In the 65th T20 match of IPL 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 42 runs. Ishan Kishan played a stormy innings of 94 runs and took SRH to victory.
RCB captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl first, but SRH batsmen gave him a tough time. SRH scored 231/6 in 20 overs, in response to which RCB collapsed to 189/10 in 19.5 overs.
SRH scores 231 runs in the first innings
SRH had a shaky start, but the explosive batting of Ishan Kishan (94) and Aniket Verma (26 runs, 9 balls) took the score to 231. Heinrich Klaasen (24) and Pat Cummins (13*) also played short but important innings.
SRH top 5 scorers:
- Ishan Kishan – 94 runs (48 balls, 7 fours, 5 sixes)
- Abhishek Sharma – 34 runs (17 balls, 3 fours, 3 sixes)
- Aniket Verma – 26 runs (9 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes)
- Heinrich Klaasen – 24 runs (13 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes)
- Pat Cummins – 13* runs (6 balls, 1 six)
RCB top 5 bowlers:
- Romario Shepherd – 2 overs, 14 runs, 2 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 4 overs, 43 runs, 1 wicket
- Krunal Pandya – 4 overs, 38 runs, 1 wicket
- Lungi Ngidi – 4 overs, 51 runs, 1 wicket
- Suyash Sharma – 3 overs, 45 runs, 1 wicket
RCB batting in the second innings, Cummins finished the game
Phil Salt (62) and Virat Kohli (43) tried hard for RCB in the beginning, but the brilliant bowling of Pat Cummins (3/28) and Ishan Malinga (2/37) forced RCB to kneel down. RCB was all out for 189 runs.
RCB’s top 5 scorers:
- Phil Salt – 62 runs (32 balls, 4 fours, 5 sixes)
- Virat Kohli – 43 runs (25 balls, 7 fours, 1 six)
- Jitesh Sharma – 24 runs (15 balls, 1 four, 2 sixes)
- Rajat Patidar – 18 runs (16 balls, 1 four)
- Mayank Agarwal – 11 runs (10 balls, 1 four)
SRH’s top 5 bowlers:
- Pat Cummins – 4 overs, 28 runs, 3 wickets
- Ishan Malinga – 4 overs, 37 runs, 2 wickets
- Jaydev Unadkat – 4 overs, 41 runs, 1 wicket
- Harsh Dubey – 2 overs, 20 runs, 1 wicket
- Nitish Kumar Reddy – 2 overs, 13 runs, 1 wicket
The Decisive moment of the match
The Decisive Moment of this match was Ishan Kishan’s stormy innings of 94 runs and Pat Cummins’ brilliant bowling. Ishan hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in 48 balls to give SRH a strong score of 231/6, which put pressure on RCB.
On the other hand, Cummins took 3 big wickets for just 28 runs in 4 overs, which included stalwarts like Phil Salt and Virat Kohli.
RCB’s batting collapsed in front of these two and collapsed for 189 runs and lost by 42 runs.
