RCB beats PBKS: आरसीबी ने पंजाब से घर में घुसकर लिया बदला, कोहली के सामने अय्यर के सारे दांव फेल

New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has avenged the defeat of the Punjab Kings two days ago. Virat Kohli’s team RCB defeated Punjab into the house and defeated. This is Royal Challengers Bangalore’s fifth win in IPL 2025. This victory has scored 10 points. The point table has the same number of 5 teams including RCB. There is no doubt that the war of IPL playoffs is going to be interesting.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) competed in Mullanpur on Sunday. Host Punjab Kings scored 157 runs for 6 wickets while batting first. Royal Challengers Bangalore replied to this by scoring 159 runs for 3 wickets in 18.5 overs. In this way, the Bengaluru team won the match by 7 wickets. Two days ago, Punjab Kings defeated RCB by 5 wickets at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Punjab scored 62 runs in powerplay
After losing the toss, Punjab Kings, which made the first batting, started well. Opener Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh made an opening partnership of 42 runs in 4.2 overs. Punjab lost the first wicket as Priyansh Arya (22). After Priyansh was dismissed, Prabhasimran Singh (33) along with captain Shreyas Iyer took the team to 62 runs. At the end of the powerplay i.e. 6 overs, Punjab Kings had 62 runs for 1 wicket.

Krunal Pandya returned
Krunal Pandya applied the brake at the speed of Punjab Kings, who are scoring fast. He first dismissed Priyansh Arya and then Prabhasimran Singh. Both Priyansh and Prabhasimran were caught by Tim David in an attempt to play aerial shot. Shortly after, captain Shreyas Iyer (6) also caught Krunal Pandya off Romario Shepherd. This is Romario’s first match in IPL 2025. This is also his first match for RCB. In this way, Krunal Pandya contributed to losing the first three wickets of Punjab. Punjab Kings, who lost Iyer’s wicket on the team score of 68, lost the wicket of Nehal Vadhera (5) quickly.

Shashank-Yaysen brought Punjab beyond 150
Punjab Kings, which lost 4 wickets for 76 runs, were taken to Josh English Shashank Singh and Marco Yanseen (25) beyond 150 runs. Australian wicketkeeper Josh English scored 29 runs in 17 balls. After the English dismissal, Marcus Stoyanis (1) also continued soon. After this, Shashank Singh (31) and Marco Yansen (25) shared an unbeaten 43 -run unbeaten and took the team to 157 runs.

28 runs scored in the last 4 overs
Punjab Kings team could score only 28 runs in the last 4 overs. There was two reasons for this. The first RCB bowlers scored 17 out of the last 24 balls, on which it is not easy to play big shots. Second, the Punjab Kings team had lost 6 wickets and it was not in a position to take the risk. That is why Shashank Singh and Marco Yansen focused on changing the strike rotate.

Virat-Devadatta laid the foundation of victory
Chasing the target, Royal Challengers Bangalore started poorly. Opener Phil Soult was dismissed by one run. But after this, Punjab Kings bowlers were given Virat Kohli and impact player Devdutt Padikkal for the wicket. Both of them shared a 103 -run partnership and brought the team to 109 runs. By the time Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed by 61 runs, RCB’s car had gained momentum on the victory track.

Virat returned from the field after winning
RCB superstar Virat Kohli stayed at one end till the end. He played an unbeaten innings of 73 runs in 54 balls. He shared a 34 -run partnership with captain Rajat Patidar (12) after Devdutt’s dismissal. After this, along with Jeetesh Sharma (11), the team took 159 runs.