IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans Match Preview, IPL 2025

14th T20 • M.Chinnaswamy Stadium • Bengaluru

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

169/8 (20)

Gujarat Titans

170/2 (17.5)

GT won by 8 wickets

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Date & Time

02 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

14th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Abhijit Bhattacharya(India), Ulhas Gandhe(India), Virender Sharma(India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty(India)

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

Pitch Report

We're on pitch number six, wasn't used last year. Dimensions are, to my right 68m, 74m to the semi-circle. 73m to the downtown and a 55m pocket. It's pretty dry but the local knowledge says, there'll be a bit of extra bounce confirms Kartik. There's a good grass covering, live grass in the center. Josh Hazlewood and Ishant Sharma would be operating on it. It's very firm, it does look to be on the dry side and might be a good track. Toss doesn't really play a role looking at games in the past. 197 is the average first innings total, expect something similar. There might be dew later on, teams generally likes chasing here reckons Hayden.

1st Innings

165Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

141.8Avg SR

2nd Innings

150Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

144Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

RCB

3- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Gujarat Titans

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sai Sudharsan

GT . BAT

137 Runs

2 Matches

Jos Buttler

GT . WK

93 Runs

2 Matches

Virat Kohli

RCB . BAT

90 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Josh Hazlewood

RCB . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Sai Kishore

GT . ALL

4 Wkts

2 Matches

Yash Dayal

RCB . BOWL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

Player of the Match Mohammed Siraj

3/19

Lucky Winner balshingravte

RCB

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru

169/8 (20)

Batters

Phil Salt

107.69

b Siraj

Virat Kohli

116.67

c Krishna b Khan

Devdutt Padikkal

133.33

b Siraj

Rajat Patidar

100.00

lbw b Sharma

Liam Livingstone

135.00

c Buttler b Siraj

Jitesh Sharma

157.14

c Tewatia b Sai Kishore

Krunal Pandya

100.00

c & b Sai Kishore

Tim David

177.78

b Krishna

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.45)

169/8

Did not Bat

Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Rasikh Dar

Bowlers

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Mohammed Siraj

4.75

Mohd. Arshad Khan

8.50

Prasidh Krishna

6.50

Ishant Sharma

13.50

Sai Kishore

5.50

Rashid Khan

13.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Virat Kohli

c Krishna b Khan

1-8

1.4

Devdutt Padikkal

b Siraj

2-13

2.2

Phil Salt

b Siraj

3-35

4.4

Rajat Patidar

lbw b Sharma

4-42

6.2

Jitesh Sharma

c Tewatia b Sai Kishore

5-94

12.4

Krunal Pandya

c & b Sai Kishore

6-104

14.2

Liam Livingstone

c Buttler b Siraj

7-150

18.2

Tim David

b Krishna

8-169

19.6

Gujarat Titans

170/2 (17.5)

Batters

Sai Sudharsan

136.11

c Sharma b Hazlewood

Shubman Gill

100.00

c Livingstone b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Jos Buttler

187.18

Not out

Sherfane Rutherford

166.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(17.5 Ov, RR: 9.53)

170/2

Did not Bat

Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Sai Kishore

Bowlers

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

5.75

Josh Hazlewood

3.5

11.22

Yash Dayal

6.67

Rasikh Dar

11.67

Krunal Pandya

11.33

Liam Livingstone

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shubman Gill

c Livingstone b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

1-32

4.4

Sai Sudharsan

c Sharma b Hazlewood

2-107

12.3

Match Info

Date & Time

02 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

14th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Abhijit Bhattacharya(India), Ulhas Gandhe(India), Virender Sharma(India, TV)

Referee

Narayanan Kutty(India)

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl

1 0 0 1 4 6

Over 15

Runs: 12

1 0 1 0 1 4

Over 16

Runs: 7

1 0 1 0 6 1

Over 17

Runs: 9

1 6 6 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 14

All Overs

Player of the Match Mohammed Siraj

3/19

Lucky Winner balshingravte

Commentary

11:20 PM IST: That brings us to the end of our coverage from this encounter between RCB and GT. It was a thoroughly convincing all-round performance from Gujarat at the home ground of RCB and the victory will give them a lot of confidence going forward in the competition. RCB shouldn't be too bothered with this loss as they started the campaign with two wins and still at the top half of the points table. They just need to fine tune their plans, especially at their home ground and everything should fall in place. The IPL carnival continues tomorrow with KKR slated to square off against SRH in the 14th match of the competition. Like always, it was a pleasure bringing all the live coverage from this encounter. Till the next time, this is the pair of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty and Pradeep signing off. Goodnight!

Mohammed Siraj is the Player of the Match, here is what he had to say: I was a bit emotional as I played here for seven years but when the ball came in hand, it was all different. I am there that's what the celebration is all about, obviously I am a big fan of Ronaldo. I wasn't quite realising my mistakes as I was playing continuous cricket but since I joined GT and worked with Ashu bhai and the remaining guys helped me. He told me to go and enjoy myself which matters the most. He keeps giving me feedback which helps me a lot. My mindset as a bowler is to have belief. You can't panic after conceding a six. I always have a belief in my abilities.

Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans captain): Yeah definitely, we have seen on this ground restricting the other team to 170 we were always in the game. The wicket sometimes plays really good and sometimes there is something in it for the bowlers. Today there was something in it for the fast bowlers. We knew if we didn't give them early wickets, we should chase this down. We have to grab the next opportunity which comes towards you. The kind of wicket it was, we batted professionally and it was a clinical chase. It was about adapting to the conditions.

Mohammed Siraj gets the award for bowling most dot deliveries in the match.

Sai Sudarshan gets the award for hitting most fours in the match.

Jos Buttler also gets the award for hitting most sixes in the match.

Jos Buttler also gets the fantasy award for scoring most fantasy points.

Jos Buttler gets the award for scoring at the highest strike rate in this match.

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Murali Kartik.

It was a sensational yorker from Prasidh Krishna which dismissed Liam Livingstone off the final delivery of the RCB innings. Switch 👇🏽 to relieve the dismissal again.

Prasidh Krishna waves goodbye to Tim David after castling him with a yorker in RCB vs GT IPL 2025 match [Watch]

Jos Buttler [Gujarat Titans]: "I really enjoyed it; the bowlers did a fantastic job, but we should've fielded better, myself included. If we had, we would've been chasing fewer runs. To be honest, I'm pretty embarrassed. The only thing I can think of is trying to throw it up early, like Herschelle Gibbs did. As a team, we didn’t field well, but we bowled well, which meant we ended up chasing more than we wanted. I’m trying to play with a lot of freedom and intent, making sure I give my best. I’m excited to be here. We’ve got a lot of bases covered, with a strong seam bowling unit, spinners, and some dangerous hitters as well."

Rajat Patidar [Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain]: "Not 200, we were targeting around 190, but early wickets dented our progress. The intent was good, but we should've picked up a couple of wickets, which would’ve made the difference in the end. Slightly better from the way our bowlers bowled; they did well, but they had to work hard initially and dragged the game till the 18th over, which is commendable. After losing three wickets, the way Jitesh and Liam batted was amazing to see. We are confident in our batting, the intent is there, but it’s all about execution."

11 PM IST- Gujarat Titans won by 8 wickets (with 13 deliveries to spare)

Jos Buttler 73*(39) | Mohammed Siraj 3/19(4)

Liam Livingstone 54(40) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/23(4)

It turned out to be a rather straightforward run chase for the Gujarat Titans as they won by 8 wickets to register their second win of the competition while the Royal Challengers Bengaluru suffered their first defeat of the competition. The target of 170 was never going to be enough for RCB and when they couldn't get early wickets and wickets in the middle overs, it was all done and dusted.

Jos Buttler then played a blinder of a knock and took them over the finish line quite comfortably in the end. Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill took their time initially and showed respect to the new ball bowlers before breaking the shackles. Sudarshan struck a six and four of Hazlewood in the fourth over to give some momentum before Shubman tried to take the attack of Bhuvneshwar Kumar at the other end.

He smashed a six before perishing in an attempt to play another big shot. Out came Jos Buttler in the middle and batted sensibly to start with. Sai Sudarshan continued his great form and went onto score 49 which came off 36 deliveries and shared a 75 runs stand with Buttler.

When Sudarshan was dismissed, the match was very much in GT’s grasp. Out came Sherfane Rutherford at number four and complemented Buttler perfectly. The duo ensured that GT reached the target without any further hiccups. Rutherford remained unbeaten on 30 while Buttler scored a sensational 73 off 39 deliveries.

10:57 PM IST: That's a commanding win for Gujarat Titans and have outplayed RCB in aoo three departments of the game. RCB lose their first game of the tournament and that too in front of their home crowd. They didn't score enough to start with and in the end, it was Buttler magic which made the run chase pretty easy in the end. Just what GT needed after losing their first game. They have now registered back to back victories and the dominating show will give them a lot of confidence going forward.

17.5 Josh Hazlewood to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! GAME, SET AND MATCH! It's all over as Gujarat Titans finish a clinical win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru who suffer their first defeat of the season. Was short on the leg-stump, Rutherford swivels and pulled that one away over deep backward square-leg for a maximum to seal the game in style.

This is Jos Buttler at his very best. He is making a feast of Josh Hazlewood in this over. He is in the mood to finish it off in this over itself.

17.4 Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, OH! Slower one, short and just outside the off-stump. Buttler early into the shot, but toe ends it down to third-man for one. Just one hit away now GT!

17.3 Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, SIX MORE! It's a meaty blow from Buttler, he's in a hurry to wrap things up here. Short in the channel, Buttler clears his front foot and clubbed it way over deep square-leg for back to back sixes.

17.2 Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, TOP EDGED AND SIX! That just sums up the day for RCB. Back of a length on off-stump, Buttler shapes up for a reverse ramp but skews off the top edge, that sails all the way over the ropes for a maximum.

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Prasidh Krishna waves goodbye to Tim David after castling him with a yorker in RCB vs GT IPL 2025 match [Watch]