RCB vs RR LIVE Cricket Score, IPL 2025: RCB lose wickets in a heap after Kohli and Padikkal's 95-run stand – Firstpost

IPL Match Today LIVE Score, RCB vs RR: Virat Kohli brings up his fifth half-century of the season and his first at Chinnaswamy with back-to-back fours against Sandeep Sharma, taking 32 deliveries to reach the milestone. He also forges solid partnerships with opener Phil Salt and Devdutt Padikkal to put the Royal Challengers in pole position for their first 200-plus score at home in IPL 2025.   RR had earlier opted to field after captain Riyan Parag, filling in for the injured Sanju Samson, won the toss. While the Royals bring Fazalhaq Farooqi in place of Maheesh Theekshana, the Royal Challengers name an unchanged XI. Follow our live blog for the live score and the latest updates on the RCB-RR match.
Nitish Rana completes another catch, albeit after juggling a simple catch several times, as Devdutt Padikkal departs for 50 off 27 balls, following Virat Kohli to the dugout in the very next over after hitting a slower delivery straight to mid off.
Captain Rajat Patidar lasts just three deliveries at the centre as he gets caught-behind for 1. Jitesh Sharma ruins what was turning out to be an outstanding over for RR with a boundary off the final ball, albeit off an outside edge. RR 167/4 after 17
The 22-run over by Deshpande forces Parag to bring Archer back in the following over, and the Barbadian-born English pacer strikes right away with Virat Kohli offering Nitish Rana the easiest of catches at extra cover after mishitting a leg-cutter.
Timeout taken after the dismissal, with new batter Tim David opening his account with a boundary in his second ball. Excellent over by Archer though, conceding just four in addition to get the prized wicket of Kohli. RCB 160/2 after 16
Parag’s decision to hold Archer back for the death overs is giving Kohli and Padikkal the license to score freely in the middle overs, with Deshpande getting smashed for three maximums after being brought back in the 15th over.
Padikkal slashes a short, wide delivery behind point at the start of the over before hitting a low full toss down the ground for a flat six to complete the milestone. Kohli whips a fuller delivery in the fourth ball over midwicket for his second maximum. RCB 156/1 after 15
Padikkal takes his second-wicket partnership with Kohli past the fifty-mark, cutting a googly from Hasaranga through backward point for a four. The Sri Lankan leg-spinner concedes 10 in his final over to sign off with figures of 1/30.
Parag brings himself back into the attack in the following over, and gets hit for 15 with Padikkal and Kohli collecting a six each – the latter clearing the straight boundary despite hitting a wide delivery off the bottom of the bat. RCB 134/1 after 14
Kohli brings up the milestone with back-to-back fours in the 12th over after Sandeep Sharma is brought back to try and prise out his wicket. Kohli gets a thick outside edge towards deep backward point in the third delivery before getting an outside edge towards third man in the following delivery. This after Hasaranga concedes his first boundary this evening in an 11-run third over.
The Royal Challengers motor past the century park, and are in pole position to cross 200 for the first time on home turf this season. RCB 109/1 after 12
The breakthrough also comes right after a timeout, with Salt offering Shimron Hetmyer a simple catch at deep midwicket while trying to clear the fence with a slog-sweep, getting a thick top-edge in the end. Excellent start for the Sri Lankan all-rounder as he concedes just three singles in addition to the wicket.
Kohli, however, collects a boundary off RR skipper Parag in the following over with a pull through midwicket to keep the Royals under some pressure. RR 69/1 after 8
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal; IMPACT SUBS: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma; IMPACT SUBS: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore.
Matches: 33
RCB won: 16
RR won: 14
No Result: 3
Last five matches:
RCB won: 3
RR won: 2
Rajasthan Royals find themselves needing to win each of their remaining matches in order to keep their playoff hopes alive. The team, however, will not be eliminated if they lose the upcoming match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, as teams have qualified with 14 points multiple times in the past, with Sunrisers Hyderabad qualifying with 12!
Such scenarios, however, are heavily dependent on other results as well as Net Run Rate, and there is no guarantee RR will make it even if they win each of their remaining games after losing the upcoming match in Bengaluru.
Here’s a summary of RR’s performances in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League:
— Lost to SRH by 44 runs in Hyderabad
— Lost to KKR by 8 wickets in Guwahati
— Defeated CSK by 8 runs in Guwahati
— Defeated PBKS by 50 runs in Mullanpur
— Lost to GT by 58 runs in Ahmedabad
— Lost to RCB by 9 wickets in Jaipur
— Lost to DC in a Super Over in Delhi
— Lost to LSG by 2 runs in Jaipur
Here’s a summary of RCB’s performances in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League:
— Defeated KKR by 7 wickets in Kolkata
— Defeated CSK by 50 runs in Chennai
— Lost to GT by 8 wickets in Bengaluru
— Defeated MI by 12 runs in Mumbai
— Lost to DC by 6 wickets in Bengaluru
— Defeated RR by 9 wickets in Jaipur
— Lost to PBKS by 5 wickets in Bengaluru
— Defeated PBKS by 7 wickets in Mullanpur
RCB had thrashed RR by nine wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur 11 days ago, chasing down the 174-run target set by the home team with 15 balls to spare thanks to half-centuries by Phil Salt (65) and Virat Kohli (62 not out) as well as Devdutt Padikkal’s unbeaten 40.
RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal had struck a fine 75 off 47 balls with Dhruv Jurel chipping in with an unbeaten 35 off 23, but the Royals couldn’t accelerate enough to breach the 180-mark. The Jofra Archer-led bowling unit hardly made a dent on the RCB batting order with Salt and Kohli nearly ending RR’s hopes with a 92-run opening stand.
Here are the full squads for the upcoming RCB-RR match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Nuwan Thushara, Lungi Ngidi, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma
IPL 2025, RCB vs RR LIVE Score: Rajasthan Royals travel to Bengaluru without their captain Sanju Samson for a must-win Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. RCB and RR currently are fourth on the points table with 10 and 4 points respectively, and the latter will be looking to return to the top three with a victory in their fourth home game of the season.
The Royal Challengers will also be aiming to collect their first victory on home turf this season, having suffered defeats against Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings so far this season.
The Royals, on the other hand, find themselves in the bottom half of the points table, having collected as many points as Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings but occupying a higher slot than the other two teams due to a superior Net Run Rate.
The 2008 IPL champions are also on a four-match losing streak, which began with a nine-wicket hammering against RCB in Jaipur 11 days ago and included the thrilling game in Delhi that went into a Super Over – the only one of the season so far.
Skipper Sanju Samson is currently ruled out due to a side strain that he had picked up in Delhi, and is currently undergoing recovery at the team’s Jaipur base.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal; IMPACT SUBS: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma; IMPACT SUBS: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore.
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