From 173 runs for the loss of 3 wickets to 174 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, RCB faced a drastic collapse against SRH in the 65th game of the ongoing IPL 2025. The hosts were looking comfortable chasing the big target of 232 runs, but it was not possible due to a horrific collapse of their middle and lower batting order.
Besides that, what attracted the headlines was the dismissal of star RCB all-rounder Krunal Pandya, who seemed to damage his side. Pandya was dismissed in an unexpected and unbelievable ‘hit wicket’ dismissal in the 19th over of the second innings, when his side needed him the most.
The video of Krunal Pandya’s bizarre dismissal off Pat Cummins also went viral on social media as soon as it was shared by a user on X (formerly Twitter).
Here’s the video:
RCB slip to third spot after 42-run defeat
Speaking of the action of the game between RCB and SRH in Lucknow, the stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma won the toss and asked SRH to bat first. Batting first, the men in orange scored 231 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Star wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan scored a blistering 94 runs off just 48 balls, with seven fours and five sixes, following Abhishek Sharma’s 34 runs off just 17 balls, with three fours and three sixes.
Romario Shepherd scalped 2 wickets for RCB in the first innings, alongside a wicket each claimed by all other bowlers except for Yash Dayal.
While chasing the target, RCB were bundled out at the score of 189 runs in 19.5 overs. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli played knocks of 62 and 43 runs, respectively. Besides these two, none of the RCB batters could even reach the individual mark of 30+ runs. Eventually, RCB lost the game by a big margin of 42 runs and slipped to the third spot in the tournament’s points table.
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