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IPL 2025, RCB vs RR Highlights: Hazlewood 4-fer masterclass forces another RR implosion at the death
RCB vs RR IPL Highlights 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals: A third consecutive game where RR couldn't get over the line from a strong winning position, as Josh Hazlewood's impeccable 19th over saw them snatch an 11-run victory at home.
- 5:58 PM IST, Apr 24RCB have done it! Their first win at home in 2025
- 5:51 PM IST, Apr 24THAT SHOULD BE GAME! Dubey dismissed
- 5:47 PM IST, Apr 24ANOTHER ONE! 4 FOR HAZLEWOOD
- 5:46 PM IST, Apr 24Hazlewood strikes again! Jurel out, massive!
- 5:40 PM IST, Apr 2422 RUN OVER! RR BACK IN CONTROL
- 5:39 PM IST, Apr 24Bhuvneshwar leaking! Jurel and Shubham trade sixes!
- 5:35 PM IST, Apr 2440 needed off last 3 overs
- 5:32 PM IST, Apr 24HAZLEWOOD WITH A BIG WICKET! Hetmyer departs
- 5:27 PM IST, Apr 24Jurel finding his range!
- 5:14 PM IST, Apr 24KRUNAL STRIKES AGAIN! Nitish departs
- 5:07 PM IST, Apr 243 quiet overs, RCB wrestling back control
- 4:54 PM IST, Apr 24Krunal strikes first ball! Parag out
- 4:50 PM IST, Apr 24Nitish Rana looking in good touch
- 4:38 PM IST, Apr 24Luck on RR's side! Top edges going for runs
- 4:33 PM IST, Apr 244, 4, 6, out! Hazlewood gets Jaiswal!
- 4:23 PM IST, Apr 246, out! Bhuvi cleans up Suryavanshi
- 4:21 PM IST, Apr 2412 off the Hazlewood over! 46-0 after 4
- 4:12 PM IST, Apr 2418 off the over! Jaiswal looking dangerous!
- 4:03 PM IST, Apr 24FIRST BALL SIX FROM JAISWAL!
- 3:50 PM IST, Apr 24RCB finish on 205-5
- 3:42 PM IST, Apr 2416 runs off the 19th!
- 3:31 PM IST, Apr 24Another one! 167-4
- 3:25 PM IST, Apr 24Nitish Rana juggles the ball about a dozen times, but holds on! Padikkal gone
- 3:14 PM IST, Apr 24Kohli departs! Archer's reintroduction does the trick
- 3:10 PM IST, Apr 24Padikkal getting a move on
- 2:59 PM IST, Apr 24Kohli reaches 50!
- 2:49 PM IST, Apr 2483-1 at halfway
- 2:39 PM IST, Apr 24SALT GONE! Spin does the trick
- 2:25 PM IST, Apr 2414 off the over!
- 2:15 PM IST, Apr 24Kohli finding his touch
- 2:10 PM IST, Apr 24Salt dropped! Parag the culprit
- 2:06 PM IST, Apr 24Archer finding incredible bounce! Kohli survives
- 2:02 PM IST, Apr 24Archer gets it started against countryman Phil Salt
- 1:51 PM IST, Apr 24RR playing XI vs RCB
- 1:42 PM IST, Apr 24RCB playing XI vs RR
- 1:33 PM IST, Apr 24Parag chooses to bowl first in Bangalore
- 1:20 PM IST, Apr 24RCB eyeing big win for top 2 spot
- 1:00 PM IST, Apr 2430 minutes to toss
- 12:50 PM IST, Apr 24Lots of responsibility on Jaiswal's shoulders
- 12:30 PM IST, Apr 24Devdutt Padikkal's spot secure?
- 12:20 PM IST, Apr 24RR's 20th over woes include the bowling
- 12:10 PM IST, Apr 24Chinnaswamy not the same runs paradise of years past
- 12:00 PM IST, Apr 24RCB bowling in an excellent rhythm
- 11:50 AM IST, Apr 24Virat Kohli shaping up for another special season
- 11:30 AM IST, Apr 24… but another chance for Suryavanshi
- 11:20 AM IST, Apr 24Still no Samson for RR…
- 11:10 AM IST, Apr 24RCB high on confidence in playoff zone
- 11:00 AM IST, Apr 24Four losses in a row for struggling Royals
- 10:32 AM IST, Apr 24Hello and welcome!
RCB vs RR IPL Highlights 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Rajasthan Royals: Josh Hazlewood the hero in Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first home win of the season, but the story was once again Rajathan Royals' failure to convert a win from a winning position deep in the chase. Needing 18 off 12 with a set Dhruv Jurel at the crease, it took a magical 19th over from Hazlewood to interrupt RR's momentum, conceding only 1 and taking two wickets. RCB won by 11 runs, and head to third in the table....Read More
These are two teams that might have ‘Royal’ in their names, but that is about as far as their similarities go for the 2025 IPL season. While today’s hosts, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, are flying high in the playoff zone with ambitions of going higher, the Rajasthan Royals have lost two consecutive games they really had no business losing. The season is already all but dead and buried for the team from Jaipur, but if any hope of a miracle persists, it will need to begin with a statement win at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Rajasthan had the chance to put away fairly routine chases against both Delhi and Lucknow, and somehow managed to exit those games with two losses: what could and should have been a week that saw them end with a 4-4 record within touching distance of the playoffs instead ends with them 2-6, standing only a mathematical chance of qualifying through. With ball but particularly with bat, the first three-quarters of their innings have been largely successful, setting them up. But their last quarter has been so self-destructive that it simply hasn’t mattered.
For RR, the rest of this season may well be about planning ahead, as seen in the choice to hand a debut to 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who showed that it’s not all hype when it comes to his talent and prodigious hitting ability. With captain Sanju Samson still injured, Suryavanshi will likely get another chance at the top of the order, and will be one to watch in this contest. Can everyone below him and Yashasvi Jaiswal pick up the slack?
RCB, meanwhile, will be confident about this being the match to end their winless run at home. Up against an RR team shot of confidence and on a four-game losing skid, a win here would push RCB at least into third, and then relieve some of the pressure from the upcoming game against fellow qualifier 1 hopefuls DC on the weekend. RCB were clinical in their victory over PBKS in Mullanpur, but they want those results to start translating at home: out of their remaining six games, only two are away, and it’s only a matter of time that they produce a result on home turf. Today, they start off as heavy favourites.
In their match in Jaipur earlier this season, RCB easily beat RR, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli ensuring that the chase was always under control. At the very least, a downtrodden RR will want to make this game more competitive. RCB’s unit is clicking across the board, making them an uncomfortable team to play against, but RR also have a high ceiling if all their players can pitch in. It’s time to wake up for the likes of Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer if the Royals want to keep the dream alive in IPL 2025.
Playing XIs for RCB vs RR IPL 2025:
RCB playing XI: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
RR playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag (c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Tushar Deshpande
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: RCB have done it! Their first win at home in 2025
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Yash Dayal closes it out! It's an 11-run victory for RCB — but it's another horrendous death batting display from RR, this time a touch of bad luck mixed in. It goes back to that faint under-edge from Jurel, so innocuous, but the turning point late in the game.
RR's season is done, all but mathematically, and RCB onto 12 points, tied with GT and DC. Strong position to fight for the top 2 when they travel to Delhi for Sunday.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: THAT SHOULD BE GAME! Dubey dismissed
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: RR crumbling at the death, and they must be sick of hearing that! Just 1 off the 19th and two wickets. Dubey needs 17 off the last over, receives a juicy full toss on his pads the first ball, but manages to pick out deep midwicket!
How has it gone so wrong, AGAIN!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: ANOTHER ONE! 4 FOR HAZLEWOOD
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: ARCHER IN, ARCHER OUT! Hazlewood on a hat-trick, he has his fourth of the night! Archer looks to slam it down the ground, but can only slice it, simplest catch for the skipper.
RR are doing it again! Can someone stand up and be a hero?
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Hazlewood strikes again! Jurel out, massive!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: What a moment, and the Chinnaswamy comes to life! It's an excellent review, it's a wide blockhole yorker from Hazlewood which looks like a bump ball, but it's a clean bottom edge!
Little unlucky for Jurel on 47, but shaky moments again! New batter to the crease, and it's suddenly 17 needed off 9. RR fans, take a deep, deep breath.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 22 RUN OVER! RR BACK IN CONTROL
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Jurel with nerves of steel! Having bashed Bhuvi, it's touch and craft to get a couple of fours to close out the over. A late late cut to beat short third, then a scoop over short fine leg. Great batting, but not great bowling.
18 needed off the last 2, but Hazlewood has the 19th…
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Bhuvneshwar leaking! Jurel and Shubham trade sixes!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Much better from RR, but much looser from RCB! First it's perfectly in the slot for Jurel, who bashes six. A couple of deliveries later, on a length for Shubham to pick up for six more.
Finally Bhuvi lands it in the blockhole. 26 off 14…
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 40 needed off last 3 overs
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Jurel and Shubham need a big big over here against Bhuvneshwar. Hazlewood is absolutely on it from the other end. They don't want to leave themselves too much to do.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: HAZLEWOOD WITH A BIG WICKET! Hetmyer departs
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Hazlewood does the trick! Cramps up Hetmyer, who tries to knock it around the corner, but can only tickle it through to Jitesh with the gloves.
That's the wicket which makes RCB firm favourites in this match from this point on.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Jurel finding his range!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: The wicketkeeper was getting a bit stuck, on 18*(23), but he's hit one six off a drag-down from Suyash, and then immediately another of Krunal just to relieve the pressure that was building.
46 needed off the last 4 overs. Close match.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: KRUNAL STRIKES AGAIN! Nitish departs
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Royals running into trouble again! It's a delivery down leg for Nitish, who just doesn't elevate his help-it-on sweep enough. He can't clear short fine leg, where Bhuvneshwar can hold on on the second attempt.
134-4 now. Required rate inching back towards 12…
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 3 quiet overs, RCB wrestling back control
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 18 runs and a wicket in these last 3 overs, and big for RCB as they stall the RR momentum. Nitish and Jurel looking a little tentative, but still rotating strike.
78 needed off the last 8, in the balance for now.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Krunal strikes first ball! Parag out
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Little bit of a break between overs and RCB benefit! Tossed up from Krunal, and it's a swipe across the line that Parag just pops into the air. It's been a streaky innings from the RR captain, gone for 22(10).
Pressure back on RR. 110-3, their weaker middle order exposed.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Nitish Rana looking in good touch
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Good batting from Nitish Rana with a couple of boundaries using traditional shots through the offside for 4s.
110-2 after 9 suddenly. RR controlling the chase so far but they need to keep the momentum.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Luck on RR's side! Top edges going for runs
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Romario Shepherd bowls a pretty good over, but goes for 15! Last two balls are two top edges, for 10 runs. Tough game for bowlers.
87-2 after 7 and spin is on, Suyash Sharma.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 4, 4, 6, out! Hazlewood gets Jaiswal!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Huge wicket, right as Jaiswal was really beginning to time it! A couple of great cut shots and an uppercut to get boundaries, but Hazlewood comes around the wicket, cramps Jaiswal for room, and that does the trick. Can't connect on the pull and it floats to midwicket.
72-2 at the end of the powerplay. Jaiswal set the stage but the fragile middle order needs to come through.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 6, out! Bhuvi cleans up Suryavanshi
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: There's RCB's breakthrough! Bhuvneshwar gets hooked over fine leg for six, but it's a good comeback. Just seams away from Suryavanshi's swing, knocks back his middle stump.
The teenager out after 16(12), but RR have a start. 52-1 in just 4.2 overs. Need to keep this momentum going.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 12 off the Hazlewood over! 46-0 after 4
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Jaiswal rushed on the first three deliveries by Hazlewood, but responds with three consecutive boundaries over the infielders. Not the cleanest hitting, but brave and committed. Getting his rewards, onto 35*(14).
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 18 off the over! Jaiswal looking dangerous!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Jaiswal hasn't had the most explosive IPL thus far, striking under 140, but he's trying to put a fix to that. A couple of boundaries, and then another HUGE six, front leg cleared and ball out of the ground.
26-0 after 2.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: FIRST BALL SIX FROM JAISWAL!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Hello! What a shot that is to get things going! Just a length ball from Bhuvi, and Jaiswal nonchalantly swats it away for a towering six.
Real signal of intent.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: RCB finish on 205-5
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Just 8 off the last over, impossible to get Archer away for anything more than a solitary boundary of a slower ball.
Jofra finishes with figures of 1-33, Kohli top scores with 70.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: 16 runs off the 19th!
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Sandeep Sharma gets hit again, four wides and a couple of boundaries. The tactic just about working, but not great from Sandeep again.
197-4 now, and the last over with Jofra Archer…
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Another one! 167-4
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Patidar in and out! Sandeep with a double-strike in this over. Just a bit wafty from the RCB captain and he's out cheaply.
Jitesh with a first-ball four. 167-4 with 3 overs left to play. Interesting Romario Shepherd still in the hut.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Nitish Rana juggles the ball about a dozen times, but holds on! Padikkal gone
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Wickets in back-to-back overs! Very similar, Padikkal tries to clear the off-side, but undone by a knuckleball. Loops kindly to Nitish again, but he manages to lose it in the lights. Nearly drops it several times, but somehow miraculously rescues the situation.
DDP out after a well-made 50(27). Patidar joins Tim David, who was roughed up by a couple of Jofra Archer bouncers last over.
161-3 with 3.5 overs to go.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Kohli departs! Archer's reintroduction does the trick
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: There's the wicket! Archer should have been brought a couple of overs ago, but he makes an impact once he is.
Kohli tries to drive over the ring on the off-side but gets none of it, loops for an easy grab at extra cover. Departs after a good 70(42).
RR conceded 37 off the two overs prior to this, but at least they have Kohli after that misstep. 156-2 in 15.1.
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Padikkal getting a move on
RCB vs RR IPL Live Score: Not hanging around, Padikkal, knows that he has to be the aggressor here with batting left in the tank. Couple of sixes and RCB motiring through these middle overs. All these runs will be important come the chase.
148-1 after 14.4.
