Gujarat Titans have ended Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s unbeaten run in the Indian Premier League 2025 as they handed them their season’s first defeat on Wednesday, April 2. The Titans chased down the middling total of 170 without much of an issue, with Jos Buttler starring with a half-century.
RCB’s homecoming didn’t bring out the desired result that they wanted. The Rajat Patidar’s side was unbeaten in both their opening two away games against Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings and looked for a hat-trick of wins. However, GT washed those hopes out with an easy win.
RCB put up 169/8 batting first on what looked like a bit two-paced pitch, with slower balls being difficult to put away. RCB lost talisman Virat Kohli early in the second over to Arshad Khan before losing Devdutt Padikkal to Mohammed Siraj in the next over.
They were pushed on the back foot in the powerplay when they lost their other opener, Phil Salt, too inside the first six. Salt smashed Siraj for an out-of-the-park six, a 105m hit that got the Chinnaswamy crowd erupting. However, Siraj was quick to weave his magic yet again, as he castled the hard-hitting Englishman on the next ball.
