Another day of an eliminated team beating the table toppers. SRH won the southern derby. RCB looked rusty on the field as they played after a long gap of 20 days. Still, they were in control of the chase till the 15th over, but choked badly in the death.
Defend 200, any day!
Pat Cummins defended 231 against RCB yesterday. This is the 6th time he has defended 200-plus targets as a captain in the IPL. He has never lost a match as a captain while defending 200-plus. Only a few captains in the IPL have done this record :
Captains who never lost while defending 200-plus in the IPL:
- Rohit Sharma – won 10 out of 10
- David Warner – won 8 out of 8
- Hardik Pandya – won 7 out of 7
- Pat Cummins – won 6 out of 6
- Ajinkya Rahane – won 4 out of 4
Most 200-plus scores in a season
When SRH scored 200 against RCB yesterday, it became the 42nd 200-plus score of the season. This is the most number of 200-plus scores scored in a season, beating the previous record of 2024, where 41 200-plus scores were scored.
IPL seasons with the most 200-plus scores :
- 2025 – 42 times
- 2024 – 41 times
- 2023 – 37 times
- 2022 – 18 times
- 2018 – 15 times
Bowled out
SRH bowled out RCB for 189 runs in 19.5 overs yesterday. This is the 20th time they are bowling out an opponent in the IPL. They became the first team to all out the opponents for 20 or more times.
Teams to all out opponents for most number of times :
- MI – 40 times
- RCB – 26 times
- KKR – 25 times
- CSK – 24 times
- SRH – 20 times
- PBKS – 19 times
- DC – 18 times
- RR – 17 times
- GT – 5 times
- LSG – 4 times
Hit Wicket
Krunal Pandya was dismissed by hit wicket in the 19th over bowled by Pat Cummins. He became the second batter this season after Abhinav Manohar to get dismissed by hit wicket. Overall, he is the 17th batter in the IPL to get out in this way.
Hit Wicket dismissals in IPL :
- Musavir Khote vs PBKS ( 2008 )
- Misbah-ul-Haq vs PBKS ( 2008 )
- Swapnil Asnodkar vs CSK ( 2009 )
- Ravindra Jadeja vs DCH ( 2012 )
- Saurabh Tiwary vs MI ( 2012 )
- Yuvraj Singh vs MI ( 2016 )
- Deepak Hooda vs DC ( 2016 )
- David Warner vs PBKS ( 2016 )
- Sheldon Jackson vs RPS ( 2017 )
- Riyan Parag vs KKR ( 2019 )
- Hardik Pandya vs KKR ( 2020 )
- Rashid Khan vs CSK ( 2020 )
- Jonny Bairstow vs MI ( 2021 )
- Sai Sudarshan vs MI ( 2022 )
- Ayush Badoni vs RCB ( 2023 )
- Abhinav Manohar vs MI ( 2025 )
- Krunal Pandya vs SRH ( 2025 )
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