RCB vs CSK Highlights: In match 52 of this season of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by two runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 3 May. This was the fourth consecutive brilliant win for Royal Challengers Bangalore. With this, the team again reached the top of the Points table of IPL 2025.
RCB was called to bat first due to CSK winning the toss. In which the legend Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethel, these two top order batsmen came out to bat from RCB. Both these power hitter batsmen scored a total of 71 runs on the scoreboard within the powerplay. In which Bethel scored his first IPL half-century by playing a brilliant innings of 55 runs in 33 balls. After this Virat Kohli also played an explosive innings of 62 runs in 33 balls, similarly both these batsmen together took the score of RCB to 121. There was a brilliant partnership of 97 between the two.
Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethell lost their wickets, after which RCB’s pace slowed down in the subsequent overs. Because Devdutt Padikkal lost his wicket cheaply for 17 runs, Jitesh Sharma for 7 runs and captain Rajat Patidar for 11 runs. However, Matheesha Pathirana took 3 wickets for 36 runs from CSK’s side, but CSK’s fast bowler Khalil Ahmed scored 213 runs on the scoreboard thanks to one over of 33 runs and the last over of 21 runs. In which Romario Shepherd had the biggest hand.
RCB vs CSK Highlights: Romario Shepherd Scored The Second Fastest Half Century In IPL
Romario Shepherd, who came to play the remaining 12 balls of the match from Royal Challengers Bangalore, played an explosive innings of 53 runs not out in 14 balls. In which he hit 4 fours and 6 brilliant sixes and due to his excellent innings, RCB’s score became 213. With this, he became the second fastest player to score a half-century in the history of IPL.
Chennai Super Kings Lost Despite Explosive Batting By Ayush Mhatre
Top order batsman Ayush Mhatre, who came for CSK, looked in great form from the beginning. He scored a total of 26 runs in the second over of RCB diva and experienced bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and helped in taking his team’s score forward rapidly. Due to playing this brilliant innings, he proved to be the third youngest batsman to score a half-century in IPL.
Explosive Partnership Of 114 Runs Between Ayush Mhatre And Ravindra Jadeja
But both the batsmen Shaik Rasheed and Sam Curran, who came to support Ayush Mhatre, could not support him and they lost their wickets early.After this, CSK needed 43 runs in the last 24 balls, in which, due to the explosive batting of CSK’s Ayush Mhatre and Ravindra Jadeja, it seemed that these two batsmen would win the match. Because Ayush Mhatre played a brilliant innings of 94 runs in 48 balls in this IPL match and Ravindra Jadeja played an innings of 77 runs in 45 balls supporting him. This was a great partnership of 114 runs between the two batsmen.
But later Lungi Ngidi took the wicket of Ayush Mhatre and the batsmen who came after him did not perform well and lost their wickets. Because CSK needed 15 runs in the last over, but RCB’s Yash Dayal performed well against the same opponent at the same venue for the second consecutive year and led his team to victory.
