RCB’s record chase and O’Rourke’s expensive outing

RCB's Record Chase and O'Rourke's Expensive Outing

RCB chased down 228 against Lucknow Super Giants, making it the third-highest successful chase in IPL history.

Highest Successful Chases in IPL

• 262: PBKS vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024
• 246: SRH vs PBKS, Hyderabad, 2025
• 228: RCB vs LSG, Lucknow, 2025
• 224: RR vs PBKS, Sharjah, 2020
• 224: RR vs KKR, Kolkata, 2024

This is also only the third time RCB has chased a 200-plus run target in the IPL. Their previous highest successful chase was 204 against Kings XI Punjab in Bengaluru in 2010.

LSG became the first team to lose three matches in an IPL season while defending a 200-plus first innings target.

RCB became the first team to win all their allotted away games during the league phase of a single IPL season.

Virat Kohli's Record-Breaking Season

• Virat Kohli reached 9030 runs for RCB in all T20 cricket, becoming the first player to aggregate 9000-plus runs for a single team in this format.
• Kohli scored his 8th fifty-plus score in the current IPL season, all in winning causes, the most by a batter in a single IPL season. He also has the most 50-plus scores in winning causes (42) in IPL history.

Rishabh Pant's Century

• Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 118 against RCB, his second IPL century. This is also the first individual hundred at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow across 22 IPL games.

Jitesh Sharma's Heroics

• Jitesh Sharma scored an unbeaten 85 runs in the chase, the third-highest score while batting at No. 6 or lower in the IPL.
• His partnership with Mayank Agarwal (107*) is the highest for RCB for the 5th wicket or lower in a run-chase.

Mitch Marsh's Performance

• Mitch Marsh scored 74 runs in the first innings, part of a 152-run partnership with Rishabh Pant, the second-highest for LSG for any wicket.

Will O'Rourke's Expensive Spell

• Will O'Rourke conceded 74 runs in his four overs, the most expensive four-over spell in a run-chase in IPL history.