After Mohammad Siraj's lethal bowling, Sai Sudarshan and Jos Butler's stormy batting helped Gujarat Titans beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by eight wickets. In this match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday, RCB, who lost the toss and came to bat first, scored 169 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs, thanks to Liam Livingstone's half-century. In reply, Gujarat scored 170 runs for the loss of two wickets in 17.5 overs and won the match.
RCB reached third place
This is Gujarat's second consecutive win in the current season, while RCB had to face defeat for the first time after winning two consecutive matches. With this defeat, the team led by Rajat Patidar slipped from the top of the points table to third place. Their net run rate remained at 1.149. At the same time, Gujarat is in fourth place with four points and a net run rate of 0.807. Punjab Kings is in first place with four points and a net run rate of 1.485.
IPL 2025 Points Table
| Team | Match | Won | Losers | score | Net run rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.485 |
| Delhi Capitals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.320 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.149 |
| Gujarat Titans | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.807 |
| mumbai indians | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.309 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.150 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.771 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.871 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.112 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.428 |
Gujarat's innings:
Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill gave Gujarat a solid start while chasing the target of 170 runs. There was a partnership of 32 runs for the first wicket between the two. Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the captain caught out by Livingstone in the fifth over. He was out after scoring 14 runs. After this, Jos Buttler took over the charge. He made a quick partnership of 75 runs in 47 balls for the second wicket with Sai Sudarshan. During this, Sudarshan missed completing his half-century by just one run. He managed to score 49 runs in 36 balls with the help of seven fours and a six. Sherfane Rutherford, who came to bat at number four, also looked in great form. He made an unbeaten partnership of 63 runs for the third wicket with Butler and led the team to victory. Wicketkeeper batsman Butler remained unbeaten on 73 and Rutherford on 30. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jos Hazlewood took one wicket each for RCB.
RCB's batting order collapsed like a pack of cards
Earlier, RCB's batting order collapsed like a pack of cards in front of Gujarat's lethal bowling. Liam Livingstone scored the highest 54 runs for them. Apart from him, Jitesh Sharma scored 33 and Tim David scored 32 runs. At the same time, Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring seven runs, Phil Salt 14, Devdutt Padikkal four, Rajat Patidar four and Krunal Pandya five runs. For Gujarat, Mohammad Siraj took three wickets and Sai Kishore took two wickets. Arshad Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma got one wicket each.
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