IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally won a match at home in IPL 2025. They beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 42nd game of the season at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After the win, RCB fans and team mentor Dinesh Karthik praised the team on social media.
In the match, RR captain Riyan Parag won the toss and chose to bowl first. RCB opener Virat Kohli played a key role, scoring his fifth half-century of the season. He also moved up to second place in the Orange Cap race. Kohli, along with Devdutt Padikkal, helped RCB reach a big total of 205/5 with both players hitting fifties.
While chasing, RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal gave his team a strong start with a quick 49 off just 19 balls. Later in the innings, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel played an important knock, scoring 47 runs to keep RR in the game.
However, RCB’s fast bowler Josh Hazlewood turned the match in his team’s favour with an excellent four-wicket performance, earning him the Player of the Match award. Spinner Krunal Pandya also supported well by taking two wickets. In the end, RR could only manage 194/9 and fell short of the target.
After RCB’s victory, fans flooded the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with posts celebrating the team’s performance. Virat Kohli and Josh Hazlewood received special praise for their key roles in the win. Both “Virat Kohli” and “Josh Hazlewood” quickly became top-trending topics on the platform following the match.
RCB mentor Dinesh Karthik also took to X to congratulate the team on their win. Along with him, several other players shared their appreciation and praised RCB for their strong performance in the match.
Check out the best reactions:
Josh Hazlewood showing his experience with touch of class.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 24, 2025
A Chinnaswamy homecoming 💪🏻 #RCBvsRR pic.twitter.com/HoNfIre2QD
— DK (@DineshKarthik) April 24, 2025
https://x.com/harbhajan_singh/status/1915466369262379152
There is only one king of chinnaswamy
And that is Virat Kohli #RCBvsRR #RRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/FbsqaY9FCf— Nitin Mishra (@nitinmishraup) April 24, 2025
I Paid my internet bills for moments like this 🥶❤#RCBvsRR #IPL2025 #ViratKohli https://t.co/eEVDdAF3Y7
— Mufaddal Parody (@mufaddal_voira) April 24, 2025
Krunal Pandya is our Saviour 🛐 #RCBvsRR #RCBvsRR pic.twitter.com/RbafLO5mKe
— Aditya Chandel (@meme_doc_19) April 24, 2025
There is only one king of chinnaswamy
And that is Virat Kohli #RCBvsRR #RRvsRCB pic.twitter.com/MBRCmdKSAR— Gareebchacha (@gareebchacha) April 24, 2025
RCB vs RR, IPL 2025: Updated Points Table
| POS | TEAM | P | W | L | NR | NRR | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GT | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.104 | 12 |
| 2 | DC | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.657 | 12 |
| 3 | RCB | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.482 | 12 |
| 4 | MI | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.673 | 10 |
| 5 | PBKS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.177 | 10 |
| 6 | LSG | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -0.054 | 10 |
| 7 | KKR | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.212 | 6 |
| 8 | RR | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -0.625 | 4 |
| 9 | SRH | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -1.361 | 4 |
| 10 | CSK | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -1.392 | 4 |
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