RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 Highlights: Jos Buttler flattens Bengaluru at the Chinnaswamy

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Wow GT needed 20 to win off 18 balls at the start of this over, they finish the chase off even before it ends. Buttler finishes unbeaten on 73 off 39. When he gets going, all the opposition can usually do is stand and admire that is exactly what happened to RCB today. Rutherford takes a single off the first ball of that over from Hazlewood. Buttler meets the second ball with a perfect reverse ramp, sent straight over the wicketkeeper's head for six. Then he sends the next ball soaring over the head of deep midwicket and into the stands for another sixer. Single next ball and then Rutherford finishes it with big booming hook over long leg for six. Rutherford finishes unbeaten on 30 off 18, the partnership between the pair 63 not out off 32 balls.

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Bhuvi returns for the 17th over, the fifth ball is short on Rutherford's hip and he just swivels and deposits it in the stands. Single next ball and he will stay on strike to Hazlewood.

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Livingstone brought in for the 15th over, Buttler takes a single off the first ball and Rutherford another off the fourth. Then Buttler smashes his England teammate back over this head for a four and then dispatches the last one over long on for six. He has raced to 54 in 31 balls.

RCB need just 36 to win in 30 balls

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Sudharsan goes for a lap shot third ball of the 13th in which Hazlewood had been brought back. It is a new ball as well. He makes an absolute mess of that shot and Jitesh takes the catch behind the wicket.

Sudharsan c Jitesh b Hazlewood 49 (36)

GT 107/2 in 12.3 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Sudharsan is now two runs away from a half-century as he and Buttler smash Pandya to all corners of the park. Sudharsan takes a single first ball and then Buttler smashes the second ball over cow corner for six. Single next ball and then Sai Sudharsan sends it towards deep midwicket. Kohli is in that position, he back tracks before he realises that the ball is not coming to him that far back. By the time he reacts, the ball bounces in front of him and over to the boundary. Then Sudharsan gets down on a knee and blasts it towards Kohli again at deep mid, it pitches right in front of the former RCB captain and bursts right through his hands to the boundary. Kohli needing some treatment on his finger that took the impact after that.

GT need 65 to win from 48 now, this is slipping out of RCB's hands.

GT 105/1 in 12 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: And just like that, GT's run rate is almost level with their required rate. Sudharsan takes a single off the first ball from that over by Rasikh Salam. Then Buttler skips down the track and smashes the second ball past midwicket for a four. He then miscues his pull shot completely next ball but it goes behind him all the way for a six anyway. The fifth ball is short and Buttler sends it over deep backward square with an imperious hook. A single off the last ball and Buttler is on 26 off 15, Sudharsan on 32 off 25.

GT 75/1 in 9 overs, need 95 to win in 66 balls

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: They have crossed fifty but neither Buttler nor Sudharsan seem to be in too much of a hurry to switch gears just yet. Just five runs off the eighth over bowled by Dayal. Buttler on nine off 10, Sudharsan on 31 off 24.

GT 57/1 in 8 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: GT have done better in the powerplay than RCB have but not by a huge distance though. Sai Sudharsan gets a four off the second ball of that sixth over bowled by Yash Dayal and that makes it nine off it. Sudharsan on 21 off 17, Buttler on four off five.

GT 42/1 in 6 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: That is a sharp, sharp catch by Liam Livingstone. He can do no wrong today. Gill had just hit Bhuvneshwar for a no-look six over long on the previous ball. He tries to go over mid off next ball but it ends up being miscued to the deep backward point area, where Livingstone runs in to his right and dives forward to complete the catch.

Gill c Livingstone b Kumar 14 (14)

GT 32/0 in 4.4 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Hazlewood continues in the fourth over and Gill takes a single off the third ball. Then Sudharsan shapes up for a ramp shot early, gets that back of a length delivery and almost Dilscoops it over his own head behind for a six. The fifth ball is absolutely clotheslined right back past the bowler for four. Sudharsan on 15 off 14 at the end of that over, Gill on eight off 10.

GT 26/0 in 4 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: A bit of a loss already for RCB that they couldn't get either of these two out in the first two overs itself. Gill gets the first boundary of the innings by hitting Hazlewood's last ball in the second over over point. He is on five off four at the end of that over, Sudharsan on three off eight.

GT 11/0 in 2 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Bhuvneshwar Kumar is steaming in for the first ball of the GT innings. B Sai Sudharsan facing up with captain Shubman Gill at the other end. Here we go then!

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: A lot of fireworks in the end there but after all that, RCB end up with a score that looks quite below par.

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Edged and that's that. Livingstone falls the very next delivery that he faces after crossing fifty. The second ball of the 19th is short and wide, Livingstone gives it everything, it only takes a faint edge and goes to Buttler.

Livingstone c Buttler b Mohammed Siraj 54 (40)

RCB 150/7 in 18.2 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: 20 runs blazed off Rashid Khan in the 18th over. Livingstone just about clears deep backward square leg second ball of the 18th over. In fact it was the fielder Sai Kishore's fault really, he was standing too far inside the ropes and the ball just burst through his hands completely as well. Two singles after that and then Livingstone sends the fifth ball high and mighty over deep backward square for another six. The last is smashed over that area once again and that takes him to 54 in 39 balls.

RCB 149/6 in 18 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Sai Kishore bowls out in the 17th and ends up coping 10 runs in it, with David sending the third ball over deep midwicket for a six. David is on 13 off right, Livingstone on 35 off 34. GT would know just how dangerous it can be for them if these two stick around till the end of this innings.

RCB 129/6 in 17 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Krunal Pandya just spoons it back to the bowler. Sai Kishore's second delivery in the 15th over is back of a length outside off, Krunal utterly bamboozled by it. He tries to work it leg side, gets a leading edge and it goes back to the bowler for the easiest of catches.

Pandya c & b Sai Kishore 5 (5)

RCB 104/6 in 14.2 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Partnership broken at long last. Not because it went on for a long time but because GT had so many chances to end it and finally, they take one. Sai Kishore holds his length back but tosses it up, enticing Jitesh to come down the track and swing for the stars. He doesn't get to the pitch of the ball though, it goes off the toe end, Tewatia runs in from long on and takes a more difficult catch than the one he dropped.

Jitesh Sharma c Tewatia b Sai Kishore 33 (21)

RCB 94/5 in 12.4 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: And GT need a wicket here, not that you would think that if you see the utterly ridiculous drop that Rahul Tewatia is guilty of off the fifth ball of that 11th over. This partnership has produced 38 runs in 28 balls. But it could've been four runs less. Livingstone smashes that delivery from Sai Kishore up into the clouds. Tewatia settles under it at long on. He seems pretty relaxed as he makes the cup with his hands but the ball just bounces out of it! Livingstone took a single off that ball and then Jitesh blasts the last one through extra cover for four.

RCB 80/4 in 11 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: It's a see-saw battle at the moment. Livingstone takes a big mow at the first ball of the ninth bowled by Ishant Sharma. It goes flying in the air, the bat, not the ball. The ball rolls meekly to deep third and the batters run a single. Then Jitesh connects perfectly and sends the second ball over long on. Two runs off third ball and then Jitesh sends the fourth ball past backward point for a four. The last ball is sent through the same area for another four.

RCB 66/4 in 9 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Well this is not going well for RCB at all. Ishant appeals, umpire raises the finger and Patidar doesn't review the decision. A length delivery, moving into Patidar from off stump. Patidar takes a big swipe across the line, misses it entirely. Ball tracking shows that middle and leg stumps would've been flattened.

Patidar lbw b Sharma 12 (12)

RCB 42/4 in 6.2 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Wow Siraj has comprehensively silenced his former home crowd here. And Jos Buttler would be mighty relieved by that dismissal as well. Salt had smashes the previous ball about 105m into the crowd over cow corner. Siraj goes fuller next delivery, curving away, Salt's bat must have broken the sound barrier as it whooshed through thin air. The ball fizzes past it and hits the stumps.

Salt b Mohammed Siraj 14 (13)

RCB 35/3 in 4.4 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: Patidar and Salt provide some respite to RCB. Patidar goes up and over midwicket second ball of the fourth over by Arshad for four runs. Gets off strike fourth ball and then Salt thrashes the fifth past extra cover for four. He takes a single as well last ball, on seven off 10. Patidar on five off as many.

RCB 27/2 in 4 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: He wouldn't have been very happy with RCB for letting him go before the auction and not fighting for him at all later. Well, he has exacerbated RCB's early problems now. Back of a length delivery for the second ball of the third over to Devdutt Padikkal, the batter advances and tries to send it off side. The ball nips away though and Padikkal ends up slicing thin air as the white cherry makes those zing bails glitter.

Padikkal b Mohammed Siraj 4 (3)

RCB 13/1 in 2.2 overs

RCB vs GT, IPL 2025 LIVE Score: How about it, Kohli has found the long leg fielder with precision. Short, but not by too much, on leg stump, Kohli cramped for room but he responds by playing a pick-up pull shot. Strangely enough, neither did he try to keep it down, nor did he put enough venom in it for the ball to clear the fence. Prasidh Krishna has an easy catch.

Kohli c Prasidh Krishna b Arshad Khan 7 (6)

RCB 8/1 in 1.4 overs