Dayal trumps CSK in last over again to take RCB to the top
Dayal did it against Dhoni, Jadeja and Dube with a dew-slicked ball on a flat pitch
03/05Result
52nd Match (N), Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, May 3 2025
Player of the Match
03/05Result
52nd Match (N), Indian Premier League at Bengaluru, May 3 2025
Player of the Match
Match Day
Shepherd, the most dangerous class of T20 finisher
There are other T20 batters who have a better rate of success, whose methods translate over a variety of conditions and oppositions, but few get on a roll like Romario Shepherd can
Kohli snatches the IPL 2025 Orange Cap back from Sai Sudharsan after RCB vs CSK
Josh Hazlewood sat the RCB vs CSK game out, and missed a chance to earn the Purple Cap back from Prasidh Krishna
Fleming: Mhatre has 'everything that we like about a modern-day T20 player'
After a couple of handy knocks since joining CSK this season, Ayush Mhatre took his game up a few notches against RCB on Saturday, smashing 94 from 48 balls
Ball by ball - Dayal denies Dhoni and CSK again in tense final over
For a second season in a row, the same contest at the same ground produced the same, pulsating finish
Bethell 55, Kohli 62, Shepherd 14-ball 53 set CSK 214
Shepherd helped RCB smash 54 in the last two overs
Unchanged CSK opt to bowl; no Hazlewood for RCB
RCB hand a franchise debut to Ngidi, Bethell keeps his place in the team
Racing to 50 in 15 or under
The fastest fifties in IPL history, featuring some of the world's mightiest hitters
Brevis wasn't out, but 'lack of awareness' cost him his wicket
"It was a big moment," as Stephen Fleming put it, and CSK lost it because of their batters - Dewald Brevis and Ravindra Jadeja - not being alert enough
Stats - Shepherd's blitz and Kohli's records in RCB's double over CSK
CSK's streak of not able to seal a 180-plus chase continued in the IPL
Suyash Sharma reveals surgery for hernia nearly stopped him from starting IPL 2025
"I played after taking injections. Within India, we weren't even able to identify the problem that I was facing"
Rain threat hangs over RCB-CSK game in Bengaluru
There is a 70% chance of rain on Saturday, and wet weather had also interrupted the training sessions of both teams on the eve of the game
Dhoni's CSK vs Kohli's RCB - the IPL quiz
Ten questions about Kohli and Dhoni around RCB vs CSK encounters from the last 18 years
Five CSK-RCB classics: from Morkel's takedown of Kohli to Dayal's epic last over
The teams have built a rivalry that's given the IPL some of its strangest finishes and most replayed highlights
Hussey: 'We're not going to panic and throw everything out'
CSK are out of contention for the playoffs, but they believe they can "definitely compete with any team in the competition"
Dhoni takes blame for CSK's defeat: 'I should have converted a couple of more shots'
"Romario Shepherd, in the death overs, was brilliant. Whatever our bowlers were bowling, he was able to get maximum runs," Dhoni said
Preview
It's RCB vs CSK again, but will IPL's tastiest fixture have the same edge as before?
The two teams couldn't be having more contrasting seasons, meaning there isn't really too much at stake on Saturday
