IPL 2025 Points Table, Top Batters, Top Bowlers, Team Rankings & Standing After IPL Today Match Update: There was a late twist in the tale as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally won their first game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, defeating the Rajasthan Royals by 11 runs. The Rajasthan Royals botched a perfect chase, set up for them by opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 49 off 19 balls and gave the team a flying start. Royals needed 18 runs off the final two overs to win with the scoreboard reading 188/5. But over the next 12 balls, they scored just six runs and lost four wickets. The hero of the game was Josh Hazlewood who claimed two wickets while giving away just one run in the 19th over.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru thus moved up to third spot in the IPL 2025 standings, climbing up one spot. Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals are still in 8th spot. The team is running out of road to mount a campaign to qualify for the IPL 2025 Playoffs.
The RCB lost the toss and were asked to bat first once again at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Here’s what the IPL 2025 points table looked like after yesterday’s game where RCB beat RR at home
| Rank | Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | POINTS |
| 1 | GT | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.104 | 12 |
| 2 | DC | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.657 | 12 |
| 3 | RCB | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.482 | 12 |
| 4 | MI | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.67 | 10 |
| 5 | PBKS | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.177 | 10 |
| 6 | LSG | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -0.054 | 10 |
| 7 | KKR | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.212 | 8 |
| 8 | RR | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -0.625 | 4 |
| 9 | SRH | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -1.36 | 4 |
| 10 | CSK | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -1.392 | 4 |
Virat Kohli rose to the second spot in the Orange Cap race after his measured 70-run knock against Rajasthan Royals saw him score his first half century of IPL 2025 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
| Rank | Player Name | Team | Runs | Mat | Inn | NO | HS | AVG | SR |
| 1 | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 417 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 52.13 | 152.18 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 392 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 73* | 65.33 | 144.11 |
| 3 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 377 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 87* | 47.13 | 204.89 |
| 4 | Surya Kumar Yadav | MI | 373 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 68* | 62.17 | 166.51 |
| 5 | Jos Buttler | GT | 356 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 97* | 71.2 | 165.58 |
Josh Hazlewood rose to the second spot in the Purple Cap race after he was the game changer of the day for RCB at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. He almost claimed a hat-trick.
| Rank | Player Name | Team | WKTs | Mat | Inn | Ov | Runs | BBI | Avg | Econ |
| 1 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 16 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 226 | 41/4 | 14.12 | 7.29 |
| 2 | Josh Hazlewood | GT | 16 | 9 | 9 | 32.5 | 275 | 33/4 | 17.18 | 8.37 |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | DC | 12 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 208 | 22/3 | 17.33 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Noor Ahmad | CSK | 12 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 207 | 18/4 | 17.25 | 7.66 |
| 5 | Sai Kishore | GT | 12 | 8 | 8 | 23.5 | 196 | 30/3 | 16.33 | 8.22 |
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