It turned out to be a huge event on the Bengaluru streets after Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated Chennai Super Kings by two runs in a thrilling IPL 2025 encounter at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday, May 3. The crowd erupted in huge numbers outside the stadium as RCB almost confirmed their entry in the playoffs with eight wins from 11 matches this season so far. After the match, as RCB players left the stadium in a team bus, they found themselves surrounded by the fans in huge numbers on the streets of Bengaluru.
Seeing such amount of love from the fans, star RCB all-rounder Krunal Pandya was left overwhelmed and made a wish to win the trophy for the fans this time. "What a feeling, man, people are crazy! We feel like we are the blessed ones, right,” Pandya can be heard saying in a video. .
“There’s so much support for RCB. We have to win a trophy for them. We have to. Imagine what if we do!” he further said.
RCB reclaim top spot after win over CSK; playoffs spot almost confirm
RCB defeated CSK by two runs in a thrilling encounter at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to register their eighth win in IPL 2025. With this win, RCB are back at the top of the points table with 16 points. Now, RCB are on the verge of becoming the first team to officially qualify for the playoffs this season.
Batting first, RCB posted a total of 213 runs, losing five wickets, with the help of half-centuries Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli and fiery 14-ball fifty by Romario Shephard. In reply, CSK also gave a tough fight with Ayush Mhatre smashing 94(48) runs. Apart from that, Ravindra Jadeja also scored an unbeaten 77*(45) runs but couldn’t take his team down the line as CSK could only post 211/5 in their 20 overs.
