RCB vs CSK IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings 2 runs in the 52nd match of IPL. With this victory, RCB’s team hit the top of the points table with 16 points. This is Bengaluru’s fourth consecutive win, while Chennai, who was out of the playoff race, lost the fourth consecutive match.
Chennai’s team, which was chasing 214 runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, could only score 211 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja returned unbeaten after scoring 77 runs on 45 balls, while Ayush Mhatre scored 94 runs on 48 balls. Lungi Angidi took 3 wickets.
Earlier, Romario Shepherd made the fastest fifty of the season off 14 balls from Bangalore. He hit 6 sixes and 4 fours. Virat Kohli played 62 runs and Jacob Bethel played innings of 55 runs. Mathisha Pathirana took 3 wickets.
Second joint fast half -century of IPL
The Romario Shepherd for the RCB rocked the last two overs. He became the batsman to score the fastest half -century out of just 14 balls. In this case, he equaled Pat Cummins and KL Rahul. At the same time, the fastest half -century batsman is Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has done this feat in 13 balls.
Playing XI of both teams
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Angidi, Yash Dayal. Impact Players: Suyash Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Sheikh Rashid, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Karan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper/captain), Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Mathisha Pathirana. Impact Players: Shivam Dubey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton.