India, May 24 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) chances of making the top two received a severe blow as the side lost the encounter against SunRisers Hyderabad by 42 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match at the Ekana on Friday. With this loss, RCB slipped to the third spot in the standings, and the franchise is now at the mercy of other results going their way if they are to make the top two.

Despite Virat Kohli and Phil Salt putting on 80 runs for the opening wicket, RCB failed to chase down the target of 232. RCB lost their final seven wickets for just 16 runs to hand SunRisers Hyderabad a comprehensive win.

However, RCB's stand-in captain, Jitesh Sharma, was optimistic about the team's chances in the tournament, sayi...