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Gujarat Titans (GT) captain Shubman Gill won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The winner of the high-stakes fixture will enjoy great rewards. The triumphant side will dethrone Royal Challengers Bengaluru and move to the top of the table.
India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli opened up on Men in Blue's ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semifinal heartbreak against New Zealand, revealing the "dazed" and "hangover" like state of mind he experienced following his team's failure to win the marquee event under his captaincy. Virat was speaking on the latest episode of the RCB Podcast, released on the franchise's Youtube Channel. The 2019 edition of the tournament in the UK was Virat's third World Cup and first as a captain, but India crashed out of the tournament in the semis after losing to NZ by 18 runs at Manchester after a dominant run in the league stage, which saw them win seven out of their nine matches, lose one and drop one game due to rain.
It has been a brilliant season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025 till now but qualification for the playoffs is still not guaranteed for the Rajat Patidar-led side. RCB are currently at the top of the points table with 8 wins from 11 matches in this year's competition. With 16 points and a Net Run Rate (NRR) of +0.48, they are just one win away from booking their spot in the Top 4. They also have a 78.6 per cent chance of finishing in the Top 2 while a top spot will be guaranteed if RCB win all their matches and Gujarat Titans lose at least one. However, if RCB end up losing all of their remaining three matches, their qualification chances will be in serious danger and they can even end up finishing in the sixth position.
Star India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli opened up on the "beauty of ODI cricket", saying that the format needs one to utilise all facets of the game and spoke on general public and players' lack of patience in the format in current days. Virat was speaking on the latest episode of the RCB Podcast, released on the franchise's YouTube channel. With his consistency, records, and match-winning ability, Virat has made a case for himself as perhaps the best ODI batter ever, with 14,181 runs in 302 matches and 290 innings at a stunning average of 57.88, with 51 centuries (most by a player) and 74 fifties. He holds plenty of records in the format and has a 50-over World Cup title and two ICC Champions Trophy titles to his name.
Away from an intense, dramatic cricket match on the field, the IPL 2025 contest between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) saw an ugly clash off the field as well. Two families, present in the elite Diamond Box at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, had a full-fledged confrontation over who was entitled to which seat. As per reports, such was the scale of the fight that both families ended up at the local police station after the match.
Mumbai Indians climbed to the No. 3 spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 points table, courtesy of a splendid run in the competition that saw them win six matches on the trot. With 7 victories in 11 matches to their name, the Hardik Pandya-led MI have emerged as arguably the most in-form team in the game. But, a spot in the playoffs is not yet sealed for the franchise. Though Mumbai have 14 points to their name, they would be eager to win at least two of the remaining three games.
Star Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli revealed how ex-South African wicketkeeper-batter Mark Boucher had the "biggest impact" on him during his early days with the franchise and helped him overcome difficulties in playing short balls. Virat was speaking on the RCB Podcast's latest episode, released on the franchise's YouTube channel. Speaking about Boucher, Virat said that he came with a mindset that he is going to help Indian players and saw a bit of potential in him. He also said that Boucher told him that he would be doing himself a "disservice" if he did not go on to play for India in all formats.
The constant pressure of leading India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru for nearly a decade and the relentless scrutiny around his batting "became too much in the end" for Virat Kohli, who says he stepped down from leadership to be in a "happy space". Kohli resigned as T20 captain after the World Cup in 2021, following which he also relinquished RCB's leadership role. A year later, he quit Test captaincy following the defeat to South Africa. Kohli said he reached a point in his career where the constant attention became unbearable. "At one point, it did become tough for me because there was just too much happening in my career. I was captaining India for a period of 7-8 years. I captained RCB for nine years. There were expectations on me from a batting perspective every game that I played," said Kohli in an 'RCB Bold Diaries' podcast.