IPL 2025 Points Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap: RCB Gain One Spot With Win Over RR, MI Slip To…

The unrelenting Josh Hazlewood long-established Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s first win at residence this IPL season with a unprecedented penultimate over as his crew prevailed over Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs in a see-saw affair in Bengaluru on Thursday. The defeat meant RR are out of the reckoning for a spot in play-offs berth within the ongoing version of the league. They have misplaced seven matches out of 9. Coming on to bowl with RR needing 18 off 12 deliveries, Hazlewood (4/33) picked up two wickets in as many balls whereas giving freely only one run, because the guests had been stopped at 194 for 9 in a chase of 206 at a packed Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Hazlewood’s heroics meant Yashasvi Jaiswal’s (49 off 19 balls) blazing knock on the high of the order and Dhruv Jurel’s (47 off 34 balls) valiant effort went in useless as RR suffered their fifth defeat on the trot.

This was after RCB star batter Virat Kohli (70 off 42 balls) and Devdutt Padikkal (50 off 27 balls) managed the center overs with a partnership of 95 for the second wicket.

Set a goal of 206, RR’s begin was brutal with Jaiswal and 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi amassing 52 runs in 27 balls earlier than the latter was bowled by a Bhuvneshwar Kumar knuckle ball after {the teenager} went for one too many, having hit two sixes in his 16-run knock.

Suryavanshi was RR’s influence participant.

Jaiswal, who started the RR innings with a six on the leg facet off Bhuvneshwar, smashed Yash Dayal for 18 runs because the guests began the chase in earnest.

The swashbuckling Jaiswal then went after Hazlewood and clobbered the skilled Australian pacer for 3 successive fours in an eventful over that additionally comprised three dot balls.

Not content material together with his punishment of Hazlewood, Jaiswal hit the Australian for 2 extra fours and a six over the keeper.

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However, after being taken to the cleaners, Hazlewood had the final chortle as he lower quick Jaiswal’s whirlwind keep when he crammed the batter for room and compelled him to drag one straight to Romario Shepherd at mid-wicket.

RR, nonetheless, had raced to 72 for 2 by the tip of energy play as Riyan Parag (22 off 10 balls) walked into the center.

Enduring an detached run of type, Parag seemed within the temper on the evening and smoked Suyash Sharma, RCB’s influence sub, for a most over deep square-leg.

Parag, nevertheless, couldn’t maintain it for lengthy as Krunal Pandya put RCB forward with the wicket of the stand-in skipper and Nitish Rana (28 off 22 balls).

Hazlewood accounted for the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer, as the sport swung in favour of RCB with RR nonetheless needing rather a lot.

Earlier, on a sticky pitch the place stroke-making was not simple, RCB had been additionally well-served by Jitesh Sharma (20 not out off 10 balls) and Tim David (23 off 15 balls), who struck some lusty blows to take RCB previous 200.

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Batting first after dropping their fourth toss at residence this season, RCB had been off to a good begin after an eventful first over by Jofra Archer, who conceded 11 runs, together with bowling a 149.8km bumper that bounced over the keeper for a 4.

There was drama within the second over too, as a diving Riyan Parag, main RR within the absence of injured Sanju Samson, dropped Phil Salt (26 off 23 balls) at mid-off after getting each fingers to the ball off the bowling of Fazalhaq Farooqi.

After getting a boundary off a thick inside edge, Kohli pulled Archer for a 4 to the deep sq. leg area.

With RR on the lookout for their first breakthrough, medium pacer Tushar Deshpande was launched into the assault, and Salt welcomed him with two boundaries on both facet of the wicket.

Back on strike, Kohli flicked a Deshpande supply that was asking to be punished for a boundary as RCB crossed 50 within the fifth over. With one other pretty hit to the fence, off Sandeep Sharma, Kohli helped RCB end the facility play with 59 runs on the board.

Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga gave RR their first breakthrough when he had Salt caught at deep mid-wicket after the batter obtained a vanguard as he formed as much as hoick the ball on the on-side.

Kohli obtained to his half-century in 32 balls, his fifth of the season and first at residence, after amassing back-to-back fours off Sandeep.

At the opposite finish, Padikkal was in his component as he stored scoring boundaries at will and was additionally helped by a drop catch by Deshpande within the deep off Hasaranga.

Kohli and Padikkal then began dealing in sixes in opposition to Parag and Deshpande, with the latter bowler being smashed for 3 maximums within the fifteenth over, which fetched RCB 22 runs.

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