Recent Match
Indian Premier League 2025, 52nd Match, Bengaluru, May 3rd, 2025

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

(19.6 ov) 213/5

Chennai Super Kings

(19.6 ov) 211/5

Complete Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 2 runs

Player of Match: Romario Shepherd

0.5
Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, 1 run, to mid-wicket
Slip goes out.
0.4
Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR, straight down the ground
0.3
Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, no run
0.2
Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, no run
0.1
Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, no run
Ayush Mhatre and Shaik Rasheed are at the crease. Ayush Mhatre is on strike. Krunal Pandya will open the attack
Welcome back. RCB are starting with spin. Krunal it will be.
Jacob Bethell: It was pretty incredible to watch (Shepherd's knock). I don't think he middled many balls there but he was still smacking it two tiers out, shows the power of the man and it was nice for him to do that. And for TD (Tim David) to be at the other end.. to have that much power is pretty cool. The chats were just making sure we keep hitting down the ground and react to everything else. The pitch felt it wasn't bouncing as much, I have not obviously batted on it this season, the feedback from Virat was it was a slightly better wicket with the new ball. It was pretty nice, there wasn't much swing and that made it (batting) easier. It (batting with Kohli) is pretty cool, even in Delhi.. just to match his intensity and today was lovely to spend some more time with him. When I walked off I said 210, I am happy with 3 more than that, there was a stumble in the middle and hopefully our spinners can enforce a bit of that on them in the middle overs, but for Romario to come out and strike like that has put us on a great total.
The last instance of CSK successfully chasing a 185-plus target was at this very venue back in 2018 (target: 206).
RCB innings progression
Overs 1-6: 71/0 (RR: 11.83)
Overs 7-15: 73/2 (RR: 8.11)
Overs 16-20: 69/3 (RR: 13.8)

CSK bowlers this innings
Spin: 1/52 in 7 overs (ER 7.42)
Pace: 4/160 in 13 overs (ER 12.30)
Most runs scored in Overs 19-20 of an IPL innings
54/0 - RCB vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2025*
53/0 - DC vs GT, Delhi, 2024
51/0 - MI vs DC, Wankhede, 2024
49/0 - PBKS vs RCB, Dubai, 2020
48/0 - RCB vs PBKS, Bangalore, 2019
The most expensive over for CSK in IPL
33 - Khaleel Ahmed vs RCB, 2025*
30 - Lungi Ngidi vs RR, 2020
30 - Sam Curran vs KKR, 2021
29 - DJ Bravo vs MI, 2019
Romario in Overs 19-20 in the IPL
128 off 42, two dismissals, SR: 304.76, 10 fours, 13 sixes
Fastest fifty in IPL history (by balls faced)
13 - Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) vs KKR, 2023
14 - KL Rahul (PBKS) vs DC, 2018
14 - Pat Cummins (KKR) vs MI, 2022
14 - Romario Shepherd (RCB) vs CSK, 2025*
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21:17 Local Time, 15:47 GMT, 21:17 IST: Absolute insanity from Romario Shepherd.
19.6
Pathirana to Shepherd, SIX, to long-off
19.5
Pathirana to Shepherd, SIX, to long-on, the partnership between Shepherd and Tim David is now
19.4
Pathirana to Shepherd, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on