Based on Virat Kohli's half-century and a century partnership between Jitesh Sharma and Mayank Agarwal, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by six wickets. With this win, RCB reached Qualifier-1. Now it will face Punjab Kings on 29 May in Mullanpur. In the last match of the league stage played at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday, Lucknow scored 227 runs for the loss of three wickets based on Rishabh Pant's century. In reply, RCB scored 230 runs for the loss of four wickets in 18.4 overs and won the match. This is the third most successful run chase of IPL. At the same time, it is RCB's biggest run chase. William O'Rourke took two wickets for Lucknow while Akash Singh and Avesh Khan took one wicket each.

RCB created history
This is RCB's seventh win away from home. With this, this team has created history. RCB became the first IPL team to do so. At the beginning of the season, RCB defeated defending champions Kolkata at their home. After this, Chennai Super Kings were defeated in Chennai, Mumbai Indians in Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh, and Delhi Capitals in Delhi.

Qualifier-1 will be played between RCB and Punjab.
This was the last match of the league stage in IPL 2025, which RCB won. For the first time since 2016, the team has finished the league stage in the top two. RCB has been in the top two-three times in IPL history so far. Before this season, the team was in the top two in 2016 and 2011. With a win over Lucknow, RCB reached second place in the points table with 19 points and a net run rate of 0.301. At the same time, Lucknow finished seventh with 12 points with six wins and eight losses in 14 matches. Now RCB will face Punjab Kings in Qualifier-1. Shreyas Iyer's team registered a spectacular win over Mumbai on Monday. At the same time, this season's eliminator match between Mumbai and Gujarat will be played on May 30.

After Virat Kohli, Jitesh and Mayank took charge.

RCB, which came to chase the target, was given a great start by Phil Salt and Virat Kohli. There was a partnership of 61 runs for the first wicket between the two. Akash Singh broke this partnership. He got Salt caught by Digvesh. He was out after scoring 30 runs in 19 balls. After this, Rajat Patidar, who came to bat, could score only 14 runs. He was dismissed by William O'Rourke on the fifth ball of the eighth over. On the next ball, he also showed Livingstone the way to the pavilion.

RCB, which had lost three wickets on a score of 90, needed a big partnership. Virat Kohli was stationed at one end, he was supported by Mayank Agarwal. Both added 33 runs for the fourth wicket. During this, Kohli completed his eighth fifty of the season in 27 balls. He managed to score 54 runs in 30 balls with the help of 10 fours. He was caught by Avesh Khan. After this Mayank got the support of Jitesh Sharma. Both of them ensured RCB's victory with an unbeaten partnership of 107 runs in 45 balls. During this, stand-in captain Jitesh also completed the first fifty of his IPL career. He remained unbeaten after scoring 85 runs in 33 balls and Mayank remained unbeaten after scoring 41 runs in 23 balls.

Pant's century

Earlier, Lucknow started with a setback. They got the first blow with a score of 25. Matthew Breetzke was bowled by Nuwan Tushara. He was dismissed after scoring 14 runs. However, captain Rishabh Pant, who came at number three, took charge. He played a huge partnership of 152 runs with Mitchell Marsh for the second wicket. During this, Marsh scored 67 runs in 37 balls with the help of four fours and five sixes. At the same time, Rishabh Pant returned to form and completed the second century of his IPL career in 54 balls. He remained unbeaten after scoring 118 runs in 61 balls with the help of 11 fours and eight sixes. Against Bangalore, Puran remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs and Abdul Samad remained unbeaten after scoring one run. At the same time, Nuwan Tushara, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Romario Shepherd took one wicket each for RCB.

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