IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru return to winning ways in IPL 2025, as they register a nail-biting 12-run win over Mumbai Indians on Monday, April 8. With the win, RCB are now on 6 points in IPL 2025 points table.
RCB skipper Rajat Patidar, and legendary Virat Kohli were the architects in their side's win on Monday, as they ended their 'Wankhede Hodoo' after a period of 10 years.
"I think it was an amazing match. It was very hard I think. The bowlers showed great courage and I am happy with that. To be honest, this award goes to the entire bowling unit. It's not easy to defend a total at this ground but the way they executed their plans was simply amazing," said Rajat Patidar, who was awarded Player of the Match.
"At that time, the message was to bowl wide yorkers. Executing that was a big ask. I want to talk about KP. The way he bowled the last over was brilliant. It was not easy to bowl in such a high pressure situation but the way he bowled the last over was simply amazing. And the way he showed the courage with the ball in hand was incredible," said the RCB captain.
"During the second Strategic Time-Out, we wanted to take the game deep. We wanted to use the last over of KP at the end and it worked out for us. I think the wicket was really amazing to bat. It was a typical Mumbai wicket. Red soil and the ball was coming nicely onto the bat. I think after the over by Hardik Pandya in the first innings, I had decided to go all out from there on. I did not think much about my wicket but I knew I had to go all out," said the Indian batter.
"(On Suyash Sharma) I think in this format, wrist spinners are not much talked about. He was bowling which the shorter side on the leg side. He has been brilliant for us so far in the tournament," he added.
IPL 2025 Points Table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Net Run Rate | Points |
| 1 | Delhi Capitals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1.257 | 6 |
| 2 | Gujarat Titans | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1.031 | 6 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1.015 | 6 |
| 4 | Punjab Kings | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +0.074 | 4 |
| 5 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.070 | 4 |
| 6 | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.048 | 4 |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -0.185 | 4 |
| 8 | Mumbai Indians | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -0.010 | 2 |
| 9 | Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -0.891 | 2 |
| 10 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1.629 | 2 |
IPL 2025 Most Runs
| Player | Team | Runs |
| Nicholas Pooran | Lucknow Super Giants | 201 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Mumbai Indians | 199 |
| Sai Sudarshan | Gujarat Titans | 191 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Lucknow Super Giants | 184 |
| Jos Buttler | Gujarat Titans | 166 |
IPL 2025 Most Wickets
| Player | Team | Wickets |
| Noor Ahmed | Chennai Super Kings | 10 |
| Hardik Pandya | Mumbai Indians | 10 |
| Mitchell Starc | Delhi Capitals | 9 |
| Mohammed Siraj | Gujarat Titans | 9 |
| Ravi Sai Kishore | Gujarat Titans | 8 |