RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood’s impressive spell during the IPL 2025 game against Rajasthan Royals has helped the side to beat the Home Ground Jinx.
He picked a four-wicket haul in his four-over quota, sealing the first win for RCB in home ground this season.
Batting first, Bengaluru has posted a total of 205 runs for 5 wickets, aiming for a first win in the home ground of the season. Bengaluru has lost all three matches they played at Bengaluru so far this season.
Phil Salt and Virat Kohli opened their innings while Archer opened the bowling attack. They went on to score 59 runs in the power play. However, Phil Salt lost his wicket to Hasaranga in the 7th over, providing a breakthrough for the Royals.
Devdutt Padikkal joined Kohli to stitch a 95-run partnership before Archer dismissing Kohli for 70 runs. Padikkal went on to score a fifty on 27 deliveries before being dismissed by Sandeep Sharma.
Patidar lost his wicket to Sandeep Sharma on the same over. With contributions from Tim David (23) and Jitesh Sharma (20) Royal Challengers went on to score 205 runs in their 20 overs.
Rajasthan will be desperate for a win aiming for a movement in the IPL 2025 Points table.
There’s the much awaited home win! ❤️🔥
Firsts are always special and this one… was truly worth the wait! 🥺#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB #IPL2025 #RCBvRR pic.twitter.com/P7QR3h3FHf
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 24, 2025
In the pursuit of chasing 205 runs, RR’s young openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi started picking sixes in the first over of the chase itself. They went on to score 72 runs in the powerplay despite the dismissal of 14-year-old Suryavanshi and Jaiswal.
Bhuvneswar picked the wicket of Suryavanshi, breaking the Rajasthan Royals’ momentum. However, Nitish Rana joined Jaiswal to pick up on RCB’s bowlers, but Josh Hazlewood bagged the wicket of dangerous Jaiswal.
Riyan Parag joined Rana to hit back-to-back boundaries in their innings. However, Krunal Pandya provided a breakthrough, picking the wicket of Parag (22).
With the dismissal of Nitish Rana for 28 runs by Kruna Pandya, Rajasthan lost their momentum losing wickets at regular intervals.
They went on to lose wickets of Shimron Hetymer (11), Dhruv Jurel (47) and Archer (0) to Josh Hazlewood. Rajasthan went on lose the wicket of Shubham Dubey for 12 runs to Yash Dayal.
Finally, Rajasthan Royals scored only 194 runs for 9 wickets in their innings suffering another fatal blow in the chances of playoff this season.
