The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) bowlers held their nerve to secure a 12-run victory over the Mumbai Indians (MI) at Wankhede Stadium, their first in a decade.
The opener Phil Salt became the first victim of the match when he fell as the second delivery of Pakistan’s attack crossed the boundary. Virat Kohli stood defensively at the crease to produce a beneficial half-century through his 29-ball batting performance. Padikkal hit three sixes and two boundaries at a score of 37 that he achieved in 22 balls.
After Rajat Patidar teamed up with Virat Kohli (67) they pushed the team total beyond 140. From the first batting slot (64 off 32 balls) he scored a fifty before Jitesh Sharma finished the innings with 40 runs you his 19 deliveries.
In their final 20 overs, the Royal Challengers amassed 221/5, with Hardik Pandya and Trent Boult returning with two wickets each.
Rohit Sharma got his team off to a strong start in reply, but they lost the game because none of the top four hitters were able to turn their beginnings into significant runs. Krunal Pandya took three wickets in the last over to help RCB win their third IPL 2025 match, despite Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma’s impressive batting display.
In light of this, let’s examine the four significant achievements made during RCB’s exciting victory over MI tonight.
1. Virat Kohli crosses 13000 T20 runs
Virat Kohli put together a decent fifty for RCB by hitting 67 runs off 42 deliveries while employing eight boundaries with two maximum hits. The losing of Phil Salt in the opening over triggered a strong recovery from Virat Kohli and his team.
Kohli achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Indian batter to accumulate 13000 runs in T20 matches during the match. The fifth batter to achieve the milestone is the ace Indian batter whose achievement follows Chris Gayle (14562), Alex Hales (13610), Shoaib Malik (13557) and Kieron Pollard (13537).
In 386 innings, he became the second-fastest player to accomplish the milestone. Gayle, who accomplished it in 381 innings, is the only person behind him.
2. Hardik Pandya first Indian to score 5000 runs and pick 200 wickets in T20s
The MI captain used the ball skillfully to take dismissals of Virat Kohli and Liam Livingstone during a single over match. Through this performance the right-handed batter reached 200 wickets across Twenty20 cricket.
During his impressive match Hardik Pandya accomplished a rare Indian cricketing double by becoming the first player from India to score 5000 T20 runs along with taking 200 wickets. Twelve cricketers worldwide have reached this achievement making him the 12th individual to achieve it.
Dwayne Bravo, Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Mohammad Nabi, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Bopara, Daniel Christian, Moeen Ali, Shane Watson, Samit Patel, and Mohammad Hafeez are the other players who have reached the milestone.
3. MI’s Rohit Sharma now has the most 6s in first over of IPL
In the opening over, the former MI captain, who had not played in the previous match against the Lucknow Super Giants, hit a huge six off Bhuvneshwar Kumar over the deep square leg fielder.
As of right now, Rohit Sharma has smashed the most sixes of any hitter in IPL history—13—in the opening over. Chris Gayle, who has struck 12 sixes in IPL opening overs, was leapfrogged by him. With 12 sixes, former India opener Virender Sehwag is in third place.
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar now has the most wickets by a pacer in IPL
The game’s momentum was altered when the senior RCB pacer took Tilak Varma’s vital wicket in the end. With that, Bhuvneshwar Kumar currently holds the record for most wickets taken by a pacer in the IPL’s history, with 184.
Dwayne Bravo, who has taken 183 IPL wickets, was overtaken by Bhuvneshwar. With 170 scalps, Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka is in third position, followed by Jasprit Bumrah (165) and Umesh Yadav (144), who round out the top five.
