Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are locking horns in the 28th match of IPL 2025 in Jaipur. The visitors won the toss and opted to bowl first. After being put into bat Royals struggled in their 20 overs failing to notch up boundaries and sixes in their innings. The venue not known for high scores has been a fortress of sorts for the Royals, but was famously demolished by RCB in the 2023 season. Jaiswal was pick of the batsman scoring 75 off 47 balls. The dismissal of Samson shows that this is not an easy pitch. The ball went under the bat of RR's skipper as he came down the track and Jitesh had to take it low to stump him.
Even Jaiswal who top-scored in the innings had to struggle for timing and fluency. RCB have a great chance to jump to a minimum of third place if they win today. Both sides are locked in the mid-table muddle after blowing hot and cold. RCB fans will be upbeat that this is an away game for their team because their wins so far have only been away from home. Just when it looked like the Royals were getting into a zone with successive wins, GT handed them a crushing defeat to keep the table pretty tight. Since the inception of Impact Player in 2023, 173/4 by Royals is the second lowest first innings total by a team losing four or fewer wickets. The only lower total - 165/4 by LSG against SRH in Hyderabad in 2024 - was chased down inisde ten overs.
