Cricket World TV Insights: IPL 2025 Match 65 - RCB vs SRH - Stats, Facts, Match Picks, Predictions, Tips - May 23

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IPL 2025, Match 65 - Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 65 of the 2025 IPL at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. RCB are number 2 on the points table with 8 wins from 12 matches. They haven’t lost a single encounter in their last five outings in the competition and a win against SRH would take them a step closer to a top-2 finish!

Sunrisers, on the other hand, are out of the playoff race with just 4 wins from 12 matches. They played spoilsport and chased down Lucknow Super Giants’ total of 205 and would look for a repeat of that performance against the Challengers on Friday.


We look at the rivalry between the two franchises, the players to watch out for and the match-ups, the numbers which stand out in the different phases of play and who is likely to come out triumphant in the high-octane encounter.

Crunch the Stats

Head to Head
MATCHES – 24
RCB WON – 11
SRH WON – 12
TIED - 1

Since 2020:
RCB WON – 5
SRH WON – 5

Probable Playing XIIs (including Impact Player)

RCB: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Jacob Bethell, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Rajat Patidar, 5 Romario Shepherd, 6 Jitesh Sharma, 7 Tim David, 8 Krunal Pandya, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Lungi Ngidi, 11 Yash Dayal, 12 Suyash Sharma

SRH: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Atharva Taide, 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 5 Heinrich Klaasen, 6 Kamindu Mendis, 7 Aniket Verma, 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Harsh Dubey, 11 Eshan Malinga, 12 Zeeshan Ansari



Players To Watch Out For

Virat Kohli (RCB)
- Leading run-getter for RCB this season (505 runs in 11 innings)
- Most fifties in IPL 2025 (7)
- 237 runs off 175 balls against spin at SR pf 135.4

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB)
- 12 wickets at SR of 19
- Economy rate of just under 9
- 6 wickets at ER of 8 in PP this season

Abhishek Sharma (SRH)
- Leading scorer for SRH in IPL 2025 (373 runs)
- Strike Rate of 192.3 this season
- SR of 167.5 in the PP in IPL 2025

Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
- 358 runs in 11 innings  at a SR of 155.6
- SR of 223.8 in death overs in IPL 2025
- SR of 152.7 vs spin this season

Powerplay & Death Over Stats
- Virat Kohli has a strike rate of 153.5 in the powerplay in IPL 2025.

- Tim David has a strike rate of 219.3 in the last 4 overs in IPL 2025.

- Bhuvneshwar Kumar has picked 6 wickets at an economy of 8 in the powerplay in IPL 2025.
- Abhishek Sharma has a strike rate of 167.5 in the powerplay in IPL 2025.
- Heinrich Klaasen has a strike rate of 224 in the last 4 overs this season.

Venue Stats – Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- The average score batting first in Bengaluru in IPL 2025 is 169.
- The average score chasing at the venue is 168.
- Pacers have bagged 72% of the wickets at the Chinnaswamy this season at a strike rate of 16.9. However, the spinners have been restrictive with an economy of 8.4.
- The team chasing has won 3 of the 5 matches in Bengaluru this season.

MATCH-UPS

- Abhishek Sharma vs Yash Dayal in IPL
Innings – 4
Balls – 19
Runs – 26
Strike Rate – 136.8
Dismissals – 2

- Virat Kohli vs Pat Cummins in IPL
Innings – 5
Balls – 24
Runs – 33
Strike Rate – 137.5
Dismissals – 0

- Ishan Kishan vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar in IPL
Innings – 6
Balls – 33
Runs – 54
Strike Rate – 163.63
Dismissals – 1

Match Predictions*

Toss Prediction
Sunrisers Hyderabad

Who will score most runs
Virat Kohli (RCB)
Abhishek Sharma (SRH)

Who will pick most wickets
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB)
Pat Cummins (SRH)

Match Prediction
Royal Challengers Bengaluru to win
RCB – 60%
SRH – 40%

*NB these picks and predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match, once the final starting teams have been announced - also, check out the % Win Prediction Widget which is live Pre-Play and InPlay and fluctuates with the latest market odds - we will soon be running other ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.... and always remember.... when the fun stops... STOP

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