Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|04-06-2025
Arshdeep Singh’s terrific final over has restricted Royal Challengers Bengaluru from crossing the 200-run mark in the IPL 2025 finals on June 03 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Bowling three over wicketless, conceding 37 runs, he went on to pull back the fourth over, leaking only three runs and three wickets in a final over.
With his brilliant final over, Punjab Kings were able to restrict RCB to 190 runs in the summit clash.
Both sides are aiming for a win to clinch their maiden IPL title. Phil Salt and Virat Kohli opened the innings while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack. With Salt aiming for an aggressive start, Kyle Jamieson bagged the wicket of the wicket-keeper for 16 runs.
With Mayank Agarwal joining Kohli at the crease, RCB went on to score 55 runs in the powerplay. Chahal, who came into attack after the end of the powerplay, bagged the wicket of Mayank Agarwal for 24 runs.
Rajat Patidar who walked to bat, got dimissed by Kyle Jamieson for 26 runs. With his dismissal, RCB lost three wickets for 96 runs.
Punjab Kings went on to break the momentum bagging wickets at regular intervals. Azmatullah Omarzai went on to pick the wicket of Virat Kohli for 43 runs. With the dismissal of Liam Livingstone by Kyle Jamieson and Jitesh Sharma by Vijaykumar Vyshak RCB tatters with 6 wickets for 171 runs.
Livingstone was sent out for 25 runs while Jitesh Sharma lost his wicket for 24 runs leaving Romario Shepherd and Krunal Pandya at crease. With Romario Shepherd switched aggressive mode, Arshdeep Singh went on to bag his wicket for 17 runs.
He went on bag the wicket of Krunal Pandya for 4 runs bagging his second wicket in the innings. Arshdeep Singh completed his over by picking the wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar restricting Royal Challengers Bengaluru for 190 runs.
Other than Arshdeep Singh, Kyle Jamieson went on to bag three wickets while Omarzai, Vijaykumar and Yuzvendra Chahal bagged one wickets each.