Big win for RCB to start IPL 2025!

They thrash the defending champions KKR by 7 wickets at Eden Gardens!

Chase master KKR remained unbeaten on 59 for RCB!#IPL2025 #KKRvsRCB #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/lD6sAa32jD

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Key over from Vaibhav Arora. 

He began with Virat Kohli driving a single to mid-off, followed by Rajat Patidar pulling a four to deep backward square leg. Arora struck on the third, getting Patidar caught by Rinku Singh at deep midwicket off a lofted drive—a big wicket.

New man Liam Livingstone started with a bang, pulling a four to deep square leg on the fourth, but couldn’t get the fifth away, stuck for a dot. He finished with a single to deep forward point on the last. Arora’s breakthrough kept things in check. 

10 runs and a wicket (1, 4, W, 4, 0, 1). RCB at 167/3 after the 16th.

Expensive over from Harshit Rana. 

He started with Virat Kohli driving a single to long-on, but Rajat Patidar took over from there. Patidar lofted a classy four over extra cover on the second, followed by a neat flick for another four over short fine leg on the third.

He kept going with a leg glance for two to square fine leg on the fourth and punched another four to backward point on the fifth—though Rinku Singh let it slip through. Patidar capped it with a carved four-over backward point on the last. Rana had no answer to Patidar’s masterclass. 

19 runs from the over (1, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4). RCB at 157/2 after the 15th.

Steady over from Sunil Narine. 

He began with Virat Kohli nudging a single to midwicket, but Rajat Patidar stole the show on the second—smashing a powerful slog for a six over long-on, clean and confident.

Patidar kept the strike rotating with a leg glance for a single to deep square leg on the third and a pull for another single to deep forward square leg on the fourth.

Kohli added a single to deep midwicket on the fifth and finished with another to deep midwicket on the last. Narine couldn’t stop the big shot but kept the rest in check. 

11 runs from the over (1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1). RCB at 138/2 after the 14th.

Decent over from Harshit Rana. 

He started strong, beating Rajat Patidar on the first two balls—a cut and a glide, both missing the edge for dots. Patidar finally got going on the third, driving for two to deep midwicket, and followed with a single to the same area on the fourth.

Virat Kohli then took over, smashing a lofted cover drive for four to deep extra cover on the fifth, and he finished with a single to short extra cover on the last. Rana kept it tight early but couldn’t stop the late runs. 

9 runs from the over (0, 0, 2, 1, 4, 1). RCB at 127/2 after the 13th.

The chase master at his best!

He lofts Rana over the cover to get to his fifty. Kohli gets to his milestone from 30 balls. 

Crucial over from Sunil Narine. 

He started with Virat Kohli slicing a single to deep cover, followed by Devdutt Padikkal nudging one to deep midwicket.

Kohli kept the strike rotating with a slog sweep for a single to deep midwicket on the third. Narine struck on the fourth, getting Padikkal—who stepped down for a lofted drive—caught by Ramandeep Singh. 

New man Rajat Patidar couldn’t get going, stuck for a dot on the fifth at short midwicket. Narine’s wicket was a game-changer. 

4 runs and a wicket (1, 1, 1, W, 0). RCB at 118/2 after the 12th.

Decent over from Varun Chakaravarthy. 

He began with Virat Kohli slicing a single to deep point, followed by Devdutt Padikkal nudging one to wide long-on.

Kohli then took charge on the third, smashing a lofted on-drive for a six over long-on, showing his intent. He kept the scoreboard ticking with a single to midwicket on the fourth, and Padikkal finished with a leg glance for a single to deep square leg on the fifth.

Varun couldn’t contain Kohli’s big shot but kept the rest in check. 

10 runs from the over (1, 1, 6, 1, 1). RCB at 114/1 after the 11th.

Steady over from Sunil Narine. 

He started with Devdutt Padikkal, nudging a single to wide long-on, while Virat Kohli couldn’t get the second ball away, stuck for a dot.

Kohli then worked a single to deep midwicket on the third, and Padikkal followed with another single to wide long-on on the fourth. Kohli kept the strike rotating with a single to deep midwicket on the fifth before Padikkal finished strong, smashing an aggressive on-drive for four to deep midwicket on the last.

Narine kept it tight but couldn’t stop the late boundary. 

7 runs from the over (1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4). RCB at 104/1 after the 10th.

Will it turn things for KKR?

Varun Chakravarthy gets the big fish. It is the leg spinner, and it was a bit wide for Salt to get a good connection. He top edged it to short third man, where Spencer Johnson took an easy catch. 

Salt goes after 56 from 31. 

Tight over from Sunil Narine. 

He started with Phil Salt nicking a leg bye off a sweep, followed by Virat Kohli finding a fielder at backward short leg for a dot on the second. Kohli then pulled a single to deep midwicket on the third, and Salt drove one to long-off on the fourth.

Kohli kept the strike rotating with a single to deep midwicket on the fifth, and Salt finished with a single to deep cover on the last.

Narine kept it disciplined, not giving the batters any room to break free. 

5 runs from the over (1 LB, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1). RCB 91/0 after the 8th.

Against his former team, Phil Salt does it again at the Eden Gardens. 

He gets to his first fifty for RCB in just 25 balls.

Brutal from the English opener. 

What an excellent power play it has been for RCB!

Rana did well to do only five in this over. He nearly dismissed Virat, but even a diving Ramandeep could not latch onto the outside edge Virat Kohli got. 

RCB 80/0 after the powerplay. They need 95 from 84 balls. 

Orgasmic, Kohli bhai!

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Costly over from Spencer Johnson. 

He got smashed by Virat Kohli, who started with back-to-back sixes—two lofted straight shots soaring over long-off, pure class.

Kohli couldn’t keep it going on the third, stopped by mid-on for a dot, but pulled a single to deep square leg on the fourth.

Phil Salt joined in late, held to a dot on the fifth, then gliding a four to square third man on the last. Johnson couldn’t find his line as the runs piled up. 

17 runs from the over (6, 6, 0, 1, 0, 4). RCB at 75/0 after the 5th.

Super expensive over from Varun Chakravarthy. 

He started with Virat Kohli working a single to wide long-on off a flatter ball. Then Phil Salt took over—first with a misfield allowing two runs as Varun cramped him at square leg, followed by a lofted four over mid-off on the third.

Salt kept the heat on, tonking a six over mid-off on the fourth and carting another four over mid-on on the fifth. He finished in style, bending down to sweep a length ball for four to deep square leg. Varun couldn’t contain Salt’s onslaught. 

21 runs from the over (1, 2, 4, 6, 4, 4). RCB at 58/0 after the 4th.

Expensive over from Vaibhav Arora. 

He got hammered by Phil Salt, who started with a cracking four straight over mid-on, followed by a sublime six over long-on off a lofted drive—pure timing.

Salt kept going with a single to deep square leg on the third, while Virat Kohli joined in, flicking a four to deep midwicket on the fourth and driving a single to extra cover on the fifth.

Salt capped it off with an uppercut for four to square third man. Arora had no answers as the batters took control. 

21 runs from the over (4, 6, 1, 4, 1, 4). RCB at 37/0 after the 3rd.

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Excellent over from Spencer Johnson. 

He kept Phil Salt in check, starting with two balls that beat the bat—an aggressive off drive and a cover drive, both yielding nothing.

Salt finally connected on the third, smashing a four through deep extra cover with a cracking cover drive.

But Johnson bounced back, tying Salt down with two more dots—a drive stopped at short extra cover and a defensive push to short mid-on. Tight stuff from Johnson, giving little away. 

4 runs from the over (0, 0, 4, 0, 0). RCB at 16/0 after the 2nd.

Good start for RCB

Arora got off to a rocky start, with Phil Salt smashing a crisp four through the covers on the first ball.

A wide followed on the second, and Salt couldn’t connect on the next two, held to dots. He managed a single on the fourth to mid-on, bringing Virat Kohli on strike.

Kohli cashed in, flicking a four to deep midwicket on the fifth and gliding two more to square third man on the last. Arora couldn’t settle as the batters pounced early. 

12 runs from the over (4, 1 WD, 0, 0, 1, 4, 2).  RCB at 12/0 after the 1st.

KKR have brought in Vaibhav Arora as an Impact Player in place of Angkrish Raghuvanshi

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Despite a great start from Rahane and Narine, on a belter of a pitch, RCB were able to restrict KKR to a total which they will be confident to chase. 

Angkrish says it became tougher when the faster bowlers rolled their arms. 

Krunal Pandya, with three wickets and Hazlewood, with 16 dots and 2 wickets, were the stars for RCB.

What an excellent over from Hazlewood! 

He goes for only 5 in the final over and also dismissed Harshit Rana. 

KKR reach 174/8 in the first inning. 

Crucial over from Yash Dayal. 

He started with Ramandeep Singh slicing a single to cover, followed by Angkrish Raghuvanshi pulling one to deep midwicket.

Ramandeep flicked another single on the third, but Raghuvanshi couldn’t get the fourth away, stopped by mid-off.

Dayal struck gold on the fifth, getting Raghuvanshi caught behind off a short one. New man Harshit Rana finished with a single to deep forward point. Dayal kept it tight and nabbed a big scalp. 

5 runs and a wicket (1, 1, 1, 0, W, 1). KKR at 169/7 after the 19th.

Decent over from Josh Hazlewood. 

He kicked off with Angkrish Raghuvanshi missing a short one, beaten on the pull. Raghuvanshi fought back with a single on the second, while Ramandeep Singh nicked a leg bye on the third.

Then, Raghuvanshi took charge—smashing a huge six on the fourth over long-on and grabbing a single on the fifth. Hazlewood couldn’t quite nail it down as the batters found some gaps late. 

9 runs from the over (0, 1, 1 LB, 6, 1). KKR at 164/6 after the 18th.

Tight over from Liam Livingstone. 

He started with Ramandeep Singh pulling a single to wide long-on, followed by Angkrish Raghuvanshi nudging one to deep midwicket.

Ramandeep took a single on the third to short extra cover, but Raghuvanshi couldn’t get the fourth away, stuck for a dot. He managed a single on the fifth to long-on, and Ramandeep finished with a dot, finding a fielder at forward point. Livingstone kept the runs in check. 

4 runs from the over (1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0). KKR at 155/6 after the 17th.

Impact sub comes in for RCB. 

Devdutt Paddikal comes in for Suyash Sharma. 

Key over from Suyash Sharma. 

He began with Angkrish Raghuvanshi slicing a single to deep cover, but Andre Russell couldn’t get going on the second, blocked for a dot.

Russell smashed the third ball hard for four through point, but Sharma hit back on the fourth—bowling him with a beauty that crashed into middle stump as Russell went for a big slog.

New man Ramandeep Singh faced two balls, managing a single on the last after a dot. Sharma’s trap worked perfectly. 

6 runs and a wicket (1, 0, 4, W, 0, 1). KKR at 151/6 after the 16th.

𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴'𝘂𝗻 done 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ⚡

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Huge, huge wicket!

Suyash was brave enough to toss that up against the big man, and it was the googly Russell did not pick up. 

The wrong one gets the stumps cleaned up, and KKR lose their 6th. 

Well done to Rajat Patidar to continue with spin and give Suyash a go against Andre Russell!

It was a risky but a wicket worth taking the risk! #KKRvsRCB #IPL2025

— Koushik Biswas (@kbofficial25) March 22, 2025

A batting paradise, but Krunal Pandya shines with the ball! 🎯🔥

- Dismisses Rahane ✅
- Sends back Venkatesh ✅
- Gets Rinku Singh ✅
- Stellar figures: 4-0-29-3 🎭

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Krunal, with another short and tight delivery, gets the big wicket of Rinku Singh. 

He cleans up the stumps, and Rinku goes after 12 off 10. 

KKR 145/5

Steady over from Liam Livingstone. 

He started with Angkrish Raghuvanshi taking a single to short point, followed by Rinku Singh nudging one to wide long-on.

Raghuvanshi grabbed another single on the third, then Rinku lit up the fourth—smashing a cracking four through deep midwicket with a textbook punch.

He kept the momentum with a flicked two on the fifth and a leg glance for a single on the last. Livingstone couldn’t stop the runs flowing. 

10 runs from the over (1, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1). KKR at 141/4 after the 14th.

Clever over from Krunal Pandya. 

He started with a surprising bouncer to Venkatesh Iyer, which went for a wide, but got his man on the first legal ball, clean bowling Iyer with a sharp one.

New batter Rinku Singh nudged a single on the second, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi followed with a single on the third. Rinku grabbed another single on the fourth before Raghuvanshi worked a two on the fifth and finished with a sweep for a single on the last. Pandya kept it tight and snagged a big wicket. 

7 runs and a wicket (1 WD, W, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1). KKR at 131/4 after the 13th.

Costly over from Suyash Sharma. 

He began with Angkrish Raghuvanshi easing a single off the first ball, but Venkatesh Iyer couldn’t get going on the second, stopped by a fielder. Iyer broke free on the third, pulling a four to deep backward square leg.

He added a scratchy single on the fourth before Raghuvanshi took over—smashing an elegant four over wide long-off on the fifth and cutting another for four to deep point on the last. Sharma couldn’t keep the lid on this time. 

14 runs from the over (1, 0, 4, 1, 4, 4). KKR at 124/3 after the 12th.

Tight over from Krunal Pandya. 

He started with Ajinkya Rahane, nudging a single off the first ball, then Venkatesh Iyer grabbed one on the second with an aggressive drive. Pandya hit back hard, getting Rahane out on the third—caught at deep square leg off a pull shot.

New man Angkrish Raghuvanshi got off the mark with a single on the fourth. Iyer couldn’t break free after that, stuck with two dots as Pandya kept it tight. 

Just 3 runs and a wicket (1, 1, W, 1, 0, 0). KKR at 110/3 after the 11th.

Mixed over from Rasikh Dar. 

He kept Ajinkya Rahane quiet early, forcing a dot on the first ball and giving up just a single on the second with a pull shot. Then Sunil Narine took over—smashing a full toss for four, hammering a huge six to notch his 100th IPL maximum, but getting nothing off the next. Dar struck back on the last ball, nailing Narine with a short one, caught by the keeper. Venkatesh Iyer steps in now. 

11 runs and a wicket (0, 1, 4, 0, 6, W). KKR at 107/2 after the 10th.

Rashik Salim Dar gets the big wicket of Sunil Narine!

Narine goes after a quick 44 from 26 balls. 

He went for the big shot over off-side and only managed a thick edge back to the wicket-keeper

First match as #KKR captain ✅
First fifty of the season ✅

Ajinkya Rahane continues to make merry 👌

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Decent over from Rasikh Dar. 

He mixed it up against Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine, though a couple of wides didn’t help his cause. Rahane nicked a leg bye off the first ball and grabbed a single on the third, while Narine struggled early but found his groove late—edging a single on the second, then smashing a four on the fifth through square third man. The last ball went nowhere, stopped by a fielder at cover. 

9 runs total (1 LB, 1 WD, 1, 1, 1 WD, 0, 4, 0). KKR at 74/1 after the 8th.

Ajinkya Rahane was on strike the whole time. He got a sweet four on the second ball, smashing it through point like a pro. The rest was a bit of a grind—left one alone, missed a couple, and hit one straight to a fielder.

Finally snuck a single off the last ball with a lofty shot. Just 5 runs total (0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 1). 

4, 1, 4, 6, 4, 1

20 run over from Yash Dayal.

Sunil Narine hit a four and a single; Ajinkya Rahane scored a lucky four, a six over square leg, a four from a full toss, and a single to end the over.

KKR welcomes spin with a 15-run over. 

Narine hit the first ball for a six over long off, and Rahane then lofted two over the inner circle to get two boundaries. 

Krunal Pandya goes for 15 in his first over. 

KKR 40/1 after 5th over. 

Rahane welcomes Rashik Salim Dar with two huge sixes, one over deep square leg and one over deep mid-wicket. Along with that, he hit another four to make it 16 from the over. 

KKR 25/1 after 4th over.  

Excellent from Josh Hazlewood. Nothing at the arc for Sunil Narine to swing at. 

Josh kept it short and at him, and only one to edge went for a four over the keeper's head. 

KKR 9/1 after 3 and Narine 5 from 11 now. 

Excellent over from Yash Dayal. 

He kept it tight against Sunil Narine and did not allow any room for him to utilise. 

Narine could take only one single in the fifth ball, and Rahane missed the final ball to make it only one from the over. 

KKR 5/1 after the second over. 

After a great cut shot, Quinton de Kock top-edged one from Josh Hazlewood. 

But Suyash Sharma dropped a dolly. 

However, Hazlewood came back stronger with an incoming ball, which produced an inner edge. 

Jitesh Sharma took the catch to dismiss him on 4. 

KKR 4/1 after 4. 

Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Spencer Johnson.

Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

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LUT PUT GAYA 💓

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RCB win the toss and decide to bowl first.

The current view of Eden Gardens ahead of the #IPL2025 opener!

The sky is clear, and the fans are coming out in large numbers!

We are ready for #KKRvsRCB!

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🚨GOOD NEWS

The weather at the Eden Gardens is really good now. The sun is out, and we can have a full game tonight.

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Eden Gardens's flat surface and perfect bounce make it a batsman's paradise. But as the match goes on, the pitch tends to slow down, helping spinners.

Out of 93 IPL matches played at this venue, teams batting first have won 38 times while chasing teams have emerged victorious on 55 occasions.

While the weather forecast indicates a possibility of rain during the KKR vs RCB game, it shouldn't be enough to halt the match completely. The temperature is likely to hover in the mid-20s during the course of the match.

Over the years, the KKR-RCB rivalry has been nothing short of thrilling. In their previous encounters, KKR has won 20 out of 34 matches, while RCB has emerged victorious on 14 occasions.

At home, the defending champions have eight wins and four defeats against the team.

The two teams met twice last year, and KKR prevailed on both occasions.

The live telecast of the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Match 1 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

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

• Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 1
• Date: 22 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata 

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.

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

• 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 

Russell to Sky, four, pulls this over midwicket, no protection in the deep. 

Four more, a bouncer but Sky ramps this over short third. He whips the third to deep midwicket.

A single for Rickelton to point.

Suryakumar Yadav ends this with a Supla, way high into the night sky before dropping into the stands.

Mumbai Indians wins by 8 wickets.

Narine to continue. 

Four for Sky. A sweep shot that is too fast for deep square leg to cut. Another sweep on the next delivery, gets only a single to fine leg now.

Eight runs from this over.

Suryakumar Yadav at No. 4.

Sky gets the Supla out, from well outside the off stump he picks this over fine leg.

Rahane has pulled off a blinder! Jacks has to walk back. Jacks drives this on the up but Rahane crouches low to pouch this inches above the ground at short cover.

Another maximum, picks it off the length and heaves it wide of long on. He works the fourth delivery to long on to pocket a run.

Jacks pushes the fifth with soft hands between long on and deep midwicket, runs two. A clip off his pads to deep midwicket gets Jacks a single.

Narine to Jacks, pulls it over cow corner for a six.

Fifty for Rickelton in 33 deliveries. 

Varun for his third over.

Rickelton goes after this wide delivery which turns further away from him, misses. A single to long on on the second delivery.

Jacks sweeps from outside off to to fine leg, single taken. Varun again takes the delivery away from Rickelton, beating him on the drive.

Rickelton punches the fifth to deep cover. A leg-spinner to Jacks to finish the over, just misses the edge.

Jacks goes on the front foot looking to run this to long on, misses the line by some margin and is caught on the pad.

The turn ensures the ball just about clips the leg stump and the umpire’s call saves Jacks on that occassion.

Mumbai 70/1 in 8 overs.

Varun to Jacks. The third delivery gets him the first run, full and outside off, driven to long off.

Rickelton gets a leading edge while trying to work the second delivery through the on side, goes well wide of the bowler and gets him a run.

Jacks goes back into his crease, clips off his pad for one run. Full and outside off, Rickelton goes for a reverse sweep and beats backward point.

Will Jacks in at three. Off the mark with a single. SIX! Jacks pulls over fine leg. 

Andre Russell into the attack.

Rohit is gone. Tries slap the ball over mid off but is caught. He goes for 13 off 12 balls.

Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack.

Two singles in the over so far, one more ball left. A dot off the last ball. 

Harshit comes into attack.

Too full and Rickelton smacks it straight past the bowler for four.

Pulls it away way over the square leg region. Low full toss and Rickelton places it past mid off for four! 

Johnson comes to bowl. Rickelton gets a thick outside edge over backward point and gets a double.

Now he slogs and the ball runs away for four behind square leg.

Rickelton once again swings hard, gets an outside edge that goes over deep third boundary. 13 runs came in that over. 

Harshit Rana from the other end. Rohit is beaten on the inside edge. Terrific inswinger! Looks to slog off the second delivery, is beaten again.

He takes a single off the third ball. Rickelton is off the mark with a single.

Yorker, Rohit times well towards midwicket and gets a double; it’s a no ball as well.

Full toss and Rohit slaps it straight for six. This time Rohit cuts, and gets a double towards point. 

Takes a single off the first ball. Rickelton is beaten on three consecutive deliveries: both inside and outside edges in play. Another play and a miss.

Mumbai 1/0 in 1 over.

Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton open the innings. Spencer Johnson with the new ball. 

A sweet homecoming so far for Mumbai Indians!

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Santner for his last over.

Half tracker and Ramandeep goes over long on for a six.

He gets a thick outside edge straight to short third.

KKR is all out for 116 in 16.2 overs.

Eight runs from the over. 

Rohit Sharma subbed in for Vignesh Puthur. 

Boult is back. Ramandeep steals a double. Had Boult collected the ball cleanly, it would have been a run out.

Ramandeep goes over midwicket. Much needed boundary for KKR. 

Kolkata Knight Riders 102/9 in 15 overs

Harshit is gone. He slog sweeps straight to deep midwicket. Wonderful bowling display by MI today. 

Santner into the attack.

Terrific delivery, squares up Harshit who gets an outside edge and runs three. Just four runs from the over. 

Harshit Rana at the crease. End of another good over, just six off it. 

Russell is gone as well.

Tries to slog, misses and ball crashes into the stumps. Sensational stuff from the debutant. 

Terrific bowling this, Russell yet to put bat behind the ball. 

Santner continues. Russell is given LBW off the first ball! He reviewed it though. 

Wickets missing! Russell survives. 

Pandey is gone. Cleaned him up. 

Pandey was stuck at his crease and missed a length ball. 

Kolkata 80/7 in 11 overs.

Ashwani takes Rinku Singh.

Rinku is gone. Once again charges down the track, gets a thick outside edge straight to deep extra cover. 

Rinku falls for 17 off 14 balls.

Mitchell Santner into the attack. Rinku tries to cut the first between short third man and point but fails to pick the gap, no run.

The second grips and turns sharply into the leftie, gets his bat in the way and runs one.

Pandey facing Santner, drives to deep cover, one run. Daring! Rinku reverse sweeps but just about clears the point fielder, one run as deep cover stops this.

 Manish punches the final delivery to deep cover to make it four singles from the over.

Hardik to Pandey, one run to deep cover with a punch. Rinku blocks this outside off and picks a single through covers.

Pandey square drives to point, no run. A bouncer to follow from Hardik, Pandey ducks.

Backs his pull shot on this bouncer, breaches the fence with perfect placement wide of deep midwicket.

Hardik Pandya to bowl his first over. Angkrish on strike. 

Angkrish takes on the bouncer but finds the fielder at deep midwicket. A promising innings cut short.

Kolkata 45/5 in 7 overs.

Not very often that he’s taking guard in the PowerPlay.

Another bouncer at the bodyline from Chahar, Rinku ducks away from this.

Kolkata 41/4 in 6 overs.

Chahar has his second. Another one hugging the bodyline, Iyer wants to ramp this over the keeper but it comes to him too fast, leading to an edge which Rickelton collects.

Boult to Angkrish, a hint of movement away, takes the outside of the bat and gets him a single in front of point.

Boult to Iyer, defends, this delivery comes straight into him. No run, angling into the pads, Iyer blocks it to midwicket.

Iyer punches the fourth from outside off, fielded by covers. Two runs on the fifth, Iyer heaves this over point, does not middle it, but gets enough to clear the circle. PUT DOWN! Iyer slices the last straight to Ashwani at short third who spills it.

Another short ball dispatched over fine leg. Angkrish picks his first maximum. He punches the final delivery to third man for one.

Ashwani nips it back into the leftie, beats him.

Chance, Iyer steps down the track for a heave, the bat turns in his hand bringing the point fielder into the mix to catch that. Mitchell Santner turns back and tries for it but cannot.

Ashwani Kumar to Rahane, That’s a dream debut for Ashwani.

This is wide outside off and Rahane slices this, holes out to Tilak Varma at third man. He fumbles the ball at first but gathers it on the second try.

Boult to Raghuvanshi, charges down to which Boult pulls his length back, guided to short third for a single.

A bouncer to Rahane who hooks this behind square. Rahane drives the third to mid off for another single.

Angkrish pulls, but there is a deep square leg in place which keeps this shot down to two.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets the first delivery on his pads, whips it away through square leg. 

Angkrish gets on top of the bounce and punches through point. He defends the fourth and the pair completes a quick single.

Chahar to Rahane now. Four to end the over, too full and Rahane picks it and sends it through mid on.

Another away swinging delivery to the leftie, Narine makes room but cannot get his bat down in time to this full delivery. Narine gone scoring 0(2).

In the second over, De Kock has picked the mid off fielder, this was slightly wide but there for hitting, he drives from slightly outside the line and perishes. De Kock gone scoring 1 (3).

Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Impact subs - Anrich Nortje, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Luvnith Sisodia.

Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur.

Impact subs - Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju.

Mumbai Indians has won the toss and opts to bowl. 

Two changes for MI, Will Jacks comes back, Ashwani Kumar makes his debut.

KKR makes one change, Sunil Narine replaces Moeen Ali.

The weather of Mumbai has always been unpredictable. Talking about yesterday’s match between MI and KKR, the clouds will be there in the morning and day time, but the weather is expected to be clear during match hours.

The iconic Wankhede Stadium is known for its batting friendly surface where we usually see high scoring clashes. However, it also provides a great bounce that is favourable for the fast bowlers.

Out of 116 IPL matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 54 times while the chasing team came out victorious on 62 occasions. The average score at Wankhede Stadium while batting first in around 170 runs.

The live telecast of the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 9 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

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

• Match: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders 
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 12
• Date: 31 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Santner is trapped in front on the last ball. He reviews and ball tracking suggests the ball was pitching outside leg.

GT win by 36 runs. 

Santner clubs a length ball straight down the ground.

Santner moves across to loft one over square on the legside, doesn’t make contact. 

Siraj to Naman, punched to long on for one.

Santner picks up a legbye to point after missing his attempted swing. Slower short ball, flat-batted to long-on on the bounce. 

Santner lifts a length ball over mid off and clears the fence against Rabada.

Gets a single to point next ball. Slower short ball, Naman is too early into his attempted pull.

Connects the pull this time, falls just short of the boundary, and Rashid running across can’t keep it out. 

Prasidh drops Santner as he looks to guide a pull past short fine, runs away to the fence. 

Prasidh to Naman, back-of-a-length on the pads, whipped through square leg for a boundary.

Pulls a shortish ball to deep square for one. Santner punches one to cover for a single.

Naman moves across and lofts a length ball over short fine leg for a boundary. 

Last over for Sai Kishore. Pace off on the stumps, Hardik has to defend it right back. Length on middle stump, defended to short midwicket.

Hardik guides a full one through fine leg and will pick up four. A staring game ensues between the two. Hardik punches one to cover for one. Single to complete the over. Six from it. 

Wide outside off, cut to deep third for one.

Hardik on strike, defends the first ball to short midwicket. Walks down the ground and slaps Prasidh to deep cover for a couple. 

Only four from the over. 

Slower ball from Prasidh, Surya gets hit on the head. Lies down flat on the ground after impact. Physio out to have a look.

Angled away from the southpaw, Minz looks to loft it over extra cover, the edge flies to short third.

108/4 in 13 overs.

Cuts a wide ball through point to pick up a couple. A wide brings up the 100 for MI. GT reviews the call. 

The tracker overturns the call. Still 99. 

Mumbai 99/3 in 12 overs.

Defends the short of a length ball to the left of the bowler. 

Length ball outside off, Tilak tries to loft it over long on, holes out to long on. 

Sai Kishore with his second. Full ball on the stumps, Surya sweeps to deep mid for a single. Another single to deep midwicket for Tilak.

Surya moves legside and lofts one over extra cover. The wrist work helps it over the fence for six.

Single to long on follows. Fired in outside off, wide given. A single to finish the over. 

Rashid comes back. Sudharsan has been helped off the field by the GT support staff and looks in some pain. 

Just a couple of singles off the first two balls of the over. Flicked on the on-side by Tilak for another single.

Swatted away through midwicket by Suryakumar for a couple and that’s the 50-run partnership off just 34 balls.

Whipped off the pads by Suryakumar for another single. Just six runs from the over. 

Driven to extra-cover by Tilak for just a single.

Short, hip-high for Suryakumar, who flicks it with ease over fine-leg for a maximum. Driven to mid-off by Suryakumar for one more. 

A single for Tilak to end the over and 15 runs come from that over. Time for a strategic time out! 

Full outside off and Suryakumar gets an outside edge to third man for a single.

Shortish, and Tilak swivels and pulls this to the midwicket boundary to inject some momentum in this chase.

Too wide this and MI given an extra run by the umpire. Driven to extra-cover by Tilak for just a single. 

A quick bouncer now and Tilak takes his eyes off the ball on the pull but still collects a couple through midwicket. 

Rabada induces a leading edge from Tilak first ball, but it lands safely in front of deep cover for a single.

Pushed down the ground by Suryakumar for a single and that’s 50 up for MI in 6.2 overs.

Pushed to point for one more to make it three singles from three balls this over. Banged into the pitch by Rabada and pulled away for a single through midwicket by Suryakumar. 

Just a couple of singles off the first four balls of the over.

This one is going down leg-side and called a wide.

Turned away through leg-side by Tilak for a single. 

Mumbai 48/2 in 6 overs.

Rashid Khan into the attack to bowl the final over of the PowerPlay.

LBW appeal first ball and Tilak is give out as he misses the reverse-sweep. Tilak goes upstairs immediately. There is a spike on UltraEdge as the ball passes Tilak’s gloves, and he gets a reprieve. 

Suryakumar Yadav comes in next. He opens his account with his trademark flamboyance.

A slight shuffle, and flicked over fine-leg for a maximum. Pulled over midwicket for a couple more to end the over. 

Inside edge and Rickelton chops onto his stumps. 

Driven away firmly by Tilak but straight to mid-off. Pace off, Tilak steps out to hit this over the off-side but misses.

Another dot ball to end the over as Ishant takes the pace off again, and Tilak misses this big heave outside off-stump. Just two runs from the over. 

Rickelton gets a bottom edge to the wicketkeeper. This is angling across too wide, and the umpire signals ‘wide ball’.

Full and driven to mid-off by Rickelton for a single. Smashed back to the bowler by Tilak, and Ishant gets a hand to it before the ball crashes into the stumps at the non-striker’s end, but Rickelton is in his crease. 

Siraj continues. Punched to deep point by Siraj for a single. Rickelton to face his first ball of the innings.

Defended back to Siraj by Rickelton. Driven to point by Rickelton for another dot ball as Siraj angles the ball across the left-hander.

At his hips, and Rickelton nonchalantly hammers the ball to the midwicket boundary. The next ball balloons off the splice of the bat and falls in front of mid-on. 

Kagiso Rabada from the other end. He comes around the wicket to Tilak. A couple of dot balls to start the over, as Tilak goes for a big swish outside off and only connects with air. 

This is going down leg-side, and Tilak helps the ball on its way to the fine-leg boundary.

This is pummelled over mid-on for another boundary. It didn’t come off the middle of the bat, but runs anyway. 

Rabada now comes over the wicket. Tilak shuffles across his stumps as the ball angles away, and laps this behind the wicketkeeper for a maximum. 

Tilak Varma is in at No. 3 today. He is off the mark with a quick single off the last ball of the over. 

Bowled! The ball nipped in and breached Rohit’s defence, and Siraj is restrained in his celebrations as he gets his India skipper. 

Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton are in the middle to begin the chase. A good PowerPlay will be key in this run-chase. Ishant Sharma comes on as Impact Player for GT, while Rutherford goes out. Mohammed Siraj will bowl the first over. 

Just one slip in place for Rohit. Driven down to mid-off by Rohit off the first ball. FOUR! Full and whipped through midwicket by Rohit for a boundary. 

Another slower ball wide outside off, Sai Kishore is run out trying to steal a bye. 

Kishore hits a full toss straight to mid off and gets a single. 

Full outside off, Rashid looks to swipe it down the ground, Hardik jogs in and completes the catch.  

In the slot, Rashid lofts it down the ground and past long on for six. 

Just four fielders outside the ring. Rabada misses his attempted lofted shot as Raju goes for the slower one.

Rabada manages to scamper across for a bye. Full, outside off, away from Rashid’s hitting arc, wide called. 

Rabada joins Rashid. Slower full ball outside off, Rabada doesn’t make contact with his attempted lofted shot.

This time he connects with the lofted shot down the ground and will get six.

A single to long off next ball. 

Dot ball to end the over. 

Comedy of errors on Chahar’s first ball. Rutherford slams one straight to mid off, Tewatia tries to make his ground at the non-strikers. Rutherford runs for overthrow but is sent back. Tewatia is found short of the crease though on replay. 

Low full toss outside off, Rutherford holes out to long off. Another wicket from the over.

Yorker on the stumps, pings Sudharsan’s toe in front. 

Gujarat 179/4 in 18 overs.

Slower bouncer, pulled to deep square leg for one.

Perfect yorker on the stumps, Sudharsan digs it out to the offside for one. 

Low full toss to Rutherford, lofted over cow corner for six.

Change of pace delivery outside off, beats Rutherford’s waft. 

Low full toss outside off, slashed through point for a couple. 

A quick single taken to short extra cover by Sudharsan. 

19 from the over. 

Slower ball full outside off, Rutherford lofts it over extra cover for six.

Another wide outside off. Yorker outside off, guided to short third for a single.

In the slot outside off, Sudharsan moves across and whips one over midwicket for six.

Full toss outside off, not called a wide. GT go up for review.

Wide given after review. 

Gets off the mark with a single to fine leg. 

Yorker on the legs to Sudharsan, whipped to midwicket for one. 

Slower short ball to Rutherford, called a wide. 

Another short ball, called a wide again. Single off the last ball. 

Gujarat 151/3 in 16 overs.

Short ball outside off, Shah Rukh gets good contact on the slap but hits it straight at the fielder. 

Shah Rukh gone scoring 9(7).

Slower short ball, Shah Rukh pulls it over the legside boundary for six. 

A midfield at cover helps Shah Rukh scamper across for a single.

In the blackhole from Boult, Sudharsan edges it into his pads and takes a risky run as the ball trickled towards the bowler.

Slower short ball, Shah Rukh mistimes it towards square leg for a single.

Another yorker length ball, Sudharsan inside edges to short fine for a single. 

Six singles from the over.

Sudarshan gets to his fifty with a push to point. Has slowed down a touch after the PP but good knock nevertheless. 

Shah Rukh in at 4. Mujeeb fires one wide down leg, keeper had no chance. Five wides. 

Mujeeb gets the breakthrough taking Jos Buttler. Buttler nicks his attempted offside lofted shot back to the keeper. 

Buttler drives one through extra cover and picks up a couple.

A touch short, Buttler rocks back and pulls over wide long on for a boundary. Fifty run stand up in just 30 balls.

Slower short ball, guided above the keepers’ grasp and to the fence. 

Starts with an off-pace delivery, Sudharsan pulls to midwicket for one.

Extremely slow short ball, Buttler waits for an eternity before pulling it through the legside for a boundary.

Full and straight on the stumps, punched to long off by Buttler for one. Full, slower ball driven down the ground for a single. Another single to long on. 

Buttler punches one down to long off, Naman Dhir lets it go through his palms to the boundary for four.

A double for Sudharsan after he turns one towards deep midwicket. 

Buttler looks for the reverse hit but Santner fires one in wide outside off. Slower ball turning away again, defended to cover. 

Hardik with his third over. Short ball on the stumps, Buttler misses his attempted pull. The keeper reckons he heard something and MI go up for a review. Flat line on UltraEdge and MI burns one of its reviews.

Length ball on the stumps, turned to deep fine for a single. Sudharsan moves away to the legside, Hardik follows him, and he clips one to deep square for a single.

Slower short ball, Buttler gets into position and pulls it in front of square for a boundary. Slower length ball again, Buttler touches it towards midwicket and scurries back for a second.

100 up for GT within the 11th over. 

Gujarat 101/1 in 11 overs.

Santner comes again to attack. Buttler goes for the paddle sweep and misses, and Santner appeals for lbw but his request is turned down the umpire.

Flicked behind square by Buttler for a single. Clipped off the pads by Sudharsan for another single.

Buttler just about clears the rope at long-on. Buttler shuffles across now and scoops this behind the wicketkeeper to find the boundary. Punched to long-off by Buttler for a single to end the over. 

Jos Buttler is the next man in. Another slower one, and this one skids under Buttler’s bat.

Another dot ball as Buttler gets this off the inside half of the bat looking to drive on the off-side. Flicked off the pads by Buttler for a single and he is off the mark off his third ball

Gill pulls this straight to the deep square-leg fielder and Hardik strikes for Mumbai. 

Mitchell Santner into the attack. Defended to cover by Gill first ball of the over. Driven to deep cover by Gill for a single off the second delivery.

Sudharsan doesn’t really get a hold of this reverse-sweep and he just collects a single. Cut away by Gill and an excellent stop at backward point to keep it down to a single.

Punched off the backfoot by Sudharsan to mid-off for a dot ball. Flicked off the hips by Sudharsan to deep midwicket for a single to end the over.

Good comeback with the ball by Mumbai after the PowerPlay. 

Dropped in front of point by Gill for one more. 

Full and driven through covers by Sudharsan for another single.

Short, outside off, Gill lets it go, and that’s one bouncer for the over. Gill steps out, but ends up flat-batting the ball back to Hardik, who almost has Sudharsan run out at the non-striker’s end.

Driven to long-off by Gill for a single and just five runs from Hardik’s opening over. 

Pandya starts off with a bouncer to Sudharsan and called wide. Hardik isn’t too pleased with the decision but he won’t review it.

Clipped to square-leg by Sudharsan next ball for a single. 

Around the wicket, pulled by Sudharsan for a single, and a horrible overthrow from the deep square-leg fielder results in GT collecting five runs.

Chahar goes for the bouncer next ball, but called wide by the umpire. 

Gill ends the PowerPlay with a trademark short-arm jab and finds the midwicket boundary. That’s a big PowerPlay for GT.

Time for a timeout! 

Thumped down the ground for a single by Sudharsan as Chahar takes the pace off the ball.

Another slower one, and Gill miscues the pull a bit and collects a couple at mid-on.

A shimmy down the pitch, and Gill picks the ball up from the slot and deposits it down the ground for a maximum.

That’s 50 for GT in 5.3 overs. Pushed to mid-on now by Gill for a quick single. 

Room outside off-stump again for Sudharsan, but he can only drive it for a single this time. 

Loose delivery, going down leg-side and Gill helps the ball on its way to the fine-leg boundary. 

Fifteen runs from the over. 

Gujarat 46/0 in 5 overs.

Greeted by Sudharsan with a boundary. He rocks back and cuts this between cover and mid-off to find the boundary.

Next ball, Sudharsan goes down the ground and clears the rope. 

Crunched through cover-point by Sudharsan for a single.

Gill steps out but only manages to drive the ball straight to the cover fielder. Guided through the covers by Gill for a single. 

Chahar comes around the wicket to Sudharsan. He goes for the bouncer, but it is called wide for height. 

A single at mid-on by Sudharsan to end the over. 

Pushed behind point by Gill for a single. Short, angling across and left alone by Sudharsan. 

Slower ball, and flicked through midwicket by Sudharsan for another boundary. Flicked off the hips by Sudharsan for one more through square-leg. 

Chopped by Gill to short third for a single to end the over. 

Second ball of the over, Sudharsan steps down the track and drills the ball down the ground with a sumptuous on-drive.

Flicked off the pads by Sudharsan for a couple more next ball. 

Deepak Chahar from the other end. Flicked uppishly by Sudharsan for a single at fine-leg.

Slightly short and pulled away by Gill to the square-leg boundary. Fuller now and flicked to midwicket by Gill. Solidly defended back to the bowler by Gill for a second consecutive dot ball.

Tucked away by Gill for a couple through square-leg. Gill gets an inside edge onto his pads as Chahar pitches the ball further up and gets some in-swing. 

Two slips in place for Boult. Cut away by Sudharsan first ball to the point fielder. Guided to point again by Sudharsan for a second consecutive dot ball.

One slip is out now. Guided by Sudharsan to third man for a single and GT is off the mark. 

Full, a hint of in-swing, and Gill defends to mid-on. Flicked off the toes by Gill for a couple of runs at deep square-leg.

Gill steps out and clears the infield over covers to find the boundary. 

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan will open the innings. Trent Boult is going to bowl the first over. 

Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror.

Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Will Jacks.

Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (WK), Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(C), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju.

Mumbai Indians wins the toss and opts to bowl first.

It is expected to be a full match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians as there are no chances for rain in Ahmdabad on March 29. The highest temperature is predicted to be around 36 degrees.

The surface of the Narendra Modi Stadium looks good for batting where we can expect a 200-plus total getting scored easily in the first innings. It also has a good bounce where the fast bowlers can get the movement. However, as the match progresses, the pitch tends to slow down which means that the spinners can make an impact.

The average batting first score at this ground is around 170 runs. Out of these 36 IPL matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 16 times while the 20 matches have been won by the team batting second.

The live telecast of the Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Match 9 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.

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

• Match: Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 9
• Date: 29 March 2025
• Time: 7:30 pm IST
• Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad 

MS Dhoni comes to the crease as Ravichandran Ashwin got caught at the deep against Liam Livingstone. 

CSK are in big trouble, and they look like they're out of the game already. 

But, this is where the NRR would come handy and they would love to score as many as they can. 

Dayal pitched the ball a bit short, and Dube wanted to go for a big pull shot in the leg side. 

But he also managed to play the ball down on to the stumps. 

CSK 81/6

Yash Dayal gets the big wicket of Rachin Ravindra. 

The left handed batter wanted to play across to the lakeside and only managed an inner edge onto his pad, and then it went on to hit the stumps.

Ravindra goes after 41 from 31. 

CSK 75/5

CSK lose their fourth one. 

Full-length ball, pitching outside off stump, the off spinner from Livingstone and Sam Curran gets it off the toe end of the bat, finds Krunal Pandya at long-on

CSK 52/4 after 8.5 over.

Suyash Sharma comes in as an impact sub for RCB. 

CSK are already struggling and scored only 30 in the powerplay. 

Rachin Ravindra and Sam Curran are at the crease now. The require run rate now is over 11 and it is getting tough for the home team.

Top class DRS taken by captain Rajat Patidar!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets Deepak Hooda!

CSK lose their 3rd!#CSKvRCB pic.twitter.com/o6RbbbWB08

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) March 28, 2025

Only 4 comes from Bhuvnewshar Kumar’s second over! 

He was tight against Deepak Hooda and it is a perfect start for the RCB bowlers!

CSK 13/2 after 3. 

What an excellent start from Josh Hazelwood! 

He first dismissed Rahul Tripathi and then, with a short ball, got rid of the inform Ruturaj Gaikwad in the final ball of the over.

 CSK 7/2  after the second over

Great finish for RCB!

19 comes from Sam Curran's final over. 

Tim David hits three huge sixes in the last over and gives the momentum RCB were looking for. 

They finished at 196/7. David finished with 22 from 8 balls.

That was an excellent over from the Sri Lankan pacer! 

Only two came from the over. 

He first dismissed Rajat Patidar and bowled two dot balls. 

Then, after a single, he dismissed Krunal Pandya in that over. 

Only two from the over. 

W, 0, 0, 1 WD, W, 0, 0

Khaleel Ahmed had a pivotal over, mixing runs with a key wicket! 

Khaleel started with Rajat Patidar, who brought up his fifty in style—upper-cutting a short ball for four with excellent timing and placement, a captain’s knock!

Patidar followed with a single to cover on the second, driving a full toss. Jitesh Sharma couldn’t get a short ball away on the third, stuck for a dot on a pull.

Khaleel struck on the fourth—Jitesh pulled a short ball straight to Ravindra Jadeja at deep midwicket, a big wicket!

New man Tim David got going right away, slicing a short ball to the third man fence for four on the fifth. Khaleel finished with a dot, beating David on a cover drive with a full ball, despite an appeal. Khaleel gave away runs but that wicket was crucial! 

9 runs and a wicket (4, 1, 0, W, 4, 0). RCB at 176/5 after the 18th.

Noor Ahmad had a mixed over, grabbing a wicket but conceding a big hit! 

Noor started with Rajat Patidar driving a good-length ball to long-off for a single. Liam Livingstone then smashed a full ball for a six, slog-sweeping it to deep forward square leg—a massive strike!

How do you reply after you are hit for a six? 🤔

Noor Ahmad says TIMBER STRIKE 🎯

Updates ▶ https://t.co/I7maHMwxDS #TATAIPL | #CSKvRCB | @ChennaiIPL | @noor_ahmad_15 pic.twitter.com/5iPkPjxWwe

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 28, 2025

But Noor struck back on the third—Livingstone went for a sweep off a full ball but was bowled, a big wicket for RCB! 

New man Jitesh Sharma got off the mark with a single to deep point on the fourth, cutting a good-length ball. Patidar finished with a single to long-off on the fifth, driving a full ball. Noor gave away runs but that wicket was crucial! 

9 runs and a wicket (1, 6, W, 1, 1). RCB at 147/4 after the 16th.

Ravindra Jadeja had a rocky start but pulled it back in that over! 

Jadeja started with a bang—Rajat Patidar slogged a full ball for a big six into the stands, a maximum to kick things off! Patidar kept going on the second, making room to chip a full ball over cover for four—10 runs off the first two balls, threatening a huge over! But Jadeja tightened up.

Patidar left a good-length ball on the third, and on the fourth, he was beaten on a lofted cover drive for a dot despite looking uncomfortable. Patidar got four more on the fifth, lofting a good-length ball for a boundary, but Jadeja bowled a wide on the sixth, a full ball too far outside off.

Patidar couldn’t capitalize on the last, missing a lofted on drive for a dot. Jadeja took some stick early but finished strong! 

16 runs from the over (6, 4, 0, 4, 0, 1 WD, 0). RCB at 134/3 after the 14th.

Ravindra Jadeja kept things steady, but a dropped catch cost him! 

Jadeja started with Rajat Patidar driving a good-length ball to extra cover for a single. Virat Kohli followed with a single to short extra cover on the second, driving a good-length ball. Patidar got a life on the third—he mistimed a loft off a full ball, but Deepak Hooda dropped it at long-off, allowing a single.

Kohli then stepped down on the fourth, lofting a good-length ball for two to straight long-on. He drove a full ball to long-on for a single on the fifth, and Patidar finished with a single to deep point, cutting a good-length ball. Jadeja kept the runs in check, but that drop hurt! 

7 runs from the over (1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1). RCB at 116/2 after the 12th.

Matheesha Pathirana had a tough over as Kohli and Patidar turned it on! 

Pathirana started with Virat Kohli missing a short ball on a pull for a dot. Kohli responded on the second, pulling a short ball for a massive six over the ropes—what a shot from the King!

He followed with a lofted on drive for four on the third, and then another four on the fourth, driving a good-length ball for back-to-back boundaries! Kohli drove a full ball to long-on for a single on the fifth, and Rajat Patidar finished with a straight four on the last, driving a full ball like an arrow. Pathirana got hit hard—16 runs off the over! 

16 runs from the over (0, 6, 4, 4, 1, 1). RCB at 109/2 after the 11th.

Noor Ahmad had a decent over until Patidar finished with a bang! 

Noor started with Rajat Patidar, who, despite looking uncomfortable, lofted a full ball for a single on the first.

Virat Kohli followed with a square drive to deep forward point for a single on the second, and Patidar drove a full ball to wide long-off for another single on the third.

Kohli swept a full ball to deep midwicket for a single on the fourth, but Patidar couldn’t get a good-length ball away on the fifth, driving straight to extra cover for a dot. Then Patidar turned it on—smoking a full ball into the long-on stands for a big six to end the over, a maximum to cap 10 runs! Noor kept it tight early but that six hurt. 

10 runs from the over (1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 6). RCB at 93/2 after the 10th.

Matheesha Pathirana kept it tight in a low-scoring over! 

He started with Rajat Patidar getting a leg bye off a good-length ball, nudged to short midwicket.

Virat Kohli couldn’t connect on the second, beaten on a pull off a short ball. Kohli then pushed a short ball to deep square leg for a single on the third, and Patidar flicked a good-length ball to square fine leg for a single on the fourth. Pathirana bowled a wide on the fifth, a yorker too far down leg as Kohli left it.

Kohli followed with a single to deep square leg off a yorker, and Patidar finished with a single to deep third man, gliding a short ball. Pathirana kept the runs in check! 

6 runs from the over (1 LB, 0, 1, 1, 1 WD, 1, 1). RCB at 83/2 after the 9th.

Ashwin started with a wide to Devdutt Padikkal, a good-length ball that went astray.

Padikkal then nudged a single to deep midwicket on the first legal ball, pushing a good-length delivery.

Virat Kohli couldn’t get a good-length ball away on the second, stuck for a dot despite an aggressive cover drive, but pushed a yorker to wide long-on for a single on the third.

Padikkal lofted a full ball for two to deep cover on the fourth, but Ashwin struck on the fifth—Padikkal tried to clear cover again but didn’t get the elevation, and Ruturaj Gaikwad took a diving catch forward, a huge wicket! 

New man Rajat Patidar got off the mark with a single to long-on on the last, driving a full ball. Ashwin’s strike was the highlight! 

6 runs and a wicket (1 WD, 1, 0, 1, 2, W, 1). RCB at 77/2 after the 8th.

Devdutt Padikkal plays the whole over from Jadeja and he scores 15 against him. 

He swept the second ball for a four and repeated the same two balls later to get another boundary.

In the fifth ball, he stepped down the track to hit it for a six. Padikkal concluded the over with a single! 

0, 4, 0, 4, 6, 1 

RCB 71/1 after 7! 

Devdutt Padikkal hits Sam Curran for a huge six over square leg to make it a big over from Sam Curran!

1, 0, 2, 0, 6, 1wd, 1 

RCB finish the powerplay at 56/1 

Noor Ahmed starts from where he left off in the last match! 

After three singles in first three ball, Kohli hit the fourth one for a boundary, off a full toss ball. 

He took a single in the next ball. But, Noor won the battle by dismissing Phil Salt, out stumped in the next ball. 

MS Dhoni with a lightning-speed glove work. Salt goes after 32 from 16 balls. 

RCB 45/1

RAPID FROM MS DHONI!

MS DHONI GETS PHIL SALT SUTMPED OUT WITH A QUICK REACTION!

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Good start from Sam Curran! 

He started the over by coming around the wicket. 

Kohli took a couple in the second ball and played another dot. 

Curran went for a slower ball in the fifth ball and finished with a single. 

0, 2, 0, 1LB, 1, 1 

RCB 37/0 

Top class over from the left-arm pacer. 

He nearly got Virat Kohli LBW in the first ball. The on-field decision was not out and Gaikwad went upstairs but only to see the ball pitching outside leg stump. 

Third ball went for leg bye but Salt pulled the fourth one for a boundary. After a dot in the next ball, he finished with a couple in the last ball. 

0, 0, 1LB, 4, 0, 2 

7 from the third over. 32/0 after 3. 

Expensive over from the veteran spinner.

Salt pulled the first ball for a six and got another four in the next ball with a backfoot drive. 

After two singles, Salt finished the over with a sweep shot that gave him another boundary. 

6, 4, 1, 0, 1, 4 

RCB 25/0

Khaleel Ahmed did start well against Phil Salth but Salt swung his on the fourth ball and managed a top edge for the first boundary of the match.

In the fifth ball, Salt sliced over point to get another boundary.

He then finished with a single to get 9 from the over. 

0, 0, 0, 4, 4, 1 

RCB 9/0 after 1. 

RCB XI: P. Salt, V. Kohli, D. Padikkal, R. Patidar (c), L. Livingstone, J. Sharma (wk), T. David, K. Pandya, B. Kumar, J. Hazlewood, Y. Dayal.

CSK XI: R. Gaikwad (c), R. Ravindra, D. Hooda, R. Tripathi, R. Jadeja, S. Curran, MS. Dhoni (wk), R. Ashwin, N. Ahmad, M. Pathirana, K. Ahmed.

CSK win the toss, and they decide to bowl first

The live telecast of the CSK vs RCB Match 6 will be available on the Star Sports Network in India.  

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

Match: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Tournament: IPL 2025

Date: 28 March 2025

Time: 7:30 PM IST

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai