Royal Challengers Bangalore achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first team to win all the seven distances in one season in IPL 2025, as 85 unbeaten by Stand-in Captain Jitesh Sharma scored 228 runs against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. A six-verse victory with eight balls marked the RCB’s highest successful chase and the third tallest clan in IPL history.The victory finished second on the points table with 19 points, matching Punjab, but was lagged behind due to a net run rate of 0.30. It is RCB’s best league stage finish since 2016.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Chase contributed significantly to Virat Kohli and Phil Salat in Powerplay, followed by Jitesh Sharma and Mayank Agarwal’s unbeaten partnership. Aggarwal scored 41 runs to support Sharma’s match winning innings.Earlier, Lucknow Super Veterans posted a combat 227/3, run by Captain Rishabh Pant’s brilliant 118.The match saw a difficult day for Will O’Rurke of Lucknow, who, despite taking two wickets, scored 74 runs in his four overs – the third most expensive mantra in IPL history.The victory marked only the second successful 200-plus chase at the Lucknow site after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s successful discovery of Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 19.
The previous record shows that Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians won the game seven distance in the 2012 season, but failed to maintain a correct record.The result has set up a qualifier 1 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings on Thursday, while Gujarat will face Mumbai Indians in Eliminator on Friday.
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