Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by a commanding 42-run in the 65th Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match. The May 23 match at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium featured game-changing moments, fierce bowling, and explosive batting scorecard . Ishan Kishan’s incredible undefeated 94 helped SRH post a massive 231/6 after RCB won the toss and chose to bowl. Virat Kohli and Phil Salt got off to a scorching start, but the RCB’s chase stalled. In addition to earning two important points, SRH’s victory showed their superiority with the bat and the ball.
Match Summary: RCB vs SRH – 65th Match, IPL 2025
Match Info Details Match RCB vs SRH, 65th Match, Indian Premier League 2025 Date Friday, May 23, 2025 Time 7:30 PM Venue Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Toss Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opted to bowl Result Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 42 runs Player of the Match Ishan Kishan
Top Performers – RCB vs SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Player Performance Ishan Kishan 🔥 94* runs off 48 balls (7 fours, 5 sixes) – Player of the Match Pat Cummins 🎯 4 overs, 28 runs, 3 wickets – Excellent bowling at the death Aniket Verma ⚡ 26 runs off just 9 balls (1 four, 3 sixes) – Quick-fire cameo
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
Player Performance Phil Salt 💥 62 runs off 32 balls (4 fours, 5 sixes) – Aggressive start in the chase Virat Kohli 🔄 43 runs off 25 balls (7 fours, 1 six) – Strong opening partnership
Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match Scorecard
1st Innings- Sunrisers Hyderabad Batting Scorecard
Batting Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Abhishek Sharma c Salt b Ngidi 34 17 3 3 200 Travis Head c Shepherd b Kumar 17 10 3 0 170 Ishan Kishan † not out 94 48 7 5 195.83 Heinrich Klaasen c Shepherd b Suyash Sharma 24 13 2 2 184.61 Aniket Verma c Kumar b Pandya 26 9 1 3 288.88 Nitish Kumar Reddy c Pandya b Shepherd 4 7 0 0 57.14 Abhinav Manohar c Salt b Shepherd 12 11 0 1 109.09 Pat Cummins (c) not out 13 6 0 1 216.66 Extras (lb 4, nb 1, w 2) 7 Total 20 Ov (RR: 11.55) 231/6
Did not bat: Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga.
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Abhishek Sharma, 3.6 ov)
2-54 (Travis Head, 4.2 ov)
3-102 (Heinrich Klaasen, 8.5 ov)
4-145 (Aniket Verma, 11.4 ov)
5-164 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 14.2 ov)
6-188 (Abhinav Manohar, 16.6 ov)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Bowling Figures:
Bowling O M R W ECON Yash Dayal 3 0 36 0 12 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4 0 43 1 10.75 Lungi Ngidi 4 0 51 1 12.75 Suyash Sharma 3 0 45 1 15 Krunal Pandya 4 0 38 1 9.5 Romario Shepherd 2 0 14 2 7
2nd Innings- Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting Scorecard
Batting Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR Phil Salt c Patel b Cummins 62 32 4 5 193.75 Virat Kohli c Abhishek Sharma b Dubey 43 25 7 1 172 Mayank Agarwal c †Ishan Kishan b Nitish Kumar Reddy 11 10 1 0 110 Rajat Patidar run out (Malinga) 18 16 1 0 112.5 Jitesh Sharma (c)† c Manohar b Unadkat 24 15 1 2 160 Romario Shepherd c & b Malinga 0 1 0 0 0 Krunal Pandya hit wicket b Cummins 8 6 2 0 133.33 Tim David c Klaasen b Malinga 1 5 0 0 20 Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Cummins 3 2 0 0 150 Yash Dayal c Verma b Patel 3 6 0 0 50 Lungi Ngidi not out 0 2 0 0 0 Extras (lb 11, nb 1, w 4) 16 Total 19.5 Ov (RR: 9.52) 189
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (Virat Kohli, 6.6 ov)
2-120 (Mayank Agarwal, 10.4 ov)
3-129 (Phil Salt, 11.2 ov)
4-173 (Rajat Patidar, 15.4 ov)
5-174 (Romario Shepherd, 15.6 ov)
6-174 (Jitesh Sharma, 16.2 ov)
7-179 (Tim David, 17.4 ov)
8-186 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 18.1 ov)
9-187 (Krunal Pandya, 18.4 ov)
10-189 (Yash Dayal, 19.5 ov)
Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling Figures:
Bowling O M R W ECON Pat Cummins 4 0 28 3 7 Jaydev Unadkat 4 0 41 1 10.25 Harshal Patel 3.5 0 39 1 10.17 Eshan Malinga 4 0 37 2 9.25 Harsh Dubey 2 0 20 1 10 Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 0 13 1 6.5
Impact Players for Both Teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Harsh Dubey (in)-Bowling Allrounder
Travis Head (out)-Batter
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajat Patidar (in)-Batter
Suyash Sharma (out)-Bowler
Final Result
SRH won by 42 runs