Bengaluru: Arshdeep, Jansen, Chahal, Wadhera shine as Punjab Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 5 wickets in a rain-curtailed 14-over-a-side thriller contest within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on the Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Friday.
Nehal Wadhera remained unbeaten at 33 as Punjab Kings surpassed the victory goal by scoring 98 for the lack of 5 wickets with 11 balls to spare. Josh Hazlewood claimed 3 wickets by conceding 14 runs whereas Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2/26 run for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bengaluru endured a nightmare outing with the bat as they crumbled to only 95/9.
The match, delayed by two hours because of rain, was decreased to 14 overs-per-side, with particular enjoying situations permitting solely three bowlers to bowl a most of 4 overs, and one permitted two.
Temporary scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 95/9 in 14 overs (Tim David 50 not out, Rajat Patidar 23; Marco Jansen 2-10, Yuzvendra Chahal 2-11) misplaced to Punjab Kings 98/5 in 12.1 overs (Priyansh Arya 16, Nehal Wadhera 33 not out; Josh Hazlewood 3-14, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-26) by 5 wickets.
