Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025: RCB vs GT Match 3
RCB vs GT Match Review, April 1, 2025, GT thrashed RCB by eight wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Match 14 of IPL 2025. Following the rinsing of RCB to just 169-8,
GT run men chased down the target with 13 balls spare led by a blistering knock from Jos Buttler and a disciplined bowling effort led by Mohammed Siraj. Let’s analyze how GT outsmarted a star-studded RCB side on their own patch.
RCB’s Batting Struggles
RCB vs GT Match Review, GT captain Shubman Gill set the tone early after winning the toss and electing to bowl. RCB’s batting order, which features the likes of Virat Kohli and Phil Salt, choked. Kohli fell for only 7, spooning a half-hearted pull to long leg off Arshad Khan.
Devdutt Padikkal (4) next to go, bowled by Siraj when trying an ill-judged swipe. Salt (14) promised fireworks, thumping Siraj for a 105m six, but the pacer had the last laugh, flattening his stumps the next ball.
RCB captain Rajat Patidar made 12 before Ishant Sharma pinned him LBW with a skiddier length ball. RCB were 45-4 and GT’s bowlers were unstoppable. Jitesh Sharma (33 off 21) and Liam Livingstone (54 off 40) tried to fight back and Livingstone’s counter-attacking fifty was joy and help for the crowd.
Tim David (32 off 18) provided late thrust, but twin strikes from R Sai Kishore—getting rid of Jitesh and Krunal Pandya (5)—had ensured RCB was unable to set a daunting target. Finishing on 169-8, RCB were aware they were under strength on a batting friendly Chinnaswamy strip.
GT’s Clinical Chase
In pursuit of 170, GT lost Gill (14) early to Bhuvneshwar Kumar but that was the only hiccup. Sai Sudharsan (49 off 36) and Jos Buttler (73* off 39) took responsibility, putting together a 75-run stand that shattered RCB’s hopes.
Sudharsan’s strokeplay—seven fours and a six—was elegant enough to keep the scoreboard moving, while Buttler went to town on us, with five fours and a half-dozen sixes. His attacks on Josh Hazlewood in the final over, two shot sixes, were a statement of intent.
Sudharsan barely missed out on a fifty, following Hazlewood’s bowling, but Sherfane Rutherford (30* off 18) joined Buttler to finish the game. Rutherford’s next six—massive over long leg—was the finishing blow to a dominant chase as GT strolled to 170-2 in 17.5 overs.
RCB’s bowlers, except Bhuvneshwar’s 1/23, were toothless and the lapses in the field, such as Buttler’s early drop, were eye-watering.
Player Of the Match: Mohammed Siraj shines(RCB vs GT Match Review )
Buttler’s pyrotechnics were headline-grabbing, but it was Mohammed Siraj’s 3-19 that earned him the Player of the Match award. The pacer got vital breakthroughs, getting rid of Padikkal, Salt and Livingstone, while often keeping things tight and restricting the RCB innings. Sai Kishore’s 2-22, which included the wickets of Jitesh and Pandya, was just as important.
For RCB, Livingstone’s 54 was one shining spot, but it didn’t hide their batting frailties.
Key Takeaways(RCB vs GT Match Review )
GT’s triumph showcased their bowling depth and batting potency. Siraj and Buttler’s resurgent forms augur a strong run for the respective team and also RCB’s struggles at the top-order— lately, the struggle with Kohli to show his vintage self has become a talking point and with
Patidar’s form raising eyebrows further suggest early on a few items that they need to remedy. GT sit pretty with two wins from two games while RCB’s unbeaten run comes to an end. Can they smash back or would KKR break their let off? And the IPL 2025 roller-coaster continues!