RCB vs DC, IPL 2025 Highlights: KL Rahul pulverises Bengaluru on Chinnaswamy return, DC win 4 in a row

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Oh take a bow sir! Delhi Capitals have beaten Royal Challengers by six wickets. KL Rahul hits the fifth ball of that 18th over, which was a full toss down leg, and sends it over fine leg like it was nothing. Rahul rarely ever shows emotions, well this is one of those rare occassions. He takes off his helmet, fire in his eyes, and stabs the bat into the ground. This is home, he has been pushed and shoved around so much in the last few years but blimey, this is some start to the season for him. Second consecutive fifty, this time an unbeaten 93 in 53 balls after keeping his strike rate largely around 100 for much of the first 20 balls of that knock.

The batters run two singles off the first two balls of that over from Dayal. Then Rahul sends the third over deep midwicket for a six. He then reverse ramps the fourth ball over short third for a four. And then the fifth ball kicks off from the pitch over the batter and wicketkeeper for five wides. That brought the scores level and then Rahul hit that winning six. Virtuoso stuff from him. At the other end Tristan Stubbs has shown his worth as well, he finishes unbeaten on 38 in 23 balls. The partnership between these two has finished unbeaten on 111 in 55 balls.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: This partnership has pulled the rug out fropm under RCB's feet. Bhuvi returns to bowl out in the 17th over, two singles first two balls and then Stubbs absolutely vaporises the third ball back towards the bowler, it reaches the boundary in just over a second. Two singles follow and then Stubbs blasts the last ball past the bowler even more powerfully.

Stubbs is on 37 off 22, Rahul on 76 off 49.

DC 146/4 in 17 overs, need 18 to win from 18

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Two singles off the first three balls and then Suyash sends the fourth ball in full on middle. Stubbs smashes it through extra cover with absolutely no foot movement. Then he clubs the fifth ball over long on for a six. Single off the last ball.

Stubbs is on 27 off 18, Rahul on 74 off 47 balls.

DC 134/4 in 16 overs, need 30 to win from 24 balls

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Wow, this is a version of Rahul that fans have wanted to see all these years. What a knock he is putting together here. After those back to back fours, Rahul and Stubbs run two twos, then the former pierces the fifth one through square leg for four. The last ball is in the slot outside off, Rahul is not missing out on those in this form. It is sent soaring over long off.

DC now suddenly need 43 to win from 30. Rahul has played an absolute classic here.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: A couple of absolute beauties from Rahul, RCB now really feeling the pressure. A little drizzle has appeared as well but it looks like it will just pass right over. That also doesn't do RCB any favours, almost as if the drizzle came to make the ball a little wet and left.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Rahul takes a hack at the third ball of the 14th from Dayal, it lands safely at deep point and he takes a single to get to fifty in 37 balls. He ends that over on 51 off 39 balls, with Dayal giving away just five singles in that over.

DC 99/4 in 14 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Rahul finishes that over two runs away from a half-century.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: 13 runs came in the 12th with Stubbs and Rahul taking on Krunal Pandya but DC certainly need at least two more overs like this to get back on top. The first ball from Krunal was slow and bowled full on leg, Stubbs shaped up for a reverse sweep, waited and executed it to perfection. Single next ball and then Rahul blasts the third over deep backward square leg.

DC 80/4 in 12 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: The required rate is 10.77, the current rate is 6.09. The brilliant Suyash Sharma keeps Rahul pinned to the crease after Tristan Stubbs managed to run a single off the second ball. Rahul is on 29 off 29, Stubbs on five off six.

DC 67/4 in 11 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: For the first time in this IPL, a target less than 170 is looking like a daunting task. Slow full delivery outside off, Axar goes inside out. He ends up splicing the shot and it goes to Tim David at long on.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: DC have crossed fifty off the fifth ball of the eighth, Hazlewood's second, with Rahul top edging a pull and the ball flying over the boundary behind the wicketkeeper. DC's required rate has gone up to 9.33, they are going at 6.50 but in Axar and Rahul they have two batters who can up the ante later on.

Fact remains, though, RCB very much on top.

DC 52/3 in 8 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Abishek Porel comes in as Impact sub and goes off without making an impact. Back of length delivery third ball of the fifth over on leg stump. Porel tries to play it square, takes a big swipe at it for that. Edged and once again, Jitesh takes the catch. Almost a carbon copy of the Fraser-McGurk dismissal.

Porel c Jitesh b Bhuvneshwar 7 (7)

DC 31/3 in 4.3 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets JFM with the first legal delivery of the third over, having earlier sent one wide down the leg. This one was back of a length outside off, Fraser-McGurk goes for a wild swipe across the line. The ball goes high, high, oh so high up in the air, Jitesh takes the catch and gets engulfed by his teammates.

Fraser-McGurk c Jitesh b Kumar 7 (6)

DC 10/1 in 2.1 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Length delivery from Dayal to end the second over, Du Plessis goes for a shot leg side but it takes a leading edge. Patidar takes the catch at mid off. This is not an ideal start at all for DC.

du Plessis c Patidar b Yash Dayal 2 (7)

DC 9/1 in 2 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Du Plessis pinned by three absolute beauties from Bhuvi. Then he jabs the fourth ball to extra cover and dashes to the other end. Kohli fires it at the non-striker's end and it just misses the stumps. Du Plessis would've been gone for all money had it been a direct hit.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Faf du Plessis is out there, set to face Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He came back on to the field shortly after exiting it earlier. Jake Fraser-McGurk at the other end, desperately seeking form.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Tim David has delivered once again but even his extraordinary efforts may not be enough.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Axar Patel bowls the penultimate over and cops a pasting from Tim David. The first ball is blasted over wide long for a six. Then he sends Axar through point for a four. He cuts the third ball to backward point and then swings the fourth over long for another six. Just another single off the last ball of that over.

David on 21 off 14 and he will be on strike to Mukesh Kumar in the last over.

RCB 144/7 in 19 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: The runs have dried up and the wickets are raining down.

Krunal Pandya c Axar b Nigam 18 (18)

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: Captain Patidar is Kuldeep's next wicket. Kuldeep tosses up the fourth ball of the second, Patidar tries to go square, top edge and an easy catch for Rahul.

Patidar c Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav 25 (23)

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: And way down they go. Back of a length googly from Kuldeep, Jitesh tries to smash it leg side. However, he is completely caught by surprise by the wrong 'un ends up in a complete mess and the ball goes high up in the air. Rahul takes the easy catch.

Jitesh Sharma c Rahul b Kuldeep Yadav 3 (11)

RCB 102/5 in 12.2 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: RCB crossed 50 in three overs, eight overs have gone since then and they still have not crossed 100. Mitchell Starc brought back for the 11th over, just three singles come for Patidar and Jitesh Sharma.

RCB 94/4 in 11 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: This is all going south quite quickly for RCB. Mohit introduced in the 10th over, both batters take singles off the first two balls. The ball is back of a length outside off, Livingstone throws the kitchen sink at it but the extra bounce surprises him. It comes off the edge and loops tamely to backward point.

Livingstone c Ashutosh b Mohit 4 (6)

RCB 91/4 in 9.3 overs

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: 10 runs off the eighth over and then DC bring on Kuldeep for the ninth. Just five runs come off it. RCB's run rate has come down to 9.88. It was over 17 when Salt was around.

Rajat Patidar on 14 off 12. Liam Livingstone on three off four.

A bit of a cause for concern for DC as Faf du Plessis went off the field after the eighth over. He had dived full stretch to try and catch Patidar at extra cover and landed pretty awkwardly.

IPL 2025 Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals LIVE Score, RCB vs DC: The turnaround gets even better for DC! Kohli had got down on a knee and swept Vipraj Nigam's third ball of the seventh over for six over long on. Two singles after that for him and captain Rajat Patidar and then Kohli is caught at long on. Sound seems to have disappeared from the Chinnaswamy Stadium now.

Kohli c Starc b Nigam 22 (14)

RCB 74/3 in 7 overs