🏏IPL 2025 - Match 70: LSG vs RCB at Lucknow @ 7:30pm🏏 - Page 32

There have been five 50-plus scores from No.5 or below for RCB this season, the most for them in an edition, surpassing four in 2014. AB de Villiers and Yuvraj Singh got two each in 2014, the five this year have all been by different players: Tim David, Liam Livingstone, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Jitesh Sharma.

The 107*-run stand between Jitesh Sharma and Mayank Agarwal is the highest for RCB for 5th wicket or lower in a run-chase, bettering 91* between AB de Villiers & Iqbal Abdullah against Gujarat Lions in 2016 Qualifier 1.

Highest scores from No.6 or lower in successful IPL run-chases

85*(33) - Jitesh Sharma (RCB) vs LSG, Lucknow, 2025

70* (34) - MS Dhoni (CSK) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2018

70*(31) - Andre Russell (KKR) vs PBKS, Mumbai WS, 2022

70(47) - Kieron Pollard (MI) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017

68(30) - Dwayne Bravo (CSK) vs MI, Mumbai WS, 2018

This is the third time RCB have finished in top-two in the league stage, after 2011 and 2016, when they finished runners-up.

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DK❤️

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Player of the match me no picked Jitesh.

One player picked pant in everything.

Mera to pakka Zero hai.

Jitesh Sharma | Player of the Match: I can't express my thoughts, I was thinking about just staying in the present. When Virat got out I thought of taking the game deep and that is what my mentor (Dinesh Karthik) tells me that the kind of calibre I have I can finish game from any situation. This is a very big franchise and I am enjoying the pressure and when I see these players (like Virat, Krunal and Bhuvi) I feel excited that I am getting to play with these players, We will enjoy this moment and whatever momentum we got in this game, we will take it forward (into the next game). Credit goes to Rajat for giving me this responsibility (maintaining the excellent record of winning away from home this season). Hazlewood is fit and the belief system in our team is very strong in our team, and whichever payers you see, everyone is a match winner and even if we lose 3-4 wickets, we always had the belief.

The way RCB have been playing this season, it gives their supporters and fanatics real hope. But let's not get kid ourselves - we have seen this before, RCB in 2009, in 2011 and in that Kohli god-mode year in 2016. They reached the finals all those three years and did not win anyone of them. This side though in 2025 has something different in them. They have won all their 7 away games this season which is a record. Not just that stat, the way they have responded to different situations and come up trumps shows a real champion mentality. Still a long way to go before they can dream of lifting that elusive trophy but it's good to dream sometimes. On that philosophical note we sign off. Has been a great game and enjoyed every moment of bringing it to you. The league phase is now over and all that's left are the four big games.

Congratulations Kavya and Hinna 🎊🎊🎊