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Easy meat for Gujarat Titans? What is lowest score Royal Challengers ever defended in IPL?

Easy meat for Gujarat Titans? What is lowest score Royal Challengers ever defended in IPL?

Cricket Gully 2 weeks ago

The Rajat Patidar-led Royal Challengers Bengaluru could manage only 155 runs against Gujarat Titans today at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

RCB ran out of wickets and crumbled in the final over with Josh Hazlewood was dismissed as the final man for the Royals.

In case RCB can defend 155 runs, it will be their seventh lowest score to defend in the IPL and their lowest to ever defend in Ahmedabad.

RCB had successfully defended 106 runs against Chennai Super Kings in their home ground, Bengaluru, in 2013. Actually, Bengaluru witnessed five such occasions of glory where RCB defended some low scores, ranking in the top 10.

The nearest to today's score was 156, something they defended against the Deccan Chargers in Bengaluru in the inaugural season.

Top 10 lowest score defended by RCB

RankScoreOpponentVenueSeason
1106/2Chennai Super KingsBengaluru2013
2126/8Chennai Super KingsChennai2008
3126/9Lucknow Super GiantsLucknow2023
4133/8Rajasthan RoyalsCape Town2009
5145/9Kings XI PunjabDurban2009
6149/8Sunrisers HyderabadChennai2021
7156/8Deccan ChargersBengaluru2008
8156/5Mumbai IndiansBengaluru2013
9157/8Delhi DaredevilsBengaluru2012
10157/8Delhi DaredevilsBengaluru2017

Royal Challengers Bengaluru collapse restricts total to 155

Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted 155 all out in 19.2 overs, struggling to build sustained momentum despite a brisk start. Virat Kohli set the early tone with 28 off 13 (SR 215.38), while Devdutt Padikkal led the innings with a top score of 40 off 24. However, frequent wickets derailed the innings, with RCB slipping from 79/2 to 96/6 within three overs.

Middle-order contributions from Rajat Patidar (19) and Romario Shepherd (17) failed to stabilize the innings, while only Bhuvneshwar Kumar (15*) provided late resistance. RCB maintained a run rate of 8.01 but lost wickets at regular intervals, including two collapses at 80/4 and 126/8.

For Gujarat Titans, Arshad Khan starred with 3/22, while Rashid Khan (2/19) and Jason Holder (2/29) ensured tight control.

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