The SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 42 runs in the 65th match of the IPL 2025 on Friday, May 23. The match took place at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium. Consequently, with 17 points from 13 games, RCB dropped to third place in the points standings.
SRH lost the toss and chose to bat first in the match, amassing a huge 231 for six in 20 overs. Ishan Kishan’s amazing knock of 94* (48) was the reason for it. Aniket Verma (26), Heinrich Klaasen (24), and Abhishek Sharma (34), all made helpful contributions. After giving up 14 runs, Romario Shepherd took two wickets for RCB in his two-over stint.
Phil Salt (62) and Virat Kohli (43) built a solid base for RCB, gathering 80 runs in just seven overs for the opening partnership. After that, middle-order batsmen helped their side reach 173/3 by the end of 15.3 overs. After that, the batters for RCB followed each other back to the dugout, as their score jumped by just 16 runs for the loss of seven of their batsmen.
The high-scoring IPL 2025 encounter between SRH and RCB wowed the crowd on Friday night. On X (previously known as Twitter), they posted amusing memes to express their reactions. The following are a few of the top game-related memes:
Disqualified teams to qualified teams since last two days pic.twitter.com/CBeBhbBNAG
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 23, 2025SRH spoiling RCB top 2 chances everytime #RCBvsSRH pic.twitter.com/6bWhjQdFWw
— Rajabets 🇮🇳👑 (@rajabetsindia) May 23, 2025— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) May 23, 2025 Virat fans getting ready to blame anushka sharma for yet another lose bcz she was present in the stadium #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/8qSs9sdtJU
— Avani Gupta (@cricketizlife) May 23, 2025Captain Ruturaj- "Still happy that we didn't lose by a big margin, and at the end, it was just 50 runs"
Captain Jitesh Sharma- "It's good to lose this match"
Insane alpha mentality 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/ys7o4O8i5C
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 23, 2025Choking against SRH in important matches is in RCB's blood 💀 pic.twitter.com/PicDzLU7pn
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 23, 2025— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) May 23, 2025 RCB Fans this Sunday will be supporting CSK over GT. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/D2fTW5MTDZ
— Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessCricket) May 23, 2025Four teams have qualified. There is no suspense now
Jay Shah with top 2 suspense: pic.twitter.com/Vvmif5Qajb
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) May 23, 2025RCB needed 59 off last 27 balls with 7 wickets in hand,
Then they lost 3 wickets in 4 balls. pic.twitter.com/pFRnE4Fr0g
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 23, 2025Pat Cummins praises SRH’s late-season performance after IPL 2025 victory over RCB
At the post-match presentation, SRH skipper Pat Cummins praised his team’s performance following the victory over RCB, saying:
“A little late in the season but good all round showing to win the match. We have got some genuine sixth bowling option now in IPL. With Nitish bowling. Abhishek keeps telling me he is a very a good option. Ishan got us to that 230 rather than the 200.”
Pat Cummins
“We misread the wicket actually, we thought it was a 170 wicket and then the guys said no it’s a great pitch and we had to change our plans. It’s all about the process, when someone hits a six, you just change it the next delivery. Eshan Malinga has got plenty of tools and he has been really great this season in IPL.”
Pat Cummins
