Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings, 52nd Match, Indian Premier League 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Pathirana to Shepherd, SIX, 14-ball fifty from Shepherd who is absolutely overjoyed! What have we just witnessed. CSK certainly don't know what's hit them. Full in the slot again, Shepherd gets hold of it and tonks it into the top tier over long-off. The RCB players are celebrating in the dugout as Shepherd walks off triumphantly

Pathirana to Shepherd, SIX, where has that gone? Into the crowd over midwicket. Shepherd is smashing CSK to smithereens in these last couple of overs. Expression from Brevis says it all as he starts laughing. Full delivery as Pathirana misses his length and Shepherd smokes it out of his presence. David from the other end is enjoying the show. Those two have a big high five in the middle of the pitch

Pathirana to Shepherd, FOUR, shovels it wide of long-on! Slower one around off and middle, he makes room, swings like anything and drags it off the inside half. The power of the man is enough, even if there isn't much timing

Pathirana to Shepherd, FOUR, no stopping this man! Back of a length around off, slower one, he backs away, fetches it and drags the pull to the midwicket boundary. Don't think it was anywhere close to the middle but he finds the gap

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, FOUR, and finishes the over with a boundary! 33 off the over from Shepherd as Khaleel walks away looking dazed. It's the most expensive over of the season. Slower short ball outside off, Shepherd swings violently on the pull and gets a top-edge over short fine

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, no run, nails the yorker this time to save the free-hit! Goes over the wicket, executes the wide yorker to perfection and Shepherd can't get anything on it. There's a review for a wide but it's well within the mark

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, no ball, SIX, wow what a shot this is! And the siren goes off as well to signal a no-ball. It's falling apart for Khaleel and CSK after doing so well in the last few overs. Around the wicket, slower delivery wide of off, it's short of length and Shepherd somehow carves it for six over point despite having no balance while swinging. Crazy power from the big man! The reason it's a no-ball is because his back foot touched the return crease in delivery stride

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, SIX, oh he's taking some severe punishment! Was expensive in his first couple of overs and has now run into a red-hot Shepherd! Full toss outside off, Shepherd swings and smashes it down the ground again

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, FOUR, edged and four! Slower off-cutter outside off, angling away, Shepherd swings hard and it loops off the edge over short third. Did well to get it outside his swinging arc but luck went Shepherd's way

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, SIX, oh this is right in the slot and gets tonked over the boundary again! Pitched up on off, Shepherd has his front leg cleared to allow for a big swing and he smokes it down the ground

Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, SIX, massive from Shepherd! Slower one wide of off, back of a length, Shepherd doesn't care for the line and shovels it over midwicket with a blistering pull shot. Seemed like it came close to the bottom of his bat but clears the ropes easily

Pathirana to Shepherd, wide, Shepherd has reviewed for a wide. Dug in short outside off, he tries reaching out for the cut but misses. The third umpire takes a couple of looks at the replay and decides it's outside the marker. Doesn't wait for ball-tracking before asking the umpire to overturn the call

Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, out Caught by Sam Curran!! Another wicket as Patidar's struggles come to an end. Never found the fluency in the middle. Good length ball wide of off, he reaches out to drive on the up and hits it flat and straight to mid-off. What a spell this is turning out to be from Pathirana. Rajat Patidar c Sam Curran b Pathirana 11(15) [4s-1]

Pathirana to Tim David, 1 run, did that carry to Mhatre? Back of a length outside off, David cuts in the air and it dies on the way to backward point. Hard to say if it carried. Mhatre fails to make a clean stop and they get across for the single

Noor Ahmad to Jitesh Sharma, out Caught by Brevis!! Gone! CSK pulling things back nicely through this phase. Flat outside off, googly, Jitesh looks to pull but miscues it off the toe-end. Curran takes the catch running across from long-on and passes it to Brevis before going over the ropes. Jitesh Sharma c Brevis b Noor Ahmad 7(8) [4s-1]

Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, full delivery outside off, Jitesh leans on the back foot, coils his back and unleashes a fierce drive through extra cover. A good end to a quiet over for RCB

Pathirana to Padikkal, out Caught by Jadeja!! Pathirana bowls to his field and gets the reward! They have deep backward point and sweeper cover in place, so he goes full and wide outside off, making Padikkal reach out for it. He slices it off the bottom of his bat and it's a simple catch for Jadeja at sweeper cover. Pathirana has started really well. Padikkal c Jadeja b Pathirana 17(15) [4s-1 6s-1]

Sam Curran to Padikkal, SIX, right in the slot and disappears! Slower ball floated up on off, was from the back of the hand, Padikkal picked it and deposited it a long way behind long-on

Sam Curran to Padikkal, FOUR, goes up and over mid-off! Fuller than a good length outside off, he gets under it nicely and lofts through the line after clearing the front leg

Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, very full outside off, Patidar drives firmly and it races away through extra cover. A boundary early in his innings!

Sam Curran to Kohli, out Caught by Khaleel Ahmed!! Khaleel bangs the ball into the turf after taking the catch! Dug in short just outside off, third man is in the ring and Kohli tries to go above the fielder's head with an upper-cut. But he fails to get under it, hitting it straight to backward point. Not sure if it was pace off from Curran, might well have been. Huge wicket as Kohli was looking in incredible touch out there. Kohli c Khaleel Ahmed b Sam Curran 62(33) [4s-5 6s-5]

Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR, misfield and four! Hooda isn't doing much right in this tournament. Full around off, Kohli gives a premeditated charge, gets close to the pitch and drills it down the ground. Hooda gets to it with a sliding effort but fails to cut it off

Jadeja to Kohli, FOUR, goes up and over extra cover! Full ball at the stumps, Kohli backs away, makes room and executes the lofted drive to perfection. What stunning form he's in!

Jadeja to Kohli, FOUR, Kohli gets to fifty in style! Flat and short outside off, enough width for Kohli who cuts it away through backward point and his teammates rise in applause

Jadeja to Kohli, SIX, gets a good piece of this! Full ball on middle, Kohli makes some swinging room, gets low and nails the slog-sweep over midwicket

Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Brevis!! Brevis pulls out a stunner. The partnership is broken and CSK have their much needed breakthrough. Short of length delivery angled across, Bethell fetches the pull and gets a top-edge, the ball skies over square leg and seemed to be landing safely but Brevis charges in, dives forward and takes it inches from the ground. Just the kind of effort which lifts the fielding team. Jacob Bethell c Brevis b Pathirana 55(33) [4s-8 6s-2]

Jadeja to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, fifty for Bethell. He is touted to be a future star for England and he shows why. This is a top shot. Quicker and around off, Bethell crouches low and reverse laps it fine past short third. He raises his bat and soaks in the applause of the home crowd. This has been a top knock..

Sam Curran to Kohli, SIX, Curran became predictable there. Another slower ball - 118.9ks and Kohli was waiting for this, he pulls it off the front foot and sends it sailing over the deep mid-wicket fence

Sam Curran to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, neatly done! Short and outside off, Bethell does not go hard on the cut, he waits for the ball to arrive and places the shot behind square on the off-side. No chance for the sweeper..

Anshul Kamboj to Kohli, FOUR, thumped! Kohli decides to shimmy down, gets a fullish delivery and he short-arm jabs it past a diving mid-on. All bottom hand as there was not much followthrough of the bat

Anshul Kamboj to Kohli, SIX, third six for Kohli. He's dealing in sixes today. Kamboj makes the same mistake as Khaleel - strays onto Kohli's pads and gets picked off, whipped in front of square and the ball just clears the rope

Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, that's a gift and Bethell cashes in. Juicy full toss outside off, Bethell just needed to pick his spot and he chooses extra cover - slaps it hard into the gap and the ball races away

Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, SIX, that's massive! Dragged short and Bethell does not need to pick that, he quickly rocks back and smashes the pull into the deep square leg stand. 99-meter maximum..

Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, not off the middle but the ball races away. This was the googly and not sure Bethell picked it, he went for the big slog sweep and ended up dragging it off the inner half through mid-wicket

Anshul Kamboj to Kohli, FOUR, shot! Back of a length delivery but this had a bit of width on it, Kohli stays back and gets on top of the bounce, punches it in front of square and ends the over with a boundary

Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, oh no! There's a collision and a catch goes down. Pathirana is still down on the ground. Back of a length and angled across, Bethell looks to hack it into the leg-side and gets a top-edge over short third. Jadeja runs back and takes the catch but Pathirana comes running in from deep backward point and collides into Jadeja which makes the ball pop out. Jadeja called for it, took it and had it in his hand for a second but Pathirana didn't hear the call and came charging in

Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, lovely shot! Classical stuff from Bethell. Not a bad delivery from Kamboj. Fullish delivery on off, Bethell brings the bat down straight and caresses the drive straight of mid-on

Khaleel Ahmed to Kohli, SIX, massive over, 19 runs. This is a poor delivery and deserved the treatment. Khaleel makes the mistake of drifting onto Kohli's pads, that's one area where he has no weakness - picks it up nonchalantly and launches it over deep square leg

Khaleel Ahmed to Kohli, SIX, second six in the over. Once again it is the short of length delivery that has disappeared into the crowd. But Khaleel is a tad unlucky here. He got the ball to climb on Kohli and found the top-edge but the ground is so small that the ball ended up in the second tier

Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, SIX, hammered! Short of length delivery and Bethell has picked the bones out of that, he gets into position quickly and nails the pull all the way over deep mid-wicket

Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, hat-trick of fours. Khaleel goes searching for swing and pitches it up, but there isn't any this time, Bethell leans forward and creams the drive square of the wicket

Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, back to back fours. This is deft touch. Short of length delivery close to off, Bethell rides the bounce and steers it to third man, Pathirana moves to his right and dives but does not make the stop

Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, Bethell is off and running. Half tracker and plenty of width outside off, Bethell does not miss out, goes full throttle on the cut and pierces a packed off-side field