RCB vs pbks, IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Home Woes as Punjab Kings Wins Wins Rain-Affected Game

Royal Challenger Bengaluru’s Home Woes Continued as the Side Slipped to a five-health defeat to punjab kings in the ipl in Bengaluru on Friday.

RCB did put up a brave fight in defense of a 96-run target but out prevent a third straight loss at the m. chinnaswamy stadium.

In a rain affected outing, rcb was on the backfoot right from the start, having loss a Crucial Toss. Batting First Proved to Be Tough Ask on a Sticky Pitch, and The Home Team Did Itself No Favors by Making An Odd Change to the Playing Eleven. Southpaw Batter Devdutt Padikkal was dropped in Favor of Leg-Spinner Suyash Sharma, even thought it was rcb which is the first strike.

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The move proved to be disastrous, as rcb crawled to 95 for nine in the reduced 14 overs. In the chase, pbks sufered a tremor when shreyas iyer and josh inglis was sent back in quick success. Hopes of an rcb comeback, however, was dashed by a composed Nehal Wadhera (33 No, 19B, 3×4, 3×6).

After Persistent Rain Delayed The Start of Play by Over Two Hours, RCB Openers Phil Salt and Virat Kohli Finally Made Their Way Out To Take Strike. The sticky pitch made strokeplay Near Impossible, but the RCB batters were unprepared to change their gameplan.

Salt, Kohli and Liam Livingstone Tared To Force The Pace and Paid the price. Length Deliveries Were Skied High without Timing, Resulting in Catching Practise. The pbks fielders were up to the task, with marco jansen and priyansh arya pulling off fin grabs to dismiss kohli and livingstone respectively.

RCB continued to lose wickets in a heap, a result of more reckless shoots. When impact player and local lad manoj bhandage was removed by jansen, RCB Fell Into a Deep Hole at 42 for Seven.

The lowest t20 scored at this venue – 82 by rcb in the first ever ipl game, in 2008 – Loomed Perilously Close. It took a fighting unbeated 50 from time to keep RCB Afloat, even If the Ship would Evently Sink.