India, April 19 -- It was a rain-derailed match which saw the RCB vs PBKS IPL 2025 showdown get reduced to 14 overs in each innings, on Friday. Eventually when the toss took place in Bengaluru, Shreyas Iyer opted to bowl. RCB had a disastrous batting collapse right from the start, losing opener Phil Salt (4) in the fourth delivery of the opening over.

With the arrival of skipper Rajat Patidar, it looked like a partnership with Virat Kohli would settle the tempo for RCB. But Arshdeep Singh struck again in the third over to remove Kohli (1) as RCB fell to 21/2 in 2.4 overs. Patidar failed to find any partnerships during his knock, and he too eventually lost his wicket in the eighth over, for 23 off 18 balls. Tim David (50*) remained unbeat...