | Ishaan kishan (wicket keeper) |
| Jitesh Sharma (Captain/wicketkeeper) | Nitish Kumar Reddy |
| Tim david | Henrich klassen |
| Romamaro shepherd | Anket Verma |
| Krunal Pandya | Abhinav Manohar |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Pat Cummins (Captain) |
| Yash Dayal | Harshal Patel |
| Lungi angidi | Jaydev Unadkat |
| Suyash Sharma | Ishaan Mallinga |
Related news
(Tagstotranslate) IPL 2025 (T) RCB vs SRH (T) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (T) Sunrisers Hyderabad