RR vs RCB / RCB beat Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets, Salt and Kohli scored half centuries

RR vs RCB: In the 28th match of IPL 2025 played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets. In this match, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first and restricted Rajasthan to 173 runs for 4 wickets. In response, Bangalore achieved the target in just 17.3 overs thanks to the stormy innings of Virat Kohli and Phil Salt.

Virat's century in T20...fifty!

Virat Kohli touched another milestone in this match. He hit the 100th fifty of his T20 career and returned unbeaten after scoring 62 runs in 45 balls. His innings included 4 fours and 2 brilliant sixes. At the same time, Phil Salt showed aggressive attitude from the beginning and played an explosive innings of 65 runs in just 33 balls. During this, he hit 5 fours and 6 sixes.

Padikkal's patience and maturity

After Virat and Salt were out, young batsman Devdutt Padikkal took the responsibility and scored an unbeaten 40 off 28 balls. He hit 5 fours and a six in his innings and took the team to the threshold of victory.

Rajasthan innings: Jaiswal shined, the rest faded

Rajasthan got off to a bit slow but Yashasvi Jaiswal took charge of the innings and played a brilliant innings of 75 runs in 47 balls. He hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Riyan Parag added 30 runs off 22 balls, while in the end Dhruv Jurel scored a quick 35 runs, helping the team reach a respectable score of 173.

Bengaluru's cleverness in bowling

Four bowlers took wickets from RCB. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood and Krunal Pandya all got one wicket each. The special thing was that the Bangalore bowlers kept control on the run rate in the middle overs, due to which Rajasthan could not score big in the last overs.

RCB's great form

This was RCB's fourth win of the season and the special thing is that the team has achieved all the victories on away grounds. At the same time, they have suffered both the defeats on their home ground. On the other hand, for Rajasthan Royals, this was the fourth defeat in the sixth match, and now it seems difficult for them to reach the playoffs.

Hero of the match: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli, who emerged as a strong pillar for the team, not only played a match-winning innings but also proved once again with his experience and class why he is called 'King Kohli'.