Final over for Hazlewood. Rutherford cuts the first ball to deep third for one.

Six!! Buttler reverse scoops a short-of-a-length ball the head of the keeper for six! Shubman with his hands on his head looking at that shot.

Six!! Short ball outside off, Buttler pulls it over the legside for six more. Six!! Another swivel pull from Rutherford seals the deal for GT.

Comfortable eight-wicket win to push RCB to its first loss of the season.

GT 170/2 in 17.5 overs.

Bhuvi with his third over. Rutherford miscues a pull shot on the bounce to deep midwicket for one.

Buttler defends one to mid on and picks up a single. Six!! Back-of-a-length ball, Rutherford swivel pulls it over deep fine for six!

Rasikh Salam in for his third over. Rutherford punches one to deep cover for one.

Buttler picks up a single after a swat through midwicket. Rutherford guides one to short third and steals a single. Four!! Slower ball on the pads, flicked past short fine leg for a boundary. 

Livingstone into the attack. Buttler flicks one to deep square for a single. Appeals for lbw after Rutherford misses his slog sweep. Not given.

Four!! Buttler lofts one straight down the ground for a boundary. Six!! Full again, lofted over long on for six by Buttler to bring up his fifty.

GT 134/2 in 15 overs.

A touch short from Krunal, Rutherford pulls to deep midwicket for one. Buttler cuts one to deep point for one. Rutherford punches one to long on for one.

Six!! Five singles off the first five balls and Rutherford deposits the last ball into the stands.. 11 from the over. 

Sherfane Rutherford walks in as the impact player. Four!! Rutherford cuts one past a diving deep third man to open his account with a boundary. 

Attempted ramp shot from Sudharsan, doesn’t connect well and Jitesh takes a good diving catch.

Four!! Another pull shot, falls short of Kohli at deep midwicket, and he injures his finger in an attempt to stop that pacy shot. 17 from the over. 

Krunal back for his second. Sudharsan gets a single to long on. Six!! In the slot, Buttler heaves it over deep midwicket for six!

Four!! A touch short from Krunal, Sudharsan pulls it past the deep midwicket fielder for a boundary.

100 up for GT in the chase. 

Dayal with his third. Back of a length on Buttler’s body, defended.

Same ball, same result. Four! A touch wide, Buttler cuts it past short third for a boundary. Buttler punches one to mid off and scampers across for one. Six from the over. 

Krunal Pandya into the attack. Full on the pads, and flicked away by Buttler for a single.

Beaten! Sudharsan for the reverse-sweep, but completely misses the ball. FOUR! Sudharsan rocks back, and pulls this through midwicket to the boundary.

Cut away to point for one more by Sudharsan. Turned away off the pads by Buttler for another single. That’s the 50 partnership in 31 balls.

Buttler stepped out and looked to go over mid-on, but it went off his top edge and in the opposite direction. He won’t mind the result, though.

SIX! Second maximum of the over. Short, hip-high, and pulled behind deep square-leg by Buttler for six runs. Pushed to mid-on by Buttler to end the over with a single. 

Cut away by Sudharsan for a single behind point. FOUR! Buttler steps down the track and pulls this in front of midwicket to the boundary.

SIX! Top edge, and the ball sails over the boundary behind the keeper. 

Dayal again.

He gets the ball to seam back in and stay low, to beat Sudharsan’s square-drive. FOUR! Cut away, point did get a hand to it, but it was hit too hard, and Sudharsan collects a boundary.

Beaten! This one shapes away a touch to beat Sudharsan’s waft outside off. Cut away now straight to the point fielder by Sudharsan. Pushed to point by Sudharsan for a quick single. 

Rasikh Dar into the attack.

Buttler collects a single through point after a couple of dot balls. FOUR! Pulled over midwicket by Sudharsan for a boundary.

Short again, and guided to deep third by Sudharsan for one more. Flicked off the hips by Buttler, and it beats a diving Jitesh Sharma behind the stumps to run away to the boundary. GT brings up its 50 in exactly seven overs. 

Yash Dayal into the attack.

Driven to mid-off by Buttler for a quick single. FOUR! Drifting on the pads, and flicked through square-leg by Sudharsan for a boundary. A quick single next ball as he drops the ball in front of point.

A leading edge for Buttler, and the ball lands safely on offside, and the batters will steal another quick single. Driven to mid-on for a very quick single by Sudharsan.

Buttler is not happy with the spider cam’s positioning and interrupts the bowler in his run up. Tucked to mid-on by Buttler for another single to end the PowerPlay. 

David miscues another attempted lofted shot, falls in between three converging fielders!

Four!! Short of a length again, the inside edge runs past a diving Buttler and runs away to the fence.

Six!! Short and wide, lofted over the offside and it comfortably clears the fence! Four!! Short ball at the body, pulled fine for four more.

WICKET!! Searing yorker to finish, cleans up Tim David’s off stump. Good effort at the death but 169 looks well under par for RCB. 

Tim David on strike. Short of a length on the body, mistimed to midwicket. David denies the single. David miscues another attempted lofted shot, falls in between three converging fielders.

Bhuvneshwar in at 9. Gets a single to long on to bring David back on strike. Short ball at the Aussie, he ducks under it and lets it fly to the keeper. Single off the last ball of the over. 

Siraj back. Short and wide outside off, Livingstone feathers one back to the keeper. 

Low full toss, Livingstone sweeps it towards deep square, Sai Kishore can’t reach it despite a full stretch above his head.

Another length ball, swept over deep square for another six.

Another slog sweep and that brings the third six of the over.

Rashid has been plundered at the Chinnaswamy today. Ends with figures of 0/54. 

RCB 149/6 in 18 overs.

Rashid continues.

Livingstone misses his sweep again. Big appeals for lbw but not given on field. No reviews left for GT too. 

Livingstone guides one to short third, David sends him back. A single to the offside next ball.

David makes just enough contact on his attempted pull to clear the deep midwicket fence.

Flat bats one to long off for one. A single to deep extra cover for Livingstone. Beats David’s outside edge with the last ball. 

RCB 129/6 in 17 overs.

Rashid again comes to attack.

Livingstone rocks back and lofts the length ball over deep midwicket and just manages to clear the fielder.

Another attempted pull, falls just short of Siraj who dived forward in an attempt to hold on. 

Outside edge as David wafts at one outside off, runs past slip and to the fence for four. 

Tim David in at 8. Two runs and a wicket from the over. 

Krunal done in by the lack of pace, gets a leading edge off his legside flick and Sai Kishore completes a simple catch. 

Sai Kishore puts in a splendid effort at the deep to keep Rashid’s first ball to just two.

Livingstone is yorked by Rashid but Buttler makes a mess of it behind the stumps, fails to stump him out in time.

Full on the pads, swept fine through fine leg by Krunal. 

Sai Kishore back into attack.

Jitesh steps down and looks to loft one down the ground, the edge flies straight up and Tewatia doesn’t fluff it this times. 

Krunal in at 7. 

RCB 94/5 in 13 overs.

Full and on the stumps, Livingstone sweeps it over deep square leg for six. 

Whips one to deep midwicket for a single.

Jitesh moves across and sweeps one fine past short fine for a boundary. 

Umpire’s call on impact and wickets missing says ball tracking. The Englishman survives. 

Livingstone misses his sweep and the fielders appeal for lbw. Not given on field. GT review.

Livingstone mistimes his attempted lofted shot, but Tewatia puts down a sitter at long on. 

 A touch overpitched, slammed through cover for a boundary. 

RCB 80/4 in 11 overs.

Livinsgrone cuts a shorter delivery to deep point for one. Jitesh miscues his pull but it falls well short of the fielders in the deep.

Livingstone almost inside edges one into the stumps, ricochets off his pads. 

A nasty bouncer, angling into Livingstone, who does well to arch his back and move out of the way.

Lucky he also gets some bat on that as the ball flies over a leaping Buttler to the boundary behind. 

A couple of singles to follow as Prasidh continues to bowl back-of-a-length deliveries. 

This one is fuller, and pushed to deep point by Livingstone for a single. Short and outside off, and Jitesh looks to slash it over the keeper but misses. 

Prasidh will bowl his third over, after going for just three in his first two.

Back of a length just outside off, and tucked towards midwicket by Livingstone for a dot ball. 

In the slot, and Jitesh was sent the ball over long-on for a 78-metre six. This is swung away across the line for a couple more by Jitesh through midwicket.

Short and wide and slashed by Jitesh through point for a boundary. Driven to extra-cover by Jitesh for a dot ball.

Width outside off, and slashed beyond point by Jitesh for another boundary.

Seventeen runs from the over and finally some cheer for the home crowd heading into the strategic time out. 

Ishant will continue.

Slashed behind point by Livingstone for a single, and his bat flies out of his hand as he plays the shot.

That’s 50 up for RCB in 8.1 overs. 

Prasidh into the attack again.

A single towards deep midwicket for Livingstone to start the over.

Jitesh moves across to lap this behind the keeper on leg-side, but the ball is too full and he can only nurdle it on the off-side for a dot ball.

Three dot balls in a row as Jitesh guides this with open bat face to point. Prasidh is extracting good bounce on this wicket, and keeping his lengths very tight.

This was slightly fuller outside off but driven by Jitesh straight to cover for a fourth dot ball in a row.

This one jags back into Jitesh, who defends it on the off-side. Just a single from the over. 

Jitesh shuffles across his stumps and looks to sweep this from wide outside off first ball and lets the ball go finally. 

Short, and hooked away to the fine-leg fence by Jitesh. Steered just behind point by Jitesh to end the over with a couple more. 

RCB 48/4 in 7 overs.

Ishant Sharma into the attack.

LBW appeal and given out, and Patidar has to go back. He swung his bat across the line, and missed as the ball skidded through a bit. 

That was plumb in front and Patidar doesn’t even review it. 

Good length on off-stump, and moves away late off the pitch to beat Livingstone’s outside edge.

A big swing and a miss from Patidar outside off-stump.

This one moves away again off the pitch from a good length, and Patidar is nowhere close to making contact. 

A miscued pull towards fine-leg for a single by Patidar to end the over. 

Prasidh Krishan will bowl the final over of the PowerPlay. He induces Patidar’s leading edge first ball of the over and the ball just drops in front of the point fielder. 

Ball-tracking shows the ball was missing leg-stump and also just going over. Livingstone survives and GT loses a review.

Yorker to end the over and Livingstone jams it out. 

RCB 35/3 in 5 overs.

A loud appeal for lbw as Liam Livingstone comes in but not given out. This one stayed low to rap Livingstone on the pads. GT has reviewed this.

Salt is bowled next ball and Siraj strikes back.

Salt steps out, and absolutely clatters this over deep midwicket, and the ball has gone over the roof and outside the stadium. That was 105 metres long.

Salt gets an inside edge on the pull, and he runs across for a quick single. A direct-hit from Siraj at the non-striker’s would have meant curtains for Salt. Second life for him tonight. 

Arshad comes again to bowl.

Another leg-bye to start the over as Salt misses the flick behind square as Arshad bowls it on a short of a good length on leg-stump.

This is swinging away outside leg-stump and called a wide.

This is crunched over midwicket by Patidar and the skipper gets his first boundary. Flicked to mid-on now by Patidar for a single.

Salt finally gets going. Angling away outside off, and Salt slaps it on the up through covers to find the boundary for the first time tonight. Heaved away to deep square-leg for one more by Salt to end the over. 

A single for Salt at mid-on to end the over. 

As Siraj goes full and Patidar is rapped on the front pad. However, umpire turns the appeal down and Gujarat doesn’t review, probabaly knowing that was missing leg-stump. 

Siraj bowls one outside off to the RCB skipper, who lets the ball go. However, umpire calls it a dead-ball, so Siraj will have to reload that one. 

Siraj Bowled him and Padikkal has to go.

The left-hander stepped out to hammer this on the off-side, but the ball was angling away and knocked into off-stump. 

Devdutt Padikkal is off the mark with a boundary. He drives through point and a misfield allows him to collect four runs. 

Kohli holes out at deep square-leg and the Chinnaswamy is silenced.

Buttler has spilt this chance behind the stumps. Salt stepped out looking to go over covers, but got an edge to the the wicketkeeper, who drops an easy one.

RCB 6/0 in 1 over.

Virat Kohli and Phil Salt are in the middle to kick start the innings, and Mohammed Siraj will shortly be bowling against his former team.

That battle should spice things up and lend this already tantalising contest some more context. 

Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.

Impact subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh.

Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.

Impact subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar.

Gujarat Titans wins the toss, opts to bowl first.

The rain is likely to scare the clash between RCB and GT on April 2. However, there are no predictions of rain during match hours but the clouds will still be there. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 31 degrees with 46% humidity.

The surface of the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium has been a paradise for the batters throughout the years. We usually see high-scoring clashes at this ground where the team batting first looks to get past 200 runs.

However, the fast bowlers can turn out to be effective with the new ball. The team batting first has won 41 matches at this ground in the IPL while the chasing team has won 50 times. The average score batting first at this ground is around 167 to 168 runs.

The live telecast of the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans Match 14 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

The live streaming will be available on the JioHostar App and website.

• Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans 
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 14
• Date: 2 April 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru 

Samad to bowl.

Shreyas punches the first ball to short cover. 

Shreyas looks to loft one down the ground, manages to clear long on. Brings up his fifty and completes an easy win for Punjab Kings.

Shardul back into the attack.

Two dots to start the over against Wadhera.

Six!! Back of a length on the stumps, pulled over the legside for a huge six. The sounds off the bat was so sweet.

Six!! Same ball, same sound, same result!

Four!! Walks down the ground and punches one down the ground for four. 

Avesh back into the attack.

Slower ball into the wicket, Shreyas mistimes pull towards deep midwicket for a single.

Four!! Slower ball full, Shreyas lofts it over mid off for a boundary.

Six!! Shreyas getting it done in quick time. Pulls one over deep midwicket for six. 

Wadhera steps down against Bishnoi and lofts him down the ground for six.

Four!! A touch wider, carved through cover for a boundary. Good comeback from Bishnoi, two dot balls.

Six!! Wadhera slog sweeps the last ball of the over over wide long on for six more. 

Digvesh to bowl out.

Wadhera looks for the reverse sweep, loses balance and just about manages to stay within the confines of the crease. A touch shorter, pulled to deep square for a single.

Four!! Shreyas with a gentle push through third man and will pick up four. Direct hit at the striker’s end after Shreyas dabs to short third for a single.

Wadhera makes it in before the stumps are disturbed. Wadhera picks up a single off the last ball. 

Siddarth again. A touch short, Shreyas cuts it to point for a single. Wadhera picks up a single after playing two dots. Shreyas dabs one to deep midwicket for a single. Four from the over. 

Digvesh strikes again! Prabhsimran looks to loft one over the legside. Badoni pushes it away at the edge of the boundary and Bishnoi completes the relay catch. End of an excellent innings from Prabhsimran.

Punjab 116/2 in 11 overs.

Shardul is back.

Bouncer and Shreyas was ready to pull it over fine leg for a SIX! Punjab is in full control of the chase it seems. 11 runs from that over as well. 

Siddharth comes to bowl.

Prabhsimran comes down the track and smacks the ball straight down the ground for four. Prabhsimran switches to left hand and cuts the ball for a single. He’s been proactive. 

Ravi Bishnoi into the attack.

Prabhsimran slog sweeps over mid on for four.

And now he plays the slog sweep behind square leg for another boundary.

This time Prabhsimran goes over covers.

A single to end the PowerPlay. 

Digvesh comes again.

Prabhsimran slog sweeps and goes over square leg for four! Keeping the ball in the stumps and quick.

Four! Shreyas drives towards covers to end the over.

Avesh comes to bowl.

Prabhsimran comes down the track and smacks the ball over mid on for a six. Beautiful shot that. Using bouncers, Avesh. 10 runs from the over. 

Shreyas Iyer in at three. Off the mark with a single. 

Priyansh departs this time. Wanted to pull the short ball but gets a top edge straight to mid off. It was a quicker delivery. 

Avesh Khan into the attack. Another upper cut by Prabhsimran and finds the fence again. He bends and picks the ball from good length. Eight runs came in that over.

Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh open. Shardul Thakur with the new ball.

Priyansh is off the mark with a single off the second delivery. Terrific cover drive by Prabhsimran. Four runs.

Short ball and Prabhsimran upper cuts for a six. Single to end the over. 

Punjab 12/0 in 1 over.

Avesh in at 9.

Wide ball, Avesh scampers across for a bye after missing his waft outside off.

Yorker on the stumps, Thakur slams it to long on, doesn’t take the run. Slices a full, wide ball, falls just short of the offside sweeper. Thakur picks up a couple. 

Full and wide, Samad edges it to short third man. 

Last over of the innings.

Badoni looks to clobber one over the legside, mistimes it and Maxwell completes a good catch in the deep. 

Jansen with his last over.

Samad gets a single to deep midwicket. Short ball, too short, Prabhsimran has to leap up and pouch it way above his head.

Another single to deep midwicket. Badoni miscues his attempted lofted shot over cover, falls in no-man’s land. A couple taken.

Just eight from the over. 

Arshdeep into the attack.

Slightly wide, Badoni cuts it past short third for a boundary. 

Back of a length to Samad, lofts it down the ground for six.

Yorker length outside off, Samad somehow manages to scoop it over the ‘keeper for a boundary.

Full and wide, just a dab through point and it finds the gap for four. Single to finish the over.

20 runs from it. 

Lucknow 156/5 in 18 overs.

Chahal to bowl out.

Badoni gets a single off the first ball. Samad punches one to wide long on for one.

Badoni steps down the ground and lofts one down the ground for six. Eleven runs from the over. 

Abdul Samad in at 7. Steps out a lofts one outside off, just beats Arshdeep at deep cover.

Back of a length outside off, Miller nicks his punch back to the keeper. 

Maxwell back for his third.

A tad short and Miller is quick to rock back and pull it to the square leg fence for four.

Another short ball, pulled through midwicket for another boundary.

Two dots to follow. Miller punches one to cover to get a single. 

Chahal with his third over.

Miller puts in a dive at the strikers, scampering across for a second after pushing one to wide mid on.

Full and wide, creamed through cover for a boundary. Seven from the over. 

Ferguson back into the attack.

Full on the pads, Badoni gets a single to deep square. Full, clatters into Miller’s pads but was probably going down leg.

Badoni punches one to deep point for one. Miller defends a short of a length to third man for a single.

Full outside off, lofted over cover for six. 

Miller in at 6. Full and wide, Miller punches to long off for one. Single to close out the over, just three from it. 

Second over for Chahal.

Pooran looks to go after a full, wide one. Miscues the shot and holes out to long off. 

Short and wide to Pooran, slashes it over deep third man for six.

Wide again, cut past point for a boundary. Fifty partnership up between the two.

Lucknow 88/3 in 11 overs.

Starts off with a dot ball. Short and wide, Pooran slaps it to point for a single but is sent back.

Fuller and straighter, turned to deep midwicket for a single. Badoni punches a length ball to long on for one.

Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack.

Pooran gets width on offer and slaps the ball past point for four. He follows it up with straight hit down the ground for a six.

Expensive over, 15 runs came of it. 

Marcus Stoinis into the attack. Another quiet over, just four singles of it. Runs haven’t come the way Lucknow would’ve wanted. 

Badoni gets a short ball and pulls over fine leg for six. Sweetly timed. 

Nine runs came in that over. 

Lucknow 58/3 in 8 overs.

Maxwell comes again to bowl.

Pooran sweeps very fine and gets a boundary. First four for him.

Another four. Short ball and Pooran pulls towards midwicket. 

Marco Jansen into the attack. He’s getting pretty good carry on this red soil track. Pooran tries to swing but misses it. A rather silent start for Pooran, and LSG. 

Pant is gone. Short ball, Pant sweeps straight to short fine leg. Another cheap dismissal, this time he goes for two off five balls.

Rishabh Pant in at four. He’s off the mark with a single. 

Markram is gone. Tries to drive, gets an inside edge straight onto the stumps. 

Ferguson comes to bowl.

Markram once again goes over the bowler’s head for four.

Markram upper cuts over the point boundary for six. Superb shot and power. 

Arshdeep into the attack again.

On the pads and Markram pushes the ball towards midwicket for four. Was in the air for a while but too far from the fielder. Markram hits it straight and Arshdeep isn’t able to grab the ball. Tough chance but will count as a drop.

Too full and Markram lofts the ball over the bowler’s head. Another boundary, this time punched through the extra covers. 13 runs came in that over. 

Lockie Ferguson, the debutant, from the other end. Very good start for Punjab; ball gripping a bit it seems. Brilliant over, four came from it. 

Nicolas Pooran at three. He’s off the mark with a single. 

Mitchell Marsh is out of the very first ball. Tried to work the ball on the leg side but gets a leading edge. A golden duck.

Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh open the innings. Markram on strike. He’s off the mark with a single off the third delivery.

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (C, WK), Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Avesh Khan, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi.

Impact subs: Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh.

Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh.

Impact subs: Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar.

Punjab wins the toss and opts to bowl first.

Lockie Ferguson has been handed his debut cap by the Punjab Kings ahead of the game.

Lucknow Super Giants playing the same team. 

The weather in Lucknow looks clear for the upcoming clash between LSG and PBKS as the rain will not play a spoilsport during the match.

The maximum temperature is expected to be around 36 degrees with 15% humidity.

In today’s time where most of the grounds are batting-friendly, the Ekana Cricket Stadium is known for its bowling-friendly surface. It turns out to be a paradise for spin bowlers in low scoring clashes while fast bowlers also get some help on a few occasions. 

Out of these 14 IPL matches scheduled at this ground so far, the team batting first won seven times while chasing team came out victorious on six occasions.

The average score batting first at this ground is around 165 to 166 runs.

The live telecast of the Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings Match 13 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

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• Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 13
• Date: 1 April 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow