Josh Hazlewood’s death‑over masterclass delivers RCB’s first Chinnaswamy win of IPL 2025 | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru lastly handled their residence followers to a victory, defeating Rajasthan Royals by eleven runs in Match forty‑two of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Coming into Thursday night time, Virat Kohli had 4 fifties within the marketing campaign. At a fickle Chinnaswamy, he saved stalling within the thirties. That modified in emphatic fashion as the previous skipper produced a 42‑ball 70 that married restraint with sudden violence.
After shedding one more toss, RCB have been requested to bat, and the first two overs hinted at nerves: Jofra Archer’s 149‑kph bumper flew for 4, and Phil Salt survived a sitter within the deep.
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Kohli first consumed Tushar Deshpande’s light tempo, stroking two boundaries within the fifth over to make sure the powerplay closed at a wholesome 59 with out loss.
The proper‑hander reached fifty in 32 balls, his first residence half‑century of the season, by pinging Sandeep Sharma for again‑to‑again fours, a wrists‑whip by mid‑wicket adopted by a classical punch previous cowl.
Padikkal’s personal 50 from 27 balls saved the strain on Rajasthan’s bowlers, and late cameos from Tim David (23 off 15) and Jitesh Sharma (20* off 10) transformed the stable platform right into a remaining rating of 205/5.

Rajasthan’s response started explosively. Yashasvi Jaiswal whipped and lofted his option to 49 from 19 balls, dragging the chase to 72/1 after 6 overs. Krunal Pandya’s intelligent gradual‑arm spin nipped out skipper Riyan Parag and Nitish Rana, but Dhruv Jurel saved the Royals alive with an creative 47.
When Shubham Dubey carved Yash Dayal for 2 boundaries, the equation fell to 18 required from 12 deliveries, inserting the match on a knife‑edge.
Enter Hazlewood.
The Australian fast had been costly early, conceding 26 from his first two overs, however his final two overs rewrote the script.
In over seventeen he allowed solely six runs, leaving himself one over within the financial institution.

He returned for the nineteenth with Rajasthan on 188/7.
His remaining over learn: single, dot, wicket, wicket, dot, dot. The first ball, a full‑toss, yielded a scrambled single to lengthy off.
The second, a gradual bouncer, hurried Jurel. Ball three was a pinpoint yorker that brushed Jurel’s bat on its option to Jitesh Sharma’s gloves.
Ball 4, a hip‑excessive cutter, compelled a prime‑edge from Jofra Archer to cowl. Two dots to Wanindu Hasaranga accomplished an over value just one run and two wickets.

Hazlewood’s spell closed at 4 overs, thirty‑three runs, 4 wickets; his remaining twelve deliveries price seven.
With seventeen nonetheless wanted, Yash Dayal repeated final season’s heroics, mixing yorkers and slower balls to concede solely six within the twentieth.

Rajasthan completed on 194/9. Kohli’s calm and Hazlewood’s clutch mixed to carry Bengaluru to 12 factors and third place, whereas the Royals stayed marooned in eighth, their playoff hopes fading quick.