New Delhi: Yashasvi Jaiswals strong recent performances for the Rajasthan Royals including scores of 75 51 74 and 49 in his last four innings have contrasted with the teams overall struggles. Despite his consistent batting lack of support from other Rajasthan Royals players has led to five consecutive defeats for the team. Jaiswals aggressive batting propelled Rajasthan Royals to a strong start in their chase of 206 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. He quickly amassed 49 runs from 19 balls including seven fours and three sixes before being dismissed. At the end of the sixth over Rajasthan Royals were comfortably positioned at 72-2 thanks to his impactful innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal set a new IPL record with his first-ball six against RCB. He is the only player to have accomplished this feat three times although seven other players have achieved it once. RR Succumb To Defeat Rajasthan Royals (RR) suffered their fifth consecutive IPL loss falling to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 11 runs. Despite needing only 18 runs from the final two overs with five wickets remaining a strong penultimate over from Josh Hazlewood which yielded only one run and two wickets proved decisive. This defeat follows similar late-game collapses against Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants dropping RR to eighth place in the IPL standings. Rajasthan Royals recent loss severely jeopardizes their playoff chances. While mathematically still possible qualification requires a highly improbable sequence of events including winning all remaining matches. Pacer Josh Hazlewood starred with a superb four-wicket haul to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru edge past Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs in their IPL 2025 clash on Thursday (April 24) at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chasing a challenging target of 206 Rajasthan Royals could only manage 194 for 9 in their 20 overs. With this defeat — their fifth consecutive loss — the Royals have officially bowed out of the race for playoff qualification.