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Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the IPL 2025 encounter between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Pathirana back. WICKET!! Full and wide, Padikkal looks to loft over the offside, finds the fielder at deep cover.
Jitesh in at 5. Defends the first ball to backward point. Full on the legs, Jitesh fails to get bat on his flick. Mistimes his pull shot, falls well inside the 30-yard circle and he picks up a single. Short ball to Patidar, pulled to deep fine for a single.
Noor back for his third. Patidar picks a single to long off. Padikkal barely manages to get his bat on the attempted lofted shot, the inside edge runs away for a single. Four singles from the over.
Padikkal pushes the first ball of the Curran over to mid off. Padikkal misses an attempted pull shot and sees his watch scattered into pieces. Padikkal getting some medical attention after that knock. Four!! Lofts the next ball over mid off and collects a boundary. Six!! Full, in the slot, lofted straight down the ground for six! Short ball, Padikkal pulls to deep midwicket for a single. Patidar picks up a single to long off.
Noor back into the attack. Four!! Full outside off, Patidar creams the drive past cover and finds the boundary cushions. Padikkal gets an outside edge, picks up a single to short third. Six runs from the over.
Curran with his second. Padikkal picks up a single to the offside sweeper. Four!! Kohli walks down the track and punches one to long off, Hooda lets it slip through his fingers and to the boundary. Padikkal picks up a single to mid off. WICKET!! Slower short ball outside off, Kohli guides it straight to Khaleel at short third. Patidar in at 4.
Six!! Kohli slog sweeps the first ball of the Jadeja over to midwicket for six! Brings back the length a touch, guided to point for a single. Padikkal cuts a wide ball from Jadeja but can’t get it past backward point. Fired in wide again, slapped to deep cover for one. Four!! Kohli cuts a length ball past backward point for a boundary to bring up his fifty! Four! Another boundary through the covers for Kohli.
Matheesha Pathirana is the new bowler. On the middle stump to Kohli, whips this to square leg, one run. Bethell misses out on a short ball, gets an inside edge onto his pad, a dot ball.
A full delivery outside off, drills this to deep covers for one. Kohli picks a single to deep fine leg.
WHAT A CATCH! Brevis with a piece of magic to get CSK the breakthrough. Bethell skies a pull shot, Brevis comes running in from deep midwicket and dives to complete the catch.
Jacob Bethell c Brevis b Pathirana 55(33)
Devdutt Padikkal gets an outside edge on his first ball, dot ball as short third fields this.
Jadeja again. Kohli goes on his back foot to punch the first delivery to long on, gets one.
FOUR! Fifty for Bethell in just 28 balls. He gets there with a reverse sweep, loses his balance but not the control over the shot. He gets an inside edge onto his pad on the next, still gets a single.
Kohli with a flick through the on side to make that seven runs from the over.
Sam Curran into the attack. FOUR! Wide to Bethell, slashes this past backward point. The second delivery is closer to the off stump, Bethell glides this to deep third for one.
A back-of-a-length ball, from back of the hand, Kohli punches to long off and runs one. Bethell cuts again, this time the deep point is finer, keeps that to just one.
SIX! Kohli with super fast hand speed, reads the slower one to pull this over deep midwicket. A bit of a yes-no between the pair but they pick a single to midwicket on the final delivery.
Ravindra Jadeja to bowl now. He beats Kohli on the first, this one turns away from the right hander. Kohli drives the second to long off for a single.
Bethell cuts the third on the up, gets a single to deep point. A straight one, slower through the air, gets the edge to third man, no run.
Another dot ball, Kohli looks to heave over covers, misses the shot. A punch to midwicket on the final delivery, no run again.
Kamboj to Kohli, SIX! A length ball going into the pads, Kohli lofts this through the on side. FOUR! A couple of steps down the wicket and punches this away past mid on.
A dot ball to follow. A short-pitched delivery, Kohli tries to glance this off his toes, misses. Kohli makes room, tries to chip this full delivery over covers, cannot beat covers, no run.
A swing and a miss! Too wide outside off, no real front foot press from Kohli as he tries to throw his hands at this, misses it. A single to deep midwicket on the final delivery.
Noor Ahmad into the attack. The first delivery is driven by Bethell, covers stops this. Bethell tries to play the second off his back foot, same result.
FOUR! An attempted slog sweep from Bethell, gets it off the inside of the bat, but the sheer power due to the bat swing ensures this races to the fence. SIX now! Slightly shorter, Bethell rocks back and pummels this over midwicket.
Noor bowls a wrong one, hits the inside edge as Bethell tries to drive, fielded by midwicket.
FOUR! A juicy full toss outside off, Bethell guides this between covers and mid off.
Kamboj again. FOUR! An on drive from Bethell on this full delivery. Bethell tries to hack this through the on side, gets an outside edge due to the movement away, the ball just beats the cover fielder, single taken.
Kohli shuffles to his on side, but Kamboj bowls this even wider to beat Kohli’s slash. A single on the fourth with a tap through the off side.
There’s a collision between Pathirana and Jadeja. Bethell gets a leading edge over third man, Jadeja goes off after this from point and Pathirana comes in from deep third. The two collide and Pathirana seems to have hurt his face. Pathirana goes off the field to get treatment.
FOUR for Kohli, punches this through cover-point.
Khaleel to Bethell, drives to mid off, dot ball. SIX! Length ball, outside off and Bethell drags this from there over midwicket.
Khaleel with a nice reply, beats Bethell. This one is outside off and nips in after pitching, Bethell misses the cut. The fourth is cut away to deep third man, one run.
Khaleel to Kohli now. SIX! A bouncer around the leg-stump line, Kohli gets in position without a lot of feet movement, hooks this over fine leg. SIX more! On the pads but the ball is moving away from him, but Kohli picks this up over deep square leg.
Anshul Kamboj now. BEATEN! Pitches at a length from over the wicket, rises on the leftie and angles across, just misses the outside edge. The second is straight at the stumps, Bethell defends.
Bethell steps out of his crease and drives to the right of mid off, one run. Kohli for his first delivery, outside off and full, Kohli taps through covers and picks a single.
The fifth delivery is back-of-a-length, Bethell opts for a pull shot, does not time it well enough, still manages to clear the infield, one run. Outside off to Kohli, who plays towards point, no run.
Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli to open for RCB. The former will be on strike.
Khaleel Ahmed to bowl the first over. The first delivery is full, tails into the off stump, Bethell drives, no run. Another one that nips into the off stump, not as full, would have hit the top of off but Bethell blocks this.
FOUR! Short and wide and Bethell cuts this away past point. FOUR again! Bethell uses the pace to nudge this towards deep third, the fielder puts in a dive but cannot save that.
FOUR! A glorious square drive past the point fielder. The last delivery squares up the left hander, the edge goes past point again, one run to deep third.
RCB: Suyash Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh
CSK: Shivam Dube, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Jamie Overton
CSK: Shaik Rasheed, Ayush Mhatre, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni(WK/C), Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Matheesha Pathirana
RCB: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(C), Jitesh Sharma(WK), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal
Time for the toss.
MS Dhoni wins the toss. CSK opt to bowl first.
“Need to make the most of the last four games. Look at what role each individual can play next year. Pitch has been under cover for some time. Important to express yourself and play to your strengths. Same team,” says MS Dhoni.
“Pitch will not change much, so we’ll try to put up a good score. Everyone in a good frame of mind. Many players have come out and performed, good sign for the team. Every game important for us. Ngidi comes in for Hazlewood,” says Rajat Patidar.
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Matches played: 11
RCB won: 5
CSK won: 5
No Result: 1
Last result : RCB won by 27 runs (May, 2024)
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Matches played: 35
RCB won: 12
CSK won: 21
No Result: 1
Last result: RCB won by 50 Runs (March, 2025)
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Batting 1st: Ayush Mhatre, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana.
Bowling 1st: Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Hooda, Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, Ayush Mhatre, Shaikh Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c) (wk).
Impact Player Options: Rachin Ravindra, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shivam Dube/Anshul Kamboj, R. Ashwin
Batting 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal.
Bowling 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Impact Player options: Suyash Sharma/Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chikara, Swapnil Singh, Mohit Rathee.
It is not often that Chennai Super Kings visits Royal Challengers Bengaluru with the stakes this low. Last May at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the famed rivals were locked in a direct battle for the last available Indian Premier League playoffs spot.
But come Saturday, all that is left for the already-eliminated M.S. Dhoni & Co. is the search for some signs of life after being deflated and dead for most of the season.
In contrast, RCB will have a spring in its step. It is sitting pretty in the top half of the table and is coming into the game after winning three on the bounce. Another victory – its eighth this edition – will help the side take a giant stride towards playoffs qualification.
– N. Sudarshan
It is not often that Chennai Super Kings visits Royal Challengers Bengaluru with the stakes this low. Last May at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, the famed rivals were locked in a direct battle for the last available Indian Premier League playoffs spot.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2025 encounter between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Stay tuned for live scores and updates from the match.
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