In a blistering start to their IPL 2025 campaign, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) unleashed fireworks at Eden Gardens, scoring 80 runs without losing a wicket in the powerplay during their run chase against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This explosive start now ranks among RCB\u2019s one of best powerplay performances in IPL history.<\/p>\n
Openers Philip Salt and Virat Kohli were relentless from the get-go. Salt smashed a scintillating 49 off just 23 balls with 8 boundaries and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 213.04, while Kohli blazed away with 29 off 13 balls, hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes, striking at 223.08.<\/p>\n
KKR\u2019s bowlers had no answers during the fielding restrictions. Vaibhav Arora conceded 32 runs in 2 overs, while Spencer Johnson and Varun Chakaravarthy were also taken to the cleaners. Harshit Rana was the most economical, giving away just 5 runs in his over.<\/p>\n
With 95 runs needed off 84 balls after the powerplay and all 10 wickets in hand, RCB looked poised to cruise to a comfortable victory.<\/p>\n
This sensational powerplay not only gave fans a thrilling start to IPL 2025 but also reminded everyone of RCB\u2019s firepower at the top \u2014 with Virat Kohli continuing to shine and Salt proving to be a brilliant overseas addition.<\/p>\n
Disclaimer<\/strong>: The above information is based on live match data as of the 6th over of RCB\u2019s innings and may change as the match progresses.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a blistering start to their IPL 2025 campaign, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) unleashed fireworks at Eden Gardens, scoring 80\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":42219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}