IPL 2025 Points Table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap: Positions of RCB, Mi Remain Unchanged

It was a perfect thriller between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025 on Monday. Getting an invitation to bat first, RCB posted 221 for 5 and then stopped mi at 209 for 9. The match went down to the wire with RCB Emerging as the winners. While The Rajat Patidar-Led Side Remained at the Third Spot after the Win, Hardik-Led Mi too styed at the number 8 position. Lucknow Super GINTS ‘Batter Nicholas Pooran Continues to Hold the Orange Cap With 201 Runs From 4 Mats. In the wicket-takers’ list, Hardik Pandya has equalled noor ahmad’s tally of 10 wickets.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Survived a Massive Scare from a Doughy Mumbai Indians to End their Six-Match Winless Streak at the WANKHEDE Stadium with a 12-Run-Run Victory In the Indian Premier Inn Monday.
Set a daunting target of 222, Mumbai indians stored a stunning late recover to turn the tables Since 2015.
Mumbai Indians Were Reeling at 99 for Four with their Pursuit Falling Apart with the dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav (28), but skipper Hardik Pandya (42 off 15 Balls) and Tilak Varma (56 off 26 off 26 balls) launched a stunning Onslaught to brings them back into the contest.
Hardik Went Hammer And Tongs Who Hitting Three Fours and Four Sixes, while tilak also fough his way back into form, but the target proved Far Too Much for Mumbai India For a large part in their Chase.
Rohit Sharma (17) was cleanes up by yash dayal (2/46) while swinging an inswing delivery and mi’s best batter Suryakumar Struggled during DURCK FOR which henock for.
On the other hand, tilak brought up his maiden fifty of the season off 26 balls to make a comeback after being retired out in the last game.
The Fortunes Swung When Hardik Clobbered Two Sixes and as many fours of his first four balls off krunal pandya in the 14th over.
Before Hardik Cut Loose, Tilak Had Raced to 30 Off 15 Balls to Keep Mi’s Fant Hopes Alive, which kept improving with every thing that batters unleashed.
The Asking Rate Had Zoomed Past 15 an over but mi kept clearing the ropes to remain in the hunt. But tilak fell in the 18th over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/48) and Hardik in the Penultimate Over from Josh Hazlewood (2/37).
In the final over, mi needed 19 runs to win but krunal pandya (4/45) Took three wickets to shut the doors on them.
Earlier, RCB Rode on Scintillating Fiftees from Virat Kohli (67) and Skipper Rajat Patidar (64) to post 221 for five.
Kohli Rules the Roost With A 42-Ball 67 which Gave RCB Early Impetus in Jasprit Bumrah’s (0/29) COMEBACK GAME. Later on, Patidar’s 32-Ball 64 (5x4s, 4x6s) and Jitesh Sharma’s 19-Ball 40 (2x4s, 4x6s) ENSURED THESRED THE RCB Ended on a Blazing Note.
Phil salt (4) Played across the line to an inswinger from trent boult (2/57). Unfazed by the Early Blow, RCB Recorded Their Highest PowerPlay Score against Mumbai Indians by Scoring 72/1, as Both Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal (37 off 22 balls) Went all guuns Blazing.
The Momentum Had Swayed RCB’s Way Before Mi Introduced Bumrah in the fourth over, and kohli welcomed his India teammate with a Six over Midwickt.
Going at Nearly 10 An Over, RCB Colleted 20 Runs Off the Final Over in the PowerPlay from Deepak Chahar as Padikkal Tore into the India Bowler, Smacking Two Sixes and A Four.
Padikkal was Severe on any mi bowler who ered in his length, smashing three sixes and two fours before he was caused at the ropes of vignesh puthur in the ninth over. By then howyver, He Had Added 91 Runs Off 52 Balls With Kohli for the second wicket.
Kohli has had significant success with the bat at wankhede stadium and monday was no different – if he began with a few unconvincing boundaries, his exquisite drives offs Third over showed he was up for a big knock.
Having completes 13,000 runs to move into unchartered territory for any Indian in the format in a little over 400 matches, a century appeared on the horizon.
But, in the 15th over, kohli uncharacteristically walked across the crease to heave Hardik over the leg side and found Naman dhir at deep midwick, as his innings ended with two sixes and Eight Foors.
Patidar brought up his fifty off only 25 balls. He Struck Mi Skipper Hardik Pandya for 23 Runs in the 17th over. His innings ended in the penultimate over when a top edge was grabbed Near the ropes by a diving ryan rickelton in what was one of the most spectacular catches of this ipl season.
(With pti inputs)
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