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Jitesh, Kohli power Bengaluru into IPL qualifier 1
Skipper Jitesh Sharma hammered an unbeaten 85 and Virat Kohli hit 54 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into qualifier 1 of the IPL playoffs with a six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. Bengaluru chased down 228 to go second in the 10-team table in the last league match of this season and set up a meeting with table-toppers Punjab Kings on Thursday. The result pushed Gujarat Titans into third spot. They will face Mumbai Indians in the eliminator on Friday. The winners of qualifier 1 go straight to the final on June 3 but the losers have a second chance of joining them as they will face the winner of the eliminator in qualifier 2 to decide who will head to Ahmedabad. Lucknow skipper Rishabh Pant signed off with an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls in his team's 227-3, but Bengaluru knocked off the target with eight balls to spare. Kohli set up the chase with his 30-ball knock and after his departure stand-in-skipper Jitesh put on an unbeaten stand of 107 with Mayank Agarwal, who hit 41, to trump Lucknow, who were already out of the playoffs. "I will not be able to express my thoughts, I can't believe I played that knock," said player of the match Jitesh. "When Virat bhai (brother) was out, I was just thinking of taking it deep." The 36-year-old Kohli, who earlier this month announced his Test retirement alongside Rohit Sharma, went past 9,000 runs for Bengaluru -- the most by a batsman for one team in men's T20 cricket. The next is Rohit's 6,060 for Mumbai. - Pant in vain - Kohli put on 61 with opening partner Phil Salt, who made 30, but the chase wobbled after Lucknow hit back with wickets, New Zealand quick Will O'Rourke taking two in two balls. O'Rourke sent back regular skipper and impact substitute Rajat Patidar, for 14, and next ball had Liam Livingstone, leg before for a golden duck. Jitesh turned things around with his first IPL fifty. He hit eight fours and six sixes, including the winning hit over the fence, in his 33-ball knock. Earlier Pant, who struggled for runs after being brought by Lucknow for a record $3.21 million in the auction, saved his best for last as he hit his season-best score. But it was not enough and he said, "Eventually you've got to play 40 overs of good cricket. Twenty overs aren't going to save you." Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant, a swashbuckling left-hander, reached his 100 in 54 balls and celebrated with a somersault. He had scored only 151 runs from 12 previous innings and averaged just 13.72. Pant led the charge in a 152-run second-wicket stand with Mitchell Marsh, who hit 67 off 37 balls, after the captain promoted himself to number three in the batting order. Pant, who hit 11 fours and eight sixes in his 61-ball knock, went past his previous best of 63 this season but Bengaluru and Kohli had the last laugh as they hunt for their first IPL title. fk/bsp
Indian Express
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IPL 2025: Digvesh Rathi Mankads RCB's Jitesh Sharma but LSG skipper Rishabh Pant withdraws appeal
Lucknow Super Giants bowler Digvesh Rathi was in the centre of controversy once again after he Mankaded Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Jitesh Sharma and appealed for a wicket. However, LSG captain Rishabh Pant withdrew the appeal as a sign of sportsman spirit and ultimately Jitesh went on to guide RCB to a 6-wicket win which enabled them to finish in the Top 2. The incident happened in the 17th over when Rathi, seeing Jitesh out of the non-striker's crease, went ahead and took the bails off the stumps. The bat was not grounded which could have ended Jitesh's night but Pant decided not to take a wicket that way and withdrew the appeal. Jitesh conjured up a sensational unbeaten 85 to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru trump Rishabh Pant's exceptional 118 and seal the team's place in the IPL Qualifier 1. The Royal Challengers will now face Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 at Mullanpur on Thursday. The RCB finished second on the table with 19 points, same as Punjab but finished behind them on net run rate — +0.30 against PBKS' +0.37. The RCB started in a hurry chasing an imposing 228, as Virat Kohli (54, 30b, 10×4) and Phil Salt (30, 19b) added 61 runs in a mere 5.4 overs before Jitesh (85) and Mayank Agarwal (41) taking them home, making 107 runs for the impressive unbroken fifth wicket stand. They eventually made 230/4 in 18.4 overs. But it started with Kohli and Salt playing risk-free cricket even in the Power Play, hammering 12 fours in that phase before Salt getting dismissed by pacer Akash Khan. But Kohli continued to pierce the field for boundaries even after the Power Play, and a back foot punch that raced to the fence for a four off Akash was a treat to watch. The shot also carried Kohli past the fifty-run mark off just 27 balls, but he could not convert that into something bigger. The senior batter tried to bunt pacer Avesh Khan over long-off but could not clear Ayush Badoni in that position. The Royal Challengers were 123 for four in 11.4 overs at that stage after losing out-of-form skipper Rajat Patidar and Liam Livingstone, who came in for injured Tim David, in the eighth over to pacer Will O'Rourke. The RCB were still 103 runs away from victory and the asking rate was touching almost 13. But Jitesh, who was saved by Digvesh Rathi's back-foot no-ball on 49, and Agarwal pulverised LSG bowlers in their own style to take RCB home.
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IPL 2025: Jitesh Sharma, Virat Kohli shine as RCB make Qualifier 1 with 6-wicket win over LSG
Jitesh Sharma's unbeaten 85 and Virat Kohli's 54 power RCB to a stunning six-wicket win over LSG, sealing a spot in IPL 2025 Qualifier 1. Rishabh Pant's explosive 118 went in vain. RCB will now play Punjab Kings on 29 May. The winner will make the final. read more RCB finished second in the points table and reached the Qualifier, where they will play PBKS. Image: Reuters Lucknow: Stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma conjured up a sensational unbeaten 85 to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru trump Rishabh Pant's exceptional 118 and seal the team's place in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 1 with a sensational six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants, here Tuesday. The Royal Challengers will now face Punjab Kings in the Qualifier 1 at Mullanpur on Thursday. The RCB finished second on the table with 19 points, same as Punjab but finished behind them on net run rate — +0.30 against PBKS' +0.37. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The RCB started in a hurry chasing an imposing 228, as Virat Kohli (54, 30b, 10x4) and Phil Salt (30, 19b) added 61 runs in a mere 5.4 overs before Jitesh (85) and Mayank Agarwal (41) taking them home, making 107 runs for the impressive unbroken fifth wicket stand. They eventually made 230/4 in 18.4 overs. But it started with Kohli and Salt playing risk-free cricket even in the Power Play, hammering 12 fours in that phase before Salt getting dismissed by pacer Akash Khan. But Kohli continued to pierce the field for boundaries even after the Power Play, and a back foot punch that raced to the fence for a four off Akash was a treat to watch. The shot also carried Kohli past the fifty-run mark off just 27 balls, but he could not convert that into something bigger. The senior batter tried to bunt pacer Avesh Khan over long-off but could not clear Ayush Badoni in that position. The Royal Challengers were 123 for four in 11.4 overs at that stage after losing out-of-form skipper Rajat Patidar and Liam Livingstone, who came in for injured Tim David, in the eighth over to pacer Will O'Rourke. The RCB were still 103 runs away from victory and the asking rate was touching almost 13. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD But Jitesh, who was saved by Digvesh Rathi's back-foot no-ball on 49, and Agarwal pulverised LSG bowlers in their own style to take RCB home. Jitesh, who had another slice of luck when Pant withdrew an appeal for run-out off Rathi when the batter was on 57, targeted the 'V' down the ground and the fine leg area through sweeps. Agarwal, on the other hand, unboxed his trusted cut shots past the point fielder and covers to garner his boundaries with minimum risk. The Karnataka batter was the aggressor in the beginning but settled into a far easier rhythm seeing the touch of his partner, also the stand-in captain as Patidar was used as an Impact Sub. Fittingly, Jitesh brought curtains officially to the match, spanking O'Rourke for a hat-trick of sixes in the 18th over. Earlier, Pant made a marvellous hundred (118 not out, 61b, 11x4, 8x6) and added 152 runs with Mitchell Marsh (67, 37b) for the second wicket to guide LSG to a massive 227 for three. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Throughout this season, Pant struggled to find his range, striking at a mere 107. But Pant rewrote the script on the night, hitting the ball with the required amount of power and his strike-rate was hovering around 200. Once he refrained from over-hitting the ball, timing too returned to Pant's batting automatically. The left-hander started the carnage by clattering Yash Dayal for 18 runs in the fourth over that included a sequence of 6, 4,4. Pant only grew in confidence from that point, and it rubbed on his partner Marsh. The Aussie batter made 19 off his first 16 balls but from there 'Bison' took his batting to a different level, starting with a pulled six off Romario Shepherd. Pant soon reached his fifty off 29 balls, hitting leg-spinner Suyash Sharma for two successive fours. Marsh, who crossed 600 runs for his finest IPL season in a decade, went past his fifty in 31 balls with a six off Suyash. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD However, Marsh could not go further as he snicked Bhuvneshwar Kumar to stumper and stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma. But that had not much effect on Pant as he motored on and brought up his first hundred of the season, and second overall in seven years, in 54 balls with a boundary off Bhuvneshwar. It was a special way to get to a landmark too, carving an outside off-stump delivery over covers for a four. Pant celebrated in style too — a beaming style followed by an acrobatic somersault. It was the quintessential Pant shot that carried all his idiosyncrasies in an innings in which he generally stuck to conventional ways of batting, as he later added 49 runs for the third wicket with Nicholas Pooran.
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Jitesh, Kohli power Bengaluru into IPL qualifier 1
Bengaluru chased down 228 to go second in the 10-team table in the last league match of this season and set up a meeting with table-toppers Punjab Kings on Thursday. The result pushed Gujarat Titans into third spot. They will face Mumbai Indians in the eliminator on Friday. The top two teams have two shots at reaching the final on June 3 as the loser of qualifier one will face the winner of eliminator in qualifier two to decide the second finalist. Lucknow skipper Rishabh Pant signed off with an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls in his team's 227-3, but in reply Bengaluru achieved victory with eight balls to spare. Kohli set up the chase with his 30-ball knock and after his departure stand-in-skipper Jitesh put on an unbeaten stand of 107 with Mayank Agarwal, who hit 41, to trump Lucknow, who were already out of the playoffs. The 36-year-old Kohli, who earlier this month announced his Test retirement alongside Rohit Sharma, went past 9,000 runs for Bengaluru -- the most by a batsman for one team in men's T20 cricket. The next is Rohit for Mumbai with 6,060. Kohli put on 61 runs with opening partners Phil Salt, who made 30, but the chase wobbled after Lucknow hit back with wickets. New Zealand quick Will O'Rourke took two in two. Jitesh turned things around with his first IPL fifty. He hit eight fours and six sixes, including the winning hit over the fence, in his 33-ball knock. Earlier Pant, who struggled for runs after being brought by Lucknow for a record $3.21 million in the auction, saved his best for last as he hit his season-best score. Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant, a swashbuckling left-hander, reached his 100 in 54 balls and celebrated with a somersault. He had scored only 151 runs from 12 previous innings and averaged just 13.72. Pant led the charge in a 152-run second-wicket stand with Mitchell Marsh, who hit 67 off 37 balls, after the captain promoted himself to number three in the batting order. Pant, who hit 11 fours and eight sixes in his 61-ball knock, went past his previous best of 63 this season but Bengaluru and Kohli had the last laugh as they hunt for their first IPL title.
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Virat Kohli Achieves Historic Highs, Becomes 1st Ever Batter In IPL History To...
Virat Kohli has made history for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2025. Playing against Lucknow Super Giants, Virat Kohli reached 9000 runs for RCB when he reached the score of 24. The former Indian cricket team captain is the first player to do so. He also slammed a half-century in 27 balls. Kohli achieved another big feat. Kohi is now the first batter to cross 600 five times in IPL. Virat is RCB's highest-ever run-getter in history, combining statistics from IPL and now-defunct Champions League T20. Kohli ultimately fell on 54. Most runs for a team in Men's T20s 9004 - Virat Kohli for RCB 6060 - Rohit Sharma for MI 5934 - James Vince for Hampshire 5528 - Suresh Raina for CSK 5314 - MS Dhoni for CSK 600-plus aggregate in an IPL edition most often 5 - Virat Kohli (2013, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025) 4 - KL Rahul (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022) 3 - Chris Gayle (2011, 2012, 2013) 3 - David Warner (2016, 2017, 2019) Before Tuesday's match, in 279 matches and 270 innings, he has scored 8,970 runs at an average of 39.54 and a strike rate of 133.49. He has scored eight centuries and 64 fifties. His best score is 113*. He is the highest run-getter in IPL history, with 8,552 runs in 264 matches and 256 innings at an average of 39.59, with eight centuries and 62 fifties. His best score is 113*. In 15 matches for RCB in CLT20, he has made 424 runs at an average of 38.54 and a strike rate of 150.35, with two half-centuries. His best score is 84*. He is the franchise's top run-getter in the competition. Virat has been sensational this season, top-scoring for the franchise with 548 runs in 12 innings at an average of 60.88 and a strike rate of 145.35. He has scored seven fifties, with the best score of 73*. He is the sixth-highest run-getter in the tournament currently. Rishabh Pant produced his best batting of the season in the last league match, scoring a scintillating unbeaten century to propel Lucknow Super Giants to 226/3 in 20 overs in Match 70 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Ekana Stadium here on Tuesday. Pant, who has struggled throughout the season, moving up and down the order but managing only one half-century, found his mojo in the last match and put up a brilliant display of power-hitting as he hammered his second century in IPL history to help LSG set the biggest chase ever at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The previous highest chase here is 206 and RCB will not have to set a new record for the venue if they have to win this match. Pant remained unbeaten on 118 off 61 balls while Mitchell Marsh continued with his superb form for the season with 67 off 37 balls as LSG reached a massive total. RCB, who need to win this match to finish among the top two and secure a place in Qualifier 1, faltered with their team selection, leaving out skipper Rajat Patidar on the bench. Asked to bat first, Lucknow Super Giants were off to a poor start as debutant Matthew Breetzke (14 off 12, 1x4, 1x6), who was struck on his head by Nuwan Thushara, departed with 25 runs on the board, Thushara castling him with a beauty. However, skipper Rishabh Pant showed a welcome return to form in their last match of the season as he joined Mitchell Marsh in raising 142 runs for the second wicket, propelling the side towards a huge total. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), needing to win the match to finish among the top two, looked a bit off-colour on the field as their bowlers proved a bit ineffective against Pant and Marsh. Pant looked in his element as he started with a 2,6,2,4,0,4 blitz against Yash Dayal in the fourth over and went from strength to strength from there as LSG reached 55/1 in the power-play. Pant continued to flourish with a six and four off successive balls against Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the fifth over, a six followed by two fours in the 10th off Suyash Sharma, and a four and six off successive balls against the same bowler in the 10th as he raced to his half-century in 29 balls. Marsh, who has been the top scorer for LSG this season, was equally good at the other end as he raced past the 600-run mark for the season, scoring his half-century in 31 balls as they reached the 150-run mark in their partnership in 85 balls. Desperate to stem the run flow, RCB skipper Jitesh Sharma brought Bhuvneshwar Kumar into the attack but Marsh treated his return with sixes off successive balls -- the first over the bowler's head, while the second was a loft off a fullish delivery bowled wide, went high into the sky but landed way beyond the long-off boundary. However, the bowler had the last laugh as he induced an outside edge on a scrambled seam delivery that landed full on sixth stump. Marsh attempted a loft again but edged it behind. He was out for 67 off 37 balls studded with four fours and five sixes. Pant continued to thrive and reached his second century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in seven years as he blasted boundaries at will, reaching the three-figure mark off 54 balls. Pant showcased his best in the final match of the season, He didn't have any pressure as his team was out of the race and was playing for pride. Pant batted freely and was also helped by some innocuous bowling by the RCB bowling unit. Pant hammered 11 boundaries and eight maximums for an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls, batting in the third and fourth gear throughout the match. Nicholas Pooran scored 13 off 10 balls and was out in the final over as LSG set up the biggest chase for RCB. Listen to the latest songs, only on
