The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated the Mumbai Indians (MI) by 12 runs on Monday, April 7, reviving their IPL 2025 defeat in spectacular fashion. The match took place in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Additionally, it was RCB’s first victory over the host team at the location since 2015.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore started the match following their home loss of 8 wickets against Gujarat Titans. The Royal Challengers opened their innings with a formidable batting score of 221 for five when MI skipper Hardik Pandya made his selection choice to bat first. RBG’s batting lineup included Rajat Patidar (64), Virat Kohli (67), Jitesh Sharma (40*) together with Devdutt Padikkal (37) who scored points against their opponents.
The combination of Krunal Pandya (4/45) with Josh Hazlewood (2/37) and Yash Dayal (2/46) produced decent bowling which led Bengaluru to a 12-run victory as Mumbai Indians finished with 209 for nine.
Following the Royal Challengers’ outstanding all-around performance versus MI, supporters shared amusing memes to show their reactions. These are a some of the most popular memes:
RCB fans 😂#RCBvsMI pic.twitter.com/cPKzLOss8q
— Rajabets 🇮🇳👑 (@rajabetsindia) April 7, 2025Points Table #RCBvsMI pic.twitter.com/aBllNYYYz0
— Desi Bhayo (@desi_bhayo88) April 7, 2025RCB fans after watching their team’s batting line up performance #MIvsRCB pic.twitter.com/6jXvPDDRoJ
— SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) April 7, 2025Congratulations RCB 👏🔥#RCBvsMI #MIvsRCB #MIvRCB pic.twitter.com/b7eCmfpdqC
— Dogesh (@dogesh_bhai) April 7, 2025RCB performance:
In away matches In home matches pic.twitter.com/QjWDVteH8y
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) April 7, 2025Krunal Pandya with his bouncers🔥 pic.twitter.com/gGsehytmq4
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) April 7, 2025Standards. pic.twitter.com/310Tn46SIA
— Gems of Cricket (@GemsOfCrickets) April 7, 2025Rajat Patidar 👏 pic.twitter.com/16U7qjBv3J
— Gagan🇮🇳 (@1no_aalsi_) April 7, 2025Rajat Patidar Credits RCB’s Bowling Unit for 12-Run Victory Over MI in IPL 2025
Rajat Patidar, the captain of the Royal Challengers, offered the following reflection on the win during the post-match presentation:
“That was a really amazing match. It was hard, but the way the bowlers showed courage, it was amazing. The credit goes to the entire bowling unit. Not easy to stop a team on this ground. The way Krunal Panday bowled the final over was amazing. The way he showed courage was fantastic.”
Rajat Patidar
Patidar went on to explain their strategy with the bat:
“We wanted to take the game as deep as we can. The wicket was really amazing to bat, typical Mumbai wicket. The ball was coming nicely onto the bat. After the over of Hardik Pandya, I decided I had to go all out from here. I was not worrying about getting out. In this format, wrist spinners are wicket-taking bowlers. Suyash bowled beautifully from the shorter end.”
Rajat Patidar
In their upcoming IPL 2025 encounter, RCB will face the Delhi Capitals (DC) on Thursday, April 10, at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
