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Here are the final list of all the squads after the Indian Premier League 2025 auction which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on November 24 and 25.
Total of 182 players were sold during the event. Continue reading “Full list of Indian Premier League Squads 2025”
Here are the list of players who have been retained by their respective franchise for the IPL 2025 Continue reading “List of players retained by their respective franchise- IPL 2025”
Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis led from the front by scoring a fine 54 in front of 29,680 crowd as RCB clinched the final spot in the playoffs in the IPL 2024 by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs on Saturday.
Continue reading “RCB vs CSK 2024 IPL Attendance 29,680 May 18 Bengaluru”
An excellent crowd of 28,806 was in attendance at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Delhi Capitals IPL clash on May 12, 2024.
RCB won by 47 runs thanks to contributions from Rajat Patidar (52) and Cameron Green (32)*, that helped his side reach a competitive score of 187/9 in their 20 overs.
In response DC lost half their side for 86, and despite a fighting knock off 57 by stand in skipper Axar Patel, they eventually fell 47 run shot of the target.
Yash Dayal was the pick of the bowlers for RCB with figures of 3/20.
Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar scored fine half centuries as Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.
After winning the toss and choosing to bat first, openers Kohli and Faf Du Plessis got RCB off to a quickfire start. The duo added 48 runs for the first wicket before the latter perished to T Natarajan for 25.
Will Jacks (6) was then cleaned up by Mayank Markande while attempting a sweep shot. Kohli along with Patidar added 65 runs for the third wicket stand before the latter flicked a full toss from Jaydev Unadkat to Abdul Samad at deep square leg for a quickfire 20 ball-50.
The star Indian batter Kohli after reaching his fifty, miscued a slower short of length delivery from Unadkat to Andul Samad for 51. However cameos from Cameron Green (37), Dinesh Karthik (11) and Swapnil Singh (12)* propelled RCB to a challenging total of 206/7 in their 20 overs.
Chasing 207, Will Jacks drew first blood by snaring the prize scalp of Travis Head in the very first over for 1. Abhishek Sharma along with Aiden Markram put on 36 runs for the second wicket stand before the former was dismissed by Yash Dayal for 31.
Swapnil Singh who came in as impact player dismissed both Markram (7) and Klaasen (7) in the fifth over. Shahbaz Ahmed (40) and Pat Cummins (31) provided handy contributions down the order but it wasn’t enough as SRH ended up with 171/8 in their 20 overs, thereby falling 35 run short of the target.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206/7 (Kohli 51, Patidar 50, Unadkat 3-30, Natarajan 2-39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 171/8 (Shahbaz 40, Green 2-12, Karn 2-29, Swapnil 2-40) by 35 runs
Travis Head scored a magnificent 102 as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 25 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. Continue reading “Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Bengaluru Game 30 April 15 Match Report”