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Playing their first home game of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru aren’t looking in a good position against Gujarat Titans as they have already lost five wickets under 100 runs while batting first at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, in between falling of regular wickets, RCB opener Phil Salt flexed his muscles and smashed GT pacer Mohammed Siraj for a monstrous six.
During the third ball of the fifth over of the innings Phil Salt stepped out of the crease and ended up producing a 105 meter six, that landed outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, the opening batter couldn’t dominate for much longer as Mohammed Siraj cleared off his stumps on the very next delivery and performed his infamous Ronaldo celebration.
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RCB in trouble against GT
Talking about the match, GT skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and put RCB to bat first. The home team got the first shock as Virat Kohli went back to the pavilion in the second over as Arshad Khan struck first for GT. In the next few overs, RCB went on to lose the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt and skipper Rajat Patidar respectively and were reduced to 42/4 after 6.2 overs.
After that, Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma added 52 runs for the fifth wicket. Jitesh got out after scoring 33 runs off 21 balls, hitting five fours and a six. Krunal Pandya also couldn’t add more runs as he went back to the pavilion scoring just five runs. Currently, Liam Livingstone and Tim David are still at the crease taking the innings further.
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