IPL2025| SRH VS RCB: RCB suffer first away defeat

IPL2025| SRH VS RCB: 
RCB suffer first away defeat,


Lucknow: Left-handed batter Ishan KishanAnd the Sunrisers Hyderabad team won with a brilliant performance from Sri Lankan pacer IshanMalinga.Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 42 runs in an IPL match at the Ekana Stadium here on Friday. This was RCB's first away defeat in the tournament.RCB, who were hoping to win this match and move to the top of the points table, have suffered a setback. Bangalore, who have already qualified for the playoffs, have only one more match to play.


Chasing a target of 232 runs against Sunrisers, RCB got off to a brilliant start with Phil 3 (62; 322, 4x4, 6x5) 6% (43; 256, 4X7, 6X1). The duo added 80 runs (7 overs) for the first wicket. Harsha Dube celebrated after taking the wicket of Kohli, who was on his way to his half-century. However, Salt continued his promising game. Mayank Agarwal (11; 10a) fought with him for a while. But Nitish Reddy, who took Mayank's wicket, broke the partnership.After this, they lost 7 wickets for 60 runs. Ishan Malinga took the lion's share of this. Malinga, who came as an 'impact player', further strengthened Sunrisers' dream of victory by defeating both Rajat Patidar (18 runs) and Romero Shepherd. On the other hand, Jaydev Unadmat showed the way to the pavilion to the struggling interim captain Jitesh Sharma (24 runs). RCB lost all their wickets for 189 runs in 19.5 overs.


Ishan bang: 
RCB win the tossFielding was the choice. Ishan (94 not out; 48a) led Sunrisers to 231 for 6 in 20 overs.Sunrisers, who are already out of the play-off race, got off to a good start in this match. Abhishek Sharma (34; 17a, 4X3, 6X3) and Travis Head (17; 10a, 4X3) scored runs in quick succession. The team crossed the half-century mark in nine overs.Abhishek's attempt to hit a Lungi Ngidi delivery for a six through a fic failed. A brilliant catch by Phil Salt on the boundary line opened up Sharma's game. Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrated by taking a head wicket in the next over. But in the same over, Jitesh tried to catch the ball that went behind Ishan's glove but failed. This proved costly for RCB.
Ishan, who had scored a century in the first match of the tournament, showed similar form again, crossing the half-century mark in 22 balls.On the other side, Heinrich Klaasen (24; 13ball) and Aniket Verma (26; 9ball) made their contributionand departed. The rest of the batters also did not play a big innings.

Jitesh for RCBLeader; 

Rajatis'impact player';Wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman Jitesh Sharma has been handed the batting honour of leading the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.Jitesh is leading the team in today's match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Lucknow, as the team's permanent captain Rajat Patidar is yet to regain full fitness.

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Rajat patidar impact player:

Earlier, coach Andy Flower had informed that Rajat Patidar was fully fit. However, with the team already in the playoffs, Rajat Patidar has decided to enter the field as an 'impact player' in today's match.Similarly, Mayank Agarwal has appeared in place of Devdutt Padikkal.RCB aims to win this match as well and climb to the top of the points table.Good news for RCB; Hazlewood likely to return before the playoffshere is good news for the Royal Challengers Bangalore team, which has already entered the play-off stage of the 2025 Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Australia's leading fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who has recovered from a shoulder injury, is likely to return to the team before the play-offs.Hazlewood last played on April 27. He was ruled out of the next two matches.Meanwhile, Hazlewood had returned home to rest following the conflict between India and Pakistan.The 34-year-old Hazlewood is currently training with the Australian team, which is preparing for the ICC World Test Championship final in Brisbane.Cricket Australia's medical team is monitoring Hazlewood. RCB management is also in touch.However, he will be unavailable for the last two league matches. RCB's remaining two matches will be against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 23 and Lucknow Supergiants on May 27.Hazlewood, who has played a key role in RCP's entry into the play-offs since 2016, has taken 19 wickets so far.

A brief score

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 231 for 6 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 34, Travis Head 17, Ishan Kishan 94 not out, Heinrich Klaasen 24, Aniket Verma 26, Pat Cummins 13 not out, Romero Shepherd 14 for2)

Royal Challengers Bangalore:189 in 19.5 overs (Philip Salt 62, Virat Kohli 43, Rajat Patidar 18, Jitesh Sharma 24, Pat Cummins 3 for 28, Ishan Malinga 372)

Player of the Match: Ishan Kishan