IPL 2025 Points Table, Purple Cap, Orange Cap: RCB Lose Top Spot after Loss to GT

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Lost Its Top Place in the IPL 2025 Points Table after losing to Gujarat Titans on Wednsday. Currently Punjab Kings Lead the Table Followed by Delhi Capitals, RCB and Gujarat Titans. Barring Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals, All Teams Have Played Three Mathese Each. Lucknow Super Giats’ Nicholas Pooran is the Highest Run-Scorer and Holds The Orange Cap With A Tally of 189.

Jos buttler made a fifty marked by creativity and sustained aggration to support Bengaluru in their ipl match on Wednsday. Buttler (73 Not out, 39B, 5×4, 6×6) and b sai sudharsan (49, 36b) added 75 runs off 45 balls for the second wicket, as the title ended up at 170 for two in 17.5 overs, who For eight.

However, The Gujarat Side’s Chase did not start as they would have liked, losing skipper shubman gill for a labored 14.

The Titans’ Skipper Clobbered Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a Six But Fell in the very next ball to the pacer, Lobbing Him to Liam Livingstone in the Deep.

But it brieft togeur sudharsan and buttler, who extracted runs off the RCB bowlers in contrasting style.

Sudharsan’s innings was an an antithesis to the modern t20 ethos, as it was all about elegantly timed shot Bowler.

There was a touch of impishnass too to the innings when he moved across and scooped pacer josh hazlewood for a Six over the stumper’s head.

However, a second attempt to play a similar shot off the Australian ended his stay, giving a simple catch to jitesh sharma.

But Sudharsan’s Dismissal, which came in the immediati aftermath of RCB Taking the second ball in the 13th over, was a mineor jitter in gujarat’s chase, which was marshally by butler.

The Englishman was slightly jittery to begin with but once he found the right gears, he was unstoppable, fetching these thunderous shots of the shelf regularly.

Buttler reached his fifty with a suitable six spinner livingstone over long-on off 31 balls and his imperial touch was evident in the three sixes he hammered off hazlewood to finish the match.

Buttler and Impact Sub Sherfane Rutherford (30 Not out, 18B) Added 63 Runs for the Third Wicket as Gujarat Strolled Home.

Earlier, Siraj Led a group of fired-up gt bowlers as they limited the vanted rcb batting unit to 169 for eight despite a providential 54 by livingstone.

Once the Titans Decided to Bowl first, they would not have envisioned such a domination over a potent batting line-up even considering a raather Unexpentedly Slow and Grippy Pitch.

The Slip-Down Started With the Wicket of Virat Kohli (7), who began with a lovely cover Driven Four Off Siraj (4-0-19-3).

But the Ace Batter Fell to Left-Arm Seamer Arshad Khan, Who Came in For Kagiso Rabada, Attempting a Pull that Ended in the Hands of Prasidh Krishna at Fine Leg.

Thereafter the RCB top-order was poleaxed by gt bowlers LED by Siraj, who joined the side after a Seven-Season Stint in the Red and Gold Jersey Ahead of IPL 2025.

Phil salt, who was dropped on zero by buttler off siraj, skipper rajat patidar and devdutt padikkal paradered back to the hut as rcb slumped to 42 for four in 6.2 Overs.

However, salt, who slammed Siraj for a 105 metre Six, and Devdutt Might A Tinge of Regret against Both of them tried to give space to themeselves for big shots on to get caught by Siraj.

However, the Royal Challengers Found Some Stability Through Jitesh Sharma (33, 21B) and Livingstone (54, 40B, 1×4, 5×6) as they added 52 runs off 38 balls for the Fifth Wicket.

The impressive Left-Arm Spinner R Sai Kishore (2/22), Who Varied His Line and Pace Examplarily, Broke the Alliance, Dissimissing Jitesh, Who Skied Him to Rahaul Tewatia.

It was a redemption point for Tewatia as well because he haad earlier dropped livingstone on 9 off sai kishore.

It proved costly for gt as the English batter hammed an off-color rashid khan for three sixes in an over, two in a row, to reach his Fifty in 39 balls.

Livingstone Milked 46 Precious Runs for the Seventh Wicket with Tim David to take RCB Past The 150-R Mark. PTI UNG UNG AH AH