Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made a memorable win in IPL 2025 to make a place in qualifier 1 after 9 years. RCB won by 6 wickets in the last league match played against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The match was very tense and at one time it seemed that RCB would face Mumbai Indians in the eliminator. But Jitesh Sharma’s stormy innings changed everything.

Lucknow scored a huge score

RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first, but LSG captain Rishabh Pant proved his decision wrong. Pant played 118 runs in just 61 balls and took the team to a big score of 227/3 in 20 overs.

RCB stuttering after good start

Chasing the target, RCB got a great start by Virat Kohli and Phil Soult. Together they added 61 runs in 5 overs. But after this, RCB’s batting started staggering and the team had lost 4 wickets for 123 runs in the 12th over. In such a situation, it seemed that the match could come out of RCB’s hand.

Jitesh Sharma created history

In this difficult time, Mayank Agarwal and Jitesh Sharma batted amazing. Mayank scored 41 runs in 23 balls and from the other end, Jitesh Sharma hit 85 runs in just 33 balls. His innings not only won the RCB win but also became the biggest innings while batting number 6 or below during the successful rungase in IPL history. Earlier this record was in the name of MS Dhoni, who scored 70 runs against RCB in 2018.

Supreme score batting number 6 or below in successful runges

RCB reached qualifier 1

Thanks to Jitesh and Mayank’s best partnership, RCB achieved a huge target of 227 runs with 6 wickets and reached the qualifier 1 directly. This victory was not just a match for the team, but also a chance to create a history, which he completed in a brilliant manner. Tomorrow, the first match of qualifier 1 between RCB and Punjab will be played in New Chandigarh.

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