Rajasthan Royals suffered an 11-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday, April 24. This was RCB's first home victory of the IPL 2025 season. After being asked to bat first, RCB posted a total of 205/5. The visitors got off to a flying start but finished at 194/9.
"I think Hetmeyer not coming up, for one, because there was a leg spinner bowling, there was a left-arm spinner bowling. And you have sent Dhruv Jurel, no doubt he has batted well. But if you had Hetmeyer and his experience in the middle, he would have been set to really finish the game towards the end. He would have had that little time in the middle as well," Ambati Rayudu said on ESPNCricinfo.
Need to Know Where You Are Trying to Hit - Ambati Rayudu
"So I thought they missed a trick there, but also towards the end, I felt Shubham Dubey, I know he's young, but after an over of 22 runs, you have taken a strike against Yash Dayal in the last over. See, that's where you need to be smart, and you also need to know where you are trying to hit in the last over," Rayudu said.
Hazlewood gave away just one run in the over. Shubham Dubey refused a single on the last ball of the penultimate over. However, he was dismissed on the first ball of the 20th over.
Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal Shine Again with the Bat for RCB
The former RCB skipper made 70 runs off 42 balls, including eight fours and two sixes, before he was dismissed by Jofra Archer for the first time in T20s. Padikkal, who hit four fours and three sixes, fell shortly after reaching his fifty.
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