RCB seals victory in last 2 overs of the match. J Hazlewood picked up 4 wickets to register RCB’s first win at home.
RCB played SRH at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Kohli and Salt started the innings and scored 61 in 7 overs when P Salt was sent back to the dugout. Kohli and Padikkal added 95 runs in the next 9 overs. Captain Patidar got cheaply at 01 run. Tim David joined Kohli and scored 52 runs together. Jitesh scored 4 balls, 10 runs. Kohli was not out with his brilliant knock of 70 runs in 42 balls. Virat Kohli is in his top form and very consistent in scoring. Sandeep Sharma picked up 2 wickets.
First Home win for RCB
Rajasthan Royals started the chase with the two youngest openers. Yashaswi kept hitting and scored 52 in 4.2 runs when young Vaibhav got out, scoring 16 from 12 balls. Yashaswi scored 19 balls, 49, and got out by Hazlewood. Nitish is playing well but got out at 22. Riyan Parag made 10 balls 22, and RR was very much in the game chasing 205. Jurel made 47 from 28. RR needed 18 runs from 2 overs. In 19 overs bowled by Hazlewood, he picked up 2 wickets in two consecutive balls and gave just 1 run. 17 from the last over, and Dayal picked up 2 and gave only 5 runs. RR failed by 11 runs short of winning.
RCB won the match by 11 runs to register their first home win. Chinnaswamy stadium was haunting RCB in this season, and today also it seemed as if they were on the verge of losing when Hazlewood pulled off in the penultimate over. J Hazlewood picked up 4 wickets to get Player of the match.
| Match No-42 | ||||
| Cinnaswamy | 24 Apr 25 | Toss-RR | ||
| RCB | RR | RCB won by 11 runs | ||
| 205/5 | 194/9 | |||
| V Kohli-70(42) D Padikkal-50(27) P Salt-26(23) | Sandeep S-2/45(4) W Hasaranga-1/30(4) J Archer-1/33(4) | Y Jaisawal-49(19) D Jurel-47(34) N Rana-28(22) | J Hazlewood-4/33(4) K Pandya-2/31(4) Y Dayal-1/33 | POTM- J Hazlewood for his 4/33 in 4 overs. |
Royal Challenger Bangalore won its 6th match and, with 12 points, moved to 3rd position on the league table. RCB seems determined to win the championship. RR is holding on to the 8th position.
| INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE-2025 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Played | Won | Loss | NR | Points | NRR | Remarks |
| 1 | Gujrat Titans | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | 12 | +1.104 | |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | – | 12 | +0.657 | |
| 4 | Royal Challenger Bengaluru | 9 | 6 | 3 | – | 12 | +0.482 | |
| 3 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | +0.673 | |
| 5 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 10 | +0.177 | |
| 6 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 10 | +0.054 | |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | +0.212 | |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | -0.625 | |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 2 | 5 | – | 4 | -1.361 | |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -1.392 | ||
Virat Kohli, with 70 runs, jumps to second place in the run for the Orange Cap. Sudharsan is still the Orange Cap holder with 417 runs.
| ORANGE CAP- IPL 2025 | ||||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | SR | HS | Remarks |
| 1 | Sai Sudarsan | GT | 417 | 152 | 82 | |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 392 | 144 | 73* | |
| 3 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 377 | 204 | 87* | |
| 4 | Surya Kumar Yadav | MI | 333 | 162 | 68* | |
| 5 | Jos Buttler | GT | 356 | 165 | 97* | |
Jos Hazlewood with a 4-wicket haul in today’s match matched Purple Cap holder P Krishna. Hazlewood is now in 2nd place in the run for the Purple Cap.
| PURPLE CAP-IPL 2025 | |||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Best | Wicket | Remarks |
| 1 | Prasid Krishna | GT | 4/41 | 16 | |
| 2 | Jos Hezlewood | RCB | 4/33 | 16 | |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | DC | 3/22 | 12 | |
| 4 | Noor Ahmed | CSK | 4/18 | 12 | |
| 5 | Sai Kishore | GT | 3/30 | 12 | |