Following their first IPL 2025 defeat, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team was met with the anger of the supporters. At the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday, April 2, the Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated them handily by eight wickets.
On a challenging surface, the hosts’ top order collapsed against GT’s excellent pace attack after they were requested to bat first. At 42/4, Royal Challengers appeared to be in serious trouble, but crucial knocks from Tim David (32) Liam Livingstone (54), Jitesh Sharma (33), and Liam Livingstone saved his team and increased the score to 169/8. The most impressive bowler for GT was Mohammed Siraj, who recorded figures of 4-0-19-3 during a scorching session against his old team.
Sherfane Rutherford (30), Jos Buttler (73), and Sai Sudharsan (49*) all did well for GT in the chase, helping them cross the finish line in 17.5 overs. The Titans hitters dominated the second innings, and the RCB bowlers had a bad day.
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru team’s poor loss in their season-opening home game caught the attention of the fans. With their responses to X, they made fun of the franchise. Some of the posts are as follows:
“RCB should seriously consider shifting to PSL or BPL maybe, just maybe, they might win a trophy there. Even if the entire world is reborn, civilizations rise and fall, and history resets itself, Vintage RCB won’t win IPL,” a fan wrote.”RCB – Lions in March, lost in April, out by May! Trophy dreams postponed… again!” a fan wrote.
“Chinnaswamy is a fortress for opponents,” a fan wrote.”No one defeats RCB like Chinnaswamy does… Unreal how every time, it steps up against us,” a fan wrote.
“No one defeats RCB like Chinnaswamy does… Unreal how every time, it steps up against us,” a fan wrote.
“RCB worked so hard on Bangalore’s greenery today that even Bengaluru Municipal Corporation is jealous. If only IPL trophies grew on trees, they’d have a forest by now!” a fan wrote.”Chinnaswamy stadium is the biggest weakness of RCB. We literally get no home advantage, just change the home stadium,” a fan wrote.
“SIRAJ owning RCB at Chinnaswamy Poetic isn’t it Not the 1st time he is helping in Mars to Earth Landing,” a fan wrote.
Chokli missed an easy ball and started doing sympathy drama to avoid humiliation 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/3DU9ivvlZ1
— ‘ (@Ashwin_tweetz) April 2, 2025Vintage RCB is back💥😔#RCBvsGT pic.twitter.com/ew6vNHFz8h
— Chandru (@Chandru12563582) April 2, 2025Vintage RCB is back at chinnaswamy 😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/TB7rstQooZ
— mr Malang✦ (@TheHalfDoctorr) April 2, 2025— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 2, 2025 RCB Skipper Rajat Patidar Applauds Jitesh and Liam’s Fightback in GT Loss
Royal Challengers captain Rajat Patidar acknowledged during the post-match presentation that they were aiming for 190 runs in the first innings but were unable to reach that total because of early powerplay wickets. After evaluating the work of his team, Patidar stated:
“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.”
Rajat Patidar
He continued:
“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.”
Rajat Patidar
On Monday, April 7, at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, RCB will play the Mumbai Indians (MI) in their fourth IPL 2025 encounter.
