RCB vs RR Highlights, IPL 2025: RCB knock out Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring match

Ramped all the way for six! Jaiswal is in scorching form—he’s reading everything, playing with flair, and right now, he looks absolutely unstoppable.

Cracked to the point boundary—what a shot! It flew off the bat and raced away in a flash, leaving the fielders no chance. And just like that, the crowd is silenced once more.

Two dots build the pressure—and that’s all it takes! Rana decides he’s had enough and takes off, looking to break the shackles. Intent straight away!

Another left-hander walks in—it’s Nitish Rana at No. 3. The field adjusts immediately, and a slip is in place. The pressure is on early!

Middle stump shattered—and the crowd roars to life! An absolute peach of a delivery that sneaks through and sends the stumps flying. That’s the breakthrough they were waiting for!

Just over midwicket! Much like Salt, Jaiswal’s luck continues to hold. He goes for the pull, doesn’t quite middle it, but the ball still manages to sail just over the leaping fielder inside the circle. A nervous moment, but he picks up a fortunate boundary.

Jaiswal has been floored—literally! A fiery 138.6 km/h bouncer, dug in short with real venom. He tries to ramp it over without moving his feet, but the line is too sharp. As he arches back to avoid it, he completely loses his balance and hits the deck. A nasty delivery that had him all tangled up!

The over ends with a sharp bouncer! He winds up for a big shot but swings and misses—beaten by the extra bounce. A fiery finish to the over!

Into the crowd—and they want no part of it! No one’s eager to catch that one. Short ball angling in, and he unleashes a powerful swing, launching it high and deep over the midwicket boundary for a massive six. That one was smoked!

That one’s nearly landed in Cubbon Park! Well, almost. The way he timed and middled that shot, it absolutely deserved a scenic stroll—it was pure class!

Jaiswal looked uncertain once again, attempting to flick it to the leg side, possibly anticipating some inswing. But the ball catches the leading edge instead and flies off awkwardly, looping just over the fielder inside the circle. A nervy moment, but he survives.

Tries to go inside out but mistimes it again, slicing it in the air to deep third for a single.

Yashasvi Jaishawal hits a SIX.

Rajashtan Royals bring in their Impact Player Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to open with Jaiswal.

Devdutt Padikkal said, “It was a little sticky throughout the innings. It never got any easier and it will be challenging in the second innings. We had some plans even before the game. We had talked about what we anted to do when we went out to bat tonight because we haven’t done very well here this season. [On his intent] I’ve put in a lot of hard work.”

He added,”Last couple of years haven’t been great, I’ve struggled. So I really worked on improving my game. DK and Andy have been really great. The amount of work I’ve done with DK over the last few months has been tremendous and the amount of knowledge and tactical insight that he has has really helped me this year.”

Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally delivered a commanding batting performance at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Openers Virat Kohli and Phil Salt weathered early movement from Archer, Sandeep, and Farooqi during the powerplay. Once set, Kohli found fluency and was joined by Devdutt Padikkal, who wasted no time accelerating.

Both batters brought up entertaining half-centuries, setting a strong foundation for the death overs. Tim David and Jitesh Sharma capitalised on the momentum, powering RCB past the 200-run mark with a flurry of boundaries.

David departs trying to push for two! A sharp throw from Hetmyer and calm glovework from Jurel ends his promising knock at 23 off 15.

Sharp bouncer strikes the helmet! Jitesh misses the pull but manages a leg bye as the ball deflects away.

Cracking shot! David smashes it over cover as the leaping fielder just misses out.

A yorker outside off, Jitesh attempts a sweep but misses. The ball deflects off his pad, and they manage to sneak a leg bye as it rolls to his left.

Jitesh Sharma cuts the ball to the boundary for four runs, sending it past the fielder at point.

Patidar edges it and it’s taken! A back-of-length delivery outside off, cross-seam, Patidar slashes at it, and Jurel takes the catch as the ball kisses the outside edge.

David quickly ducks as Archer sends in another fast delivery outside off. He walks over to Archer, and they share a quick laugh.

Padikkal continues his great form against the Royals. It was a full toss outside off, and he lofts it beautifully. Another solid partnership between these two against this side!

Kohli launches the ball high and over deep midwicket for a spectacular six!

Padikkal slashed the ball away with great timing! A short delivery angled across, and Padikkal stretched out, cutting it up and over the short third man for a six. A brilliant shot!

After 9 overs, RCB stands at 75/1, with Virat Kohli anchoring the innings with a solid 37 off 25 balls, including 6 boundaries. Devdutt Padikkal has contributed 5 runs from 6 balls.

Phil Salt has been dismissed for 26 off 23 balls, caught at deep midwicket off Hasaranga’s bowling. Salt, who had been playing an important role in stabilizing the innings with 4 boundaries, skied one and was easily caught by Hetmyer. The dismissal marks the first breakthrough for Rajasthan Royals, with RCB now at 59/1 after 6.1 overs.

At the end of over 6, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are at 59/0, maintaining a healthy run rate of 9.83. Virat Kohli has played a brilliant knock of 27 off 16 balls, including 5 fours, while Phil Salt has supported well with 25 runs off 20 balls, hitting 4 boundaries. Sandeep Sharma and Tushar Deshpande have bowled one over each, conceding 8 and 14 runs, respectively, but haven’t yet managed to break the opening stand. RCB’s openers are looking comfortable, with plenty of firepower left to build a big total.

A full delivery on the stumps, Salt drives it along the ground but straight to mid-off.