New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) rode on brilliant half-centuries from openers Phil Salt and Virat Kohli to defeat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 9 wickets and return to winning ways in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Sunday, April 13. Kohli and Salt shared a match-winning opening stand of 92 runs to guide their team home in a tricky chase of 174 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Salt and Kohli continued their purple patch this season to get RCB off to a flyer in pursuit of the 174-run target. The duo once again dominated the proceedings in the Powerplay after surviving an initial scare from Jofra Archer. Salt was the aggressor as usual, helping RCB amass 65 runs in the Powerplay while racing to his fifty off just 28 balls.

He was eventually dismissed on 65 off 33 balls by left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya in the 9th........

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