HIGHLIGHTS: RCB vs RR IPL 2025 Match 42 – Result, Scorecard
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The 42nd match of the TATA IPL 2025 was held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the match by 11 runs against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) and secured their second victory over RR in IPL 2025.
RR won the toss and chose to bowl first. In the first innings, RCB’s batsmen dominated with their outstanding batting in the first 10 overs and the death overs. In the middle overs, RR bowlers picked up some wickets and managed to restrict a few of the settled batsmen. RCB’s impressive batting performance came from Virat Kohli (70 off 42 balls) and Devdutt Padikkal (50 off 27 balls).
Initially, RR also got a good start second innings, with Yashasvi Jaiswal contributing 49 from 19 balls. However, the other batsmen struggled to build partnerships due to the regular fall of wickets. Despite that, the run flow didn’t stop. Until the 18th over, it was a neck-and-neck contest, but in the 19th over, Josh Hazlewood bowled an impressive spell, took 2 wickets in a single over, and shifted the momentum in RCB’s favor.
With this loss, RR is unofficially out of the tournament as they cannot reach 16 points in their remaining matches, and also they can’t qualify for the playoffs.
Meanwhile, RCB has climbed to third position on the points table with this win and has a high chance of qualifying for the playoffs.
RCB vs RR Match Details
| Match | Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 42, IPL 2025 |
| Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Date & Time | Thursday, April 24, 2025, 7:30 PM (IST) |
| Result | RCB won by 11 Runs |
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Match Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting Performance
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Phil Salt | c Hetmyer b Hasaranga | 26 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 113.04 |
| Virat Kohli | c Rana b Archer | 70 | 42 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 166.66 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | c Rana b Sandeep Sharma | 50 | 27 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 185.18 |
| Tim David | run out (Hetmyer/†Jurel) | 23 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 153.33 |
| Rajat Patidar (c) | c †Jurel b Sandeep Sharma | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Jitesh Sharma † | not out | 20 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 200 |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 14) | 15 | 20 Ov | ||||
| Total | 205/5 | (RR: 10.25) | |||||
Fall of wickets (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
1-61 (Phil Salt, 6.4 ov), 2-156 (Virat Kohli, 15.1 ov), 3-161 (Devdutt Padikkal, 16.1 ov), 4-163 (Rajat Patidar, 16.5 ov), 5-205 (Tim David, 19.6 ov)
Bowling Performance (Rajasthan Royals)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Jofra Archer | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tushar Deshpande | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 11.25 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Riyan Parag | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Rajasthan Royals Batting Performance
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c Shepherd b Hazlewood | 49 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 257.89 |
| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | b Kumar | 16 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 133.33 |
| Nitish Rana | c Kumar b Pandya | 28 | 22 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 127.27 |
| Riyan Parag (c) | c †Sharma b Pandya | 22 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 220 |
| Dhruv Jurel † | c †Sharma b Hazlewood | 47 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 138.23 |
| Shimron Hetmyer | c †Sharma b Hazlewood | 11 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 137.5 |
| Shubham Dubey | c Salt b Yash Dayal | 12 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 171.42 |
| Jofra Archer | c Patidar b Hazlewood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | run out (David/†Sharma) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Tushar Deshpande | not out | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | not out | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (b 1, w 4) | 5 | 20 Ov | ||||
| Total | 194/9 | (RR: 9.70) | |||||
Fall of Wickets (Rajasthan Royals)
1-52 (Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 4.2 ov), 2-72 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 5.5 ov), 3-110 (Riyan Parag, 9.1 ov), 4-134 (Nitish Rana, 13.3 ov), 5-162 (Shimron Hetmyer, 16.3 ov), 6-189 (Dhruv Jurel, 18.3 ov), 7-189 (Jofra Archer, 18.4 ov), 8-189 (Shubham Dubey, 19.1 ov), 9-191 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 19.3 ov)
Bowling Performance (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 12.5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Yash Dayal | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 4 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Romario Shepherd | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Suyash Sharma | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Krunal Pandya | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
IPL 2025 Points Table
| Pos | Team | Mat | Won | Lost | NRR | Points |
| 1 | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1.104 | 12 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0.657 | 12 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0.482 | 12 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.673 | 10 |
| 5 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.177 | 10 |
| 6 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 5 | 4 | -0.054 | 10 |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0.212 | 6 |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 2 | 7 | -0.625 | 4 |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 2 | 6 | -1.316 | 4 |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 2 | 6 | -1.392 | 4 |
Note: Points Table as on 24 April 2025 11:59 PM (IST)
