LIVE Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals, IPL 2025 Match Updates: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal Take RCB To 205 For 5 In 20 Overs – Jagran English

RCB posted a massive total of 205/5 in their 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 match 42 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal hit their respective fifties.
A favorable result will help RCB to stay above the possible mid-table logjam of four teams with 10 points.
On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals are languishing at eighth place with just two wins and 6 losses in a total of 8 matches.
RCB vs RR Playing XIs:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma


RCB have posted a huge total of 205/5 in their 20 overs against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2025 match 42 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. 
Kohli seems to be enjoying himself in the middle as he continues to maintain his top form. He has already gone past his fifty. This is his fifth fifty in nine innings. Big over for RCB as 15 runs came off it. 
RCB LIVE Score: 134/1 (14)
Wicket! Hasaranga has provided the first breakthrough to RR as he removes Phil Salt for 26. Hetmyer took a remarkable catch.
RCB LIVE Score: 62/1 (7)
This has been a promising start for RCB with Salt and Kohli at the crease. The hosts haven’t lost a wicket yet. 10 runs came off the third over, bowled by Archer.
RCB LIVE Score: 28/0 (3)
“We would have loved to bowl first as well, the surface has been tricky and unpredictable this season, and we will try to adapt as quickly as we can. We have to be good at shot selection. We are going with the same team,” said the RCB skipper at the toss.
“We will bowl first. The wicket looks a bit sticky and should get better later on. It’s back to our ethics now; if we can give our 100 percent, the results will take care of themselves. Sanju (Samson) bhai is recovering, and hopefully,y he will be back soon. One change for us. Theekshana is out and Farooqi is in,” RR skipper said at the toss.
RCB: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
RR: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore
 
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to field first against RCB in the IPL 2025 match 42 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Virat Kohli has scored 826 runs to his name in 31 innings at an average of 33.04 and a strike rate of 121.29.
Matches: 33
RCB won: 16
RR won: 14
NR: 3
Riyan Parag will continue to lead the Royals, who are currently tottering at eighth on the table with four points, in the absence of their regular captain.
Rajasthan have a messy house to deal with. Sanju Samson will miss this match with an abdominal injury that earlier forced him to skip the game against Delhi Capitals as well.
Their mainstay Virat Kohli has been in decent form this season, averaging 64, but more would be expected of Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Rajat Patidar. The inconsistent bounce is holding back the RCB batters, particularly after the Power Play segment and, hopefully, they will find the rhythm against RR.
It’s evident in the team’s totals here so far — 169/8, 163/7 and 95/9 (14 overs). They have scored over 9-10 runs an over in other venues, but here the rate has dropped down to 7-8 runs an over.
The Bengaluru batters are yet to find the right tempo to tide over the slowness in the pitch, as they are bound to face some tough overs from Rajasthan’s bowling attack consisting of Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Maheesh Theekshana.
Hello and welcome to the live cricket coverage of match no. 42 of the Indian Premier League where Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face off against Rajasthan Royals at the M Chinnaswamy stadium.
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