RCB vs SRH Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad has broken the dream of becoming Royal Challengers Bangalore’s number one. Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 42 runs. Let us know that the 65th match of IPL 2025 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The match between the two teams was played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The team of Hyderabad, who came out to bat first, scored 231 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. SRH has given RCB a target of 232 runs. Ishaan Kishan played a brilliant innings of 94 runs in 48 balls. RCB’s team was reduced to 189 runs. Hyderabad defeated RCB by 42 runs.
RCB captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first. Jitesh Sharma was captaining this match in place of Rajat Patidar. Batting first, Hyderabad had set a big target of 232 runs in front of RCB. In response, RCB started fast, but the team was all out for only 189 runs due to the wicket falling in the middle overs.
Fast start of Virat-Fil
After chasing the target, Virat Kohli and Phil Salt came to open from RCB. The first over was scored by Pat Cummins, scoring 10 runs. In the fourth over, Phil Salat was out on no ball and RCB scored 33 runs without wicket. By the end of the powerplay, the team had scored 72 runs without any loss. Virat Kohli was playing 42 and Salt 20 runs. In the seventh over, Virat Kohli was dismissed for 43 runs in 25 balls. After this, Phil Salt and Mayank Agarwal handled the innings. Salt completed 50 runs in 27 balls. After 10 overs, the team’s score was 118/1.
Match overturned from 16th over
Mayank Agarwal was dismissed for 11 runs in the 11th over. After this, Phil Salt was also dismissed for 62 runs in the next over. For 15 overs, RCB scored 167 runs and needed 65 runs in 30 balls to win. The 16th over proved to be the turning point of the match. In this over, Rajat Patidar was run out for 18 runs and Romario Shepherd was dismissed without opening an account. Ishaan Malinga took Hyderabad to the match with 2 wickets in this over.
Finally stagger RCB
Jitesh Sharma was dismissed for 24 runs in the 17th over. Tim David returned to the pavilion for just 1 run in the 18th over. In the 19th over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar became clean bold and Krunal Pandya became a hit wicket. Before the final over, the team needed 45 runs to win. In the last over, the entire team of RCB collapsed for 189 and Hyderabad won the match by 42 runs.
Hyderabad’s great start
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the toss and decided to bowl first. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head started the innings from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). In the initial overs, both of them started fast, but Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 30 runs in the fourth over. After this, Travis Head also returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs in the fifth over. By the end of the powerplay, Hyderabad’s score was 71 runs for 2 wickets.
Ishaan Kishan’s best batting
This was followed by a pair of Ishaan Kishan and Heinrich Klassen. Classen was dismissed for 24 runs in the ninth over. The score was 113/3 for 10 overs. Then Aniket Verma came to the crease and scored fast with Ishaan Kishan. However, Aniket was dismissed for 26 runs in the 12th over. By this time, the team’s score was 4 wickets for 147 runs.
Hyderabad score reached 232
Ishaan Kishan batted brilliantly and completed his fifty in 28 balls. He carried the innings forward with Nitish Kumar Reddy, but Nitish was dismissed for 4 runs in the 15th over. After this, Abhinav Manohar came and was dismissed in the 17th over after scoring 12 runs.
The score in 18 overs was 6 wickets for 203 runs. In 19 overs, the team scored fast and adding 15 runs in the last over, Hyderabad scored 231 for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Ishaan Kishan remained unbeaten after scoring 94 and Pat Cummins played a useful innings of 13 runs. RCB has a big target of 232 runs to win.
RCB vs SRH IPL Match Highlights: RCB lost in runs of runs, Hyderabad defeated by 42 runs
