- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 Dayal gets a wicket second ball. On a length outside off, he creams a cover drive right off the middle of the bat. But, but he doesn't find the placement and Krunal takes a simple catch at cover. Is dejected but has to walk back. RCB have an early strike. 9/12.6 Bhuvi has the last laugh and Kohli is PUMPED! Wowza! PBKS have lost two key batters in three overs. Bhuvi, the experienced Bhuvi shortens his length on off stump. Prabhsimran jumps down again, goes for an almighty slog, but the ball continues to climb. Prabhsimran can only manage a thin edge and Jitesh does the rest 27/25.1 Top-edge... top-edge and Hazlewood has his second. Oh, my word! This is what RCB missed when Hazlewood wasn't around. He has his second and the PBKS supporters are stunned. Banged in short around the midriff on off, he goes for a pull but is cramped for room. The ball spoons straight up and Bhuvi takes a comfortable catch at deep fine leg 38/43.4 Another edge, another wicket. RCB ARE ON FIRE! PBKS captain Iyer is back in the hut and they are in a world of trouble now. Good length ball outside off, Iyer goes for an ungainly hoick, gets a thick edge and Jites ain't dropping those... not today. Iyer will so desperately want to revisit that shot. 30/36.3 The leg stump has been flattened and PBKS have lost half their side. Dayal is off on a celebratory run. On a good length shaping back into Wadhera on off. He plays a half-hearted drive, gets a thick inside-edge and sees his stumps in a mess 50/510.3 Wrong proves right for Suyash! PBKS' last hope falls. Stoinis chooses to attack the wrong ball, dare I say, the wrong bowler, too. Nicely tossed up around off, it lands on off, Stoinis, to be fair, picks it early and looks to hack it with the turn over midwicket. But it spins past the inside edge and makes a mess of the stumps. The evening only gets better for Suyash and RCB 78/88.2 Why did he do that? A wild shot and PBKS are six down. WOW! Flatter googly on the stumps, Shashank goes for an ungainly swing across the line and sees his middle and leg stump disturbed. 60/68.5 Huge appeal for lbw and given! Musheer reviews. Suyash bowls it shortish on middle and it skids straight on. Musheer gets down for a swipe across the line and wears it around the box. Even umpire's call would be enough for RCB to continue rejoicing. Three reds and PBKS lose Musheer and a review. The evening goes from bad to worse for PBKS 60/714.1 What a grab! Flying Jitesh ends PBKS' innings. Length ball around off, Omarzai backs away and looks to go big over the on side. Gets a thick outside edge that seems to be flying over the wicketkeeper's right. But Jitesh, despite his body weight going to his left, leaps full-stretch to his right and it sticks. PBKS are bowled out for 101, ten runs lesser than what they had defended earlier this season against KKR here 101/1013.3 Chopped on! A painful end to Brar's stay. Back of a length on leg, he backs away to steer it to third. But it kept coming back in and climbed on him. Brar couldn't do much as it went of his left elbow to uproot off stump 97/9Extras11 (lb 5, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL101 all out (14.1 Overs, RR: 7.12)Did not bat: Arshdeep SinghFall of wickets: 1-9 (Priyansh Arya, 1.2 ov), 2-27 (Prabhsimran Singh, 2.6 ov), 3-30 (Shreyas Iyer, 3.4 ov), 4-38 (Josh Inglis, 5.1 ov), 5-50 (Nehal Wadhera, 6.3 ov), 6-60 (Shashank Singh, 8.2 ov), 7-60 (Musheer Khan, 8.5 ov), 8-78 (Marcus Stoinis, 10.3 ov), 9-97 (Harpreet Brar, 13.3 ov), 10-101 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 14.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Kumar 2 0 17 1 8.5 5 3 0 0 0 Yash Dayal 4 0 26 2 6.5 11 1 1 0 1 JR Hazlewood 3.1 0 21 3 6.63 10 2 1 0 0 Suyash Sharma 3 0 17 3 5.66 11 0 1 1 0 KH Pandya 1 0 10 0 10 2 0 1 0 0 R Shepherd 1 0 5 1 5 4 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 Edged and taken! Kohli departs and Jamieson is ecstatic. The extra bounce brings about Kohli's undoing. Back of a length ball around sixth stump, shaping away from Kohli. He pokes at it, gets a thick edge and Inglis does the rest. It's a dismissal we have seen so many times, haven't we? 30/17.5 Fired fuller down leg, he flicks and it lobs up off Inglis's pad. Iyer jogs in from slip, catches it and appeals. The umpires want to take another look. It was very full and sliding down leg, there is a feather. Not a bump ball, and that is that for Agarwal tonight. Maiden IPL wicket for Musheer, something to cheer for the PBKS fans 84/2Extras4 (lb 4)TOTAL106/2 (10 Overs, RR: 10.6)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Virat Kohli, 3.2 ov), 2-84 (Mayank Agarwal, 7.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 2 0 20 0 10 3 2 1 0 0 KA Jamieson 3 1 27 1 9 9 4 1 0 0 Azmatullah Omarzai 1 0 10 0 10 3 2 0 0 0 Harpreet Brar 2 0 18 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 Musheer Khan 2 0 27 1 13.5 1 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Royal Challengers Bengaluru advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
29 May 2025 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 4 wickets)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan and Xavier Bartlett
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Subs: Mayank Agarwal, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert and Swapnil Singh
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (39 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 60/6 in 8.2 overs (MP Stoinis 17)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Sub: Musheer Khan in for Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings innings, 8.2 ov)
- Over 8.5: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Musheer Khan (Struck down)
- Over 10.4: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Harpreet Brar (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 92/8 in 13.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 13, Harpreet Brar 4)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (84 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: Punjab Kings - 101/10 in 14.1 overs (KA Jamieson 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Player Sub: Mayank Agarwal in for Suyash Sharma (Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings, 3.2 ov)
- Over 3.6: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - MA Agarwal (Upheld)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (PD Salt 35, MA Agarwal 15, Ex 0)
- PD Salt: 50 off 23 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 92/2 in 9.0 overs (PD Salt 54, RM Patidar 3)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 4
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