RCB vs GT Match Highlights: At their home venue, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 wickets in the 14th IPL 2025 match. The season began with RCB winning two straight games, but they lost their first home game. Their dreams of a hat-trick of victories were crushed with this loss.
RCB vs GT: Match Summary
Batting first after losing the toss, RCB amassed 169 for 8 in 20 overs. Liam Livingstone put the team up to a reasonable score with a half-century of 54 runs, and Tim David (32) and Jitesh Sharma (33) contributed helpfully. Virat Kohli (7 runs), skipper Rajat Patidar (12 runs), and Devdutt Padikkal (0), however, were unsuccessful. Mohammed Siraj, a Gujarati fast bowler, put on an outstanding display, taking three wickets for 19 runs in four overs and keeping the RCB from reaching a significant total.
In response, the Gujarat Titans lost two wickets while reaching the goal of 170 runs in 17.5 overs. Sai Sudarshan opened the scoring with a quick innings of 49 runs in 36 balls, while Jos Buttler struck an undefeated 73 off 39 balls. Buttler hit five fours and six sixes in his innings. Despite the lack of opportunity provided by Buttler and Sherfane Rutherford (30* runs in 18 balls), captain Shubman Gill was removed cheaply after scoring 14 runs.The chase was completed by GT with as little as 13 balls left.Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were among the RCB bowlers that got 1-1 wickets, but they were unable to prevent a loss.
Siraj’s intelligence
Against his former team, the RCB, Mohammed Siraj put on a fantastic display. After dismissing Padikkal and Kohli during the powerplay, Bengaluru was reduced to 42/4. His accuracy and speed kept Gujarat in the match.
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