- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 skied to deep midwicket and Salt has run out of luck! Pitched up without much pace and swept against the turn for a leading edge that sends the ball into the night sky before it lands in Hetmyer's hands well inside the rope 61/115.1 Kohli spoons a catch to cover! This is on a length outside off and Kohli looks to go inside out. Skies it in the end and Rana holds on to the catch. That came off the sticker of the bat! First time that Archer gets Kohli in T20s! 156/216.1 Spooned to mid-off and Rana holds on after a juggling act! This is a slower ball and Padikkal looks to power this down the ground. Can't get power or elevation behind that and it goes to Rana who was backtracking to adjust and it pops out of his hands as he is falling back and he pops out one hand and it pops out again before he falls forward and holds it between his hands and body 161/319.6 Short and wide and David can only pull it out to deep midwicket. David is well short of his ground though while trying to take the second and Jurel has all the time in the world to take the bails off 205/516.5 Edged and taken! Back of length outside off, cross-seam, Patidar slashes at it and Jurel does the rest as the ball kisses the outside edge 163/4Extras15 (lb 1, w 14)TOTAL205/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.25)Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Phil Salt, 6.4 ov), 2-156 (Virat Kohli, 15.1 ov), 3-161 (Devdutt Padikkal, 16.1 ov), 4-163 (Rajat Patidar, 16.5 ov), 5-205 (Tim David, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JC Archer 4 0 33 1 8.25 12 5 0 2 0 Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 0 30 0 10 3 4 0 1 0 TU Deshpande 2 0 36 0 18 2 3 3 2 0 Sandeep Sharma 4 0 45 2 11.25 6 6 1 4 0 PW Hasaranga 4 0 30 1 7.5 4 2 0 1 0 R Parag 3 0 30 0 10 5 2 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.5 and Hazlewood has avenged himself, he'll think. He gets the reward of persisting with the short length, this one climbs on Jaiswal for the pull which he doesn't middle this time and hands a simple catch to the midwicket fielder coming in 72/24.2 middle stump gone and the crowd is awake! Not a short ball for a change, it's on length towards the stumps and the teenager swings wildly and misses 52/113.3 Rana picks out short fine leg! Krunal bowls this on a length on leg, Rana looks for the sweep but hits this straight to Bhuvneshwar. Was above his head height and he puts up his hands to grab it. Ends up parrying it in the air and takes it at the second go. The pressure tells! The new ball also helps RCB! 134/49.1 he strikes first ball and we do have a crowd here at the Chinnaswamy! Big sweep against the turn first ball, goes up a mile close to the pitch and Jitesh, with his gloves, under the helmet, moves towards short midwicket and pouches it. Krunal has his finger up but no send off or word spoken 110/318.3 Jurel backs away to make room and Hazlewood nails the wide yorker! The ball sneaks past as Jurel brings his bat down. And hold on, RCB have reviewed for caught-behind! Was there a thin bottom edge as Jurel brought the bat down? There is a spike as the ball crosses bat! They will do a check now for a bump ball. No, no bounce, Jurel is gone three short of a fifty! Hazlewood has got a third! What an appeal from Jitesh Sharma there! Jitesh has been excellent with his judgement behind the stumps this season, when it's come to reviews. 189/616.3 Has he nicked that? The umpire reckons he has! Beautiful from Hazlewood! It's back of length around leg, cramping Hetmyer, who plays all around it, trying to whip it leg side. Gets an inside edge and Hazlewood has done it again for RCB! 162/519.1 Full toss and he hits it straight to deep midwicket! Low full toss just outside off and Shubham Dubey picks out Phil Salt. The crowd is going crazy as RCB close in on their first home win of the season! 189/818.4 Two in two for Hazlewood! Back of length outside off, Archer looks to go inside out and there's no foot movement and he ends up slicing it up to cover's left. Patidar makes no mistake and Archer is disgusted with himself! RCB right back in this! What twists and turns over the last two-three overs! 189/719.3 Drilled down the ground to long-off and there's a run-out chance. The throw at the striker's end comes high and wide to Jitesh, who does well to collect and stretch to the stumps with his right hand. Looks so close with the bails lit up with Hasaranga's bat on the line. The umpire decides there isn't anything that's crossed the crease, And Hasaranga has to go! 191/9Extras5 (b 1, w 4)TOTAL194/9 (20 Overs, RR: 9.7)Did not bat: Sandeep SharmaFall of wickets: 1-52 (Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 4.2 ov), 2-72 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 5.5 ov), 3-110 (Riyan Parag, 9.1 ov), 4-134 (Nitish Rana, 13.3 ov), 5-162 (Shimron Hetmyer, 16.3 ov), 6-189 (Dhruv Jurel, 18.3 ov), 7-189 (Jofra Archer, 18.4 ov), 8-189 (Shubham Dubey, 19.1 ov), 9-191 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Kumar 4 0 50 1 12.5 11 2 6 0 0 Yash Dayal 3 0 33 1 11 5 4 1 1 0 JR Hazlewood 4 0 33 4 8.25 15 6 1 1 0 R Shepherd 1 0 15 0 15 2 2 1 0 0 Suyash Sharma 4 0 31 0 7.75 8 1 2 0 0 KH Pandya 4 0 31 2 7.75 8 2 1 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Rajasthan Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
24 April 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (PD Salt 23, V Kohli 20, Ex 7)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 59/0 in 6.0 overs (PD Salt 25, V Kohli 27)
- Over 9.5: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - D Padikkal (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 8
- V Kohli: 50 off 32 balls (8 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (V Kohli 25, D Padikkal 27, Ex 1)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 10
- D Padikkal: 50 off 26 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 156/2 in 15.1 overs (D Padikkal 50)
- Over 15.5: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - TH David (Upheld)
- Over 18.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - TH David (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 200 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 205/5 in 20.0 overs (JM Sharma 20)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 72 runs, 2 wickets)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: Vaibhav Suryavanshi in for Sandeep Sharma (Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings, 19.6 ov)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (YBK Jaiswal 35, V Suryavanshi 16, Ex 1)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Sub: Suyash Sharma in for Devdutt Padikkal (Rajasthan Royals innings, 5.6 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 99/2 in 8.0 overs (N Rana 12, R Parag 21)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 1
- Over 9.4: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - UV Gandhe, Batter - DC Jurel (Upheld)
- Over 13.1: RCB opts for a ball change allowed under playing conditions (dew factor)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 140/4 in 14.0 overs (DC Jurel 17, SO Hetmyer 5)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 3
- Over 18.3: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - DC Jurel (Upheld)
Match Coverage
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