IPL 2025 Points Table: RCB’s loss led to loss of top spot, GT’s win led PBKS No. 1

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In the 14th match of IPL 2025, Jos Buttler’s stormy innings helped GT beat RCB by 8 wickets at their home.

IPL 2025 Points Table: RCB's loss led to loss of top spot, GT's win led PBKS No. 1

IPL 2025 Points Table: Gujarat Titans defeated RCB by 8 wickets at Chinnaswamy. Batting first, RCB scored 169/8, with Liam Livingstone scoring a half-century (54) and Tim David scoring a quick 32 off 18 balls. Chasing the target of 170 runs, Gujarat Titans batted brilliantly. Jos Buttler scored a brilliant half-century and remained unbeaten on 73*, while Sai Sudarshan (49) missed his half-century by 1 run. With this defeat, RCB also lost its top position.

RCB lost the top position: RCB lost their dominance in the points table after losing to Gujarat Titans and the team slipped to third place. Punjab Kings have now become the number one team of IPL 2025, while Delhi Capitals remain at second place. Gujarat remains at fourth place even after the win. Kolkata Knight Riders are at the bottom of the points table, while Rajasthan is at number 9.

Gujarat registers a strong win: Gujarat Titans registered a strong win by losing only two wickets while chasing the target of 170 runs. Initially, Shubman Gill was out after scoring just 14 runs, but Sai Sudarshan and Jos Butler handled the innings. Both of them made a strong partnership of 75 runs for the second wicket. Sudarshan played a brilliant innings of 49 runs in 36 balls, which included 7 fours and 1 six. At the same time, Butler played in a stormy style and scored 73 runs in 39 balls, which included 5 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes. Rutherford also completed the formality of victory by scoring 24 runs in 17 balls.

Livingstone-David’s sensible batting: RCB, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very bad start. Virat Kohli was out after scoring just 7 runs, while Phil Salt became the victim of Siraj after scoring 14 runs. Padikkal also returned to the pavilion early. After this, Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma together took over the innings and made a half-century partnership. Jitesh scored 33 runs in 21 balls, while Livingstone hit 54 runs in 40 balls. In the last overs, Tim David played a quick innings of 32 runs in 18 balls, which helped RCB reach a respectable score of 169 runs.

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