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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) finally ended their home ground jinx against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match number 42 of IPL 2025, winning their first match of the season at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium by 12 runs. With this win, they have reclaimed third spot on the points table with 12 points from 9 matches. They are now tied on points with Gujarat Titans and Delhi Capitals, who occupy the first and second positions respectively.
Mumbai Indians, who beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday, are now the fourth-ranked team. Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants are the next two, both with 10 points each.
RR, after the loss, continue to trail at the eighth spot due to a superior net run rate compared to SRH and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), who are at the bottom of the table.
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| IPL 2025 points table | ||||||||
| POS | Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.104 |
| 2 | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.657 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.472 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.673 |
| 5 | Punjab Kings | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.177 |
| 6 | Lucknow Super Giants | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.054 |
| 7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.212 |
| 8 | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.633 |
| 9 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1.361 |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1.392 |
Playoff qualification scenarios To secure a playoff spot in IPL 2025, teams are aiming to reach the magic number of 16 points — a benchmark that has traditionally been sufficient for qualification into the top four. Based on that trend, here’s how many victories each team needs from their remaining fixtures to confirm a place in the playoffs:
Gujarat Titans: Remaining matches – 6; Wins required – 2 Delhi Capitals: Remaining matches – 6; Wins required – 2 Punjab Kings: Remaining matches – 6; Wins required – 3 Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Remaining matches – 5; Wins required – 2 Lucknow Super Giants: Remaining matches – 5; Wins required – 3 Kolkata Knight Riders: Remaining matches – 6; Wins required – 5 Mumbai Indians: Remaining matches – 5; Wins required – 3 Rajasthan Royals: Remaining matches – 5; Wins required – 5 (Could reach 14 points but need other results to go their way.) Sunrisers Hyderabad: Remaining matches – 6; Wins required – 6 Chennai Super Kings: Remaining matches – 6; Wins required – 6
IPL 2025 Orange cap leaderboard
GT's Sai Sudharsan is still going strong at number one spot in Orange Cap race with 417 runs under his belt. However, Virat Kohli with his 70 runs innings vs RR on Thursday have jumped up to number two spot with 392 runs under his name.
| IPL 2025 Orange Cap standings | |||||||||||
| POS | Player | Team | Runs | Matches | Inns | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Sai Sudharsan | GT | 417 | 8 | 8 | 82 | 52.13 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 15 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | RCB | 392 | 9 | 9 | 73* | 65.33 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 13 |
| 3 | Nicholas Pooran | LSG | 377 | 9 | 9 | 87* | 47.13 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 31 |
| 4 | Suryakumar Yadav | MI | 373 | 9 | 9 | 68* | 62.17 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19 |
| 5 | Jos Buttler | GT | 356 | 8 | 8 | 97* | 71.2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 |
| 6 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | RR | 356 | 9 | 9 | 75 | 39.56 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 20 |
| 7 | Mitchell Marsh | LSG | 344 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 18 |
| 8 | Aiden Markram | LSG | 326 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 36.22 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 |
| 9 | K L Rahul | DC | 323 | 7 | 7 | 93* | 64.6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 16 |
| 10 | Shubman Gill | GT | 305 | 8 | 8 | 90 | 43.57 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 9 |
IPL 2025 Purple cap leaderboard
GT fast bowler Prasidh Krishna and RCB's Josh Hazlewood with 16 wickets each are top two in Purple Cap race, while DC's Kuldeep Yadav, CSK's Noor Ahmed, GT's R Sai Kishore, Md Siraj, MI's Hardik Pandya and LSG's Shardul Thakur are all tied with 12 wickets each.
| IPL 2025 Purple cap standings | |||||||||
| POS | Player | Team | Wkts | Mat | Inns | BBI | Econ | 4w | 5w |
| 1 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 for 41 | 7.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Josh Hazlewood | RCB | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 for 14 | 8.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | DC | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 for 22 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Noor Ahmad | CSK | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 for 18 | 7.66 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Sai Kishore | GT | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 for 30 | 8.22 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Mohammed Siraj | GT | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 for 17 | 8.84 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Krunal Pandya | RCB | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 for 45 | 8.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Hardik Pandya | MI | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 for 36 | 9.08 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Shardul Thakur | LSG | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 for 34 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Arshdeep Singh | PBKS | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 for 43 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 |
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