Kunal and Kohli scored half centuries, RCB defeated Delhi by 6 wickets and secured first position in the points table, Won six matches in a row away from home.

 Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by six wickets in the 46th match of IPL 2025 on Sunday, thanks to excellent bowling by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (three wickets), Josh Hazlewood (two wickets) followed by half-centuries from Krunal Pandya (73 not out) and Virat Kohli (51).

RCB won by six wickets

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals by six wickets in the 46th match of IPL 2025 on Sunday, thanks to the half-century innings of Krunal Pandya (73 not out) and Virat Kohli (51) after the excellent bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (three wickets), Josh Hazlewood (two wickets). Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a bad start chasing the target of 163 runs. At one point, they lost three wickets at a score of 26.

Axar Patel had put RCB in trouble by dismissing Jacob Bethel (12) and Devdutt Padikkal (zero). After this, Karun Nair further increased the crisis of RCB by running out captain Rajat Patidar (six). At such a time, Krunal Pandya, who came to bat, shared an important partnership of 126 runs with Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli scored 51 runs in 47 balls. Krunal Pandya scored (73 not out) runs in 47 balls with the help of five fours and four sixes. Tim David scored (19) runs in five balls. Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 165 runs for four wickets in 18.3 overs and won the match by six wickets.

Delhi's innings ends

On the basis of KL Rahul's 41 and Tristan Stubbs' explosive innings of 34 runs, Delhi Capitals have set a target of 163 runs in front of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Delhi, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 162 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. For RCB, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took three wickets while Hazelwood got two wickets. Apart from this, Yash Dayal and Krunal Pandya got one success each.

Delhi had a good start in this match. There was a partnership of 33 runs for the first wicket between Abhishek Porel and Faf du Plessis. Hazelwood made Porel his victim. He was out after scoring 28 runs in 11 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. After this, Yash Dayal sent Karun Nair, who came at number three, back to the pavilion. He could score only four runs. Apart from him, KL Rahul scored 41 runs with the help of three fours while Stubbs scored 34 runs batting at a strike rate of 188.88. Captain Akshar Patel scored 15, Ashutosh Sharma scored two and Vipraaj Nigam scored 12 runs. At the same time, Mitchell Starc and Dushmantha Chameera remained unbeaten without opening the account.