Liam Livingstone arrives for Royal Challengers Bangalore as the batter smashed an outstanding half-century after the team lost some early wickets against Gujarat Titans at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Thanks to his fifty and Tim David’s finishing touches, RCB managed to put up a decent total of 169 in 20 overs.
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Livi’ brought up his maiden 5️⃣0️⃣ for RCB with a banger. 🔥🔥
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 2, 2025
RCB bought Liam Livingstone for INR 8.75 crore in the IPL 2025 mega-auction, and the English power hitter proved his worth with an amazing fifty in his third game for the franchise. When the team lost 4 early wickets, the 34-year-old scored 54 runs off 40 balls, including 5 sixes and 1 four.
Shubman Gill, captain of the Gujarat Titans, won the toss and elected to bowl first at the good batting wicket of M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 14th game of the IPL 2025.
RCB Playing XI: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
GT Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, M. Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma
Gujarat Titans bowlers have dominated the power play. Arshad Khan quickly removes Virat Kohli on 7 runs off 6 balls, and Mohammed Siraj, who used to play for RCB till last season, dismissed two batters, Devdutt Padikkal and Phil Salt, in the first six overs of the game. Captain Rajat Patidar also lost his wicket to Ishant Sharma on 12 runs.
However, Jitesh Sharma and Liam Livingstone built up a good partnership. Jitesh scored 33 runs off 21 balls before getting out to Sai Kishore. In the final four, Livingstone shifted his gears and scored 54 runs off 40 balls. David also smashed some boundaries in the last over. He put up a total of 32 runs in 18 balls before getting out on the final ball of the inning to Prasidh Krishna. RCB scored 169 runs in their 20 overs.
