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IPL 2025: Jitesh Sharma breaks MS Dhoni’s all-time IPL record
Samira Vishwas | May 28, 2025 11:24 PM CST


Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made a memorable win in IPL 2025 to make a place in qualifier 1 after 9 years. RCB won by 6 wickets in the last league match played against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The match was very tense, and at one time it seemed that RCB would face Mumbai Indians in the eliminator. But Jitesh Sharma’s stormy innings changed everything.

Lucknow scored a huge score.e

RCB won the toss and decided to bowl first, but LSG captain Rishabh Pant proved his decision wrong. Pant played 118 runs in just 61 balls and took the team to a big score of 227/3 in 20 overs.

RCB stuttering after r good start

Chasing the target, RCB got a great start from Virat Kohli and Phil Salt. Together they added 61 runs in 5 overs. But after this, RCB’s batting started staggering, and the team had lost 4 wickets for 123 runs in the 12th over. In such a situation, it seemed that the match could come out of RCB’s hands.

Jitesh Sharma created history.y

In this difficult time, Mayank Agarwal and Jitesh Sharma batted amazingly. Mayank scored 41 runs in 23 balls, and from the other end, Jitesh Sharma hit 85 runs in just 33 balls. His innings not only won the RCB the match but also became the biggest innings while batting number 6 or below during the successful run chase in IPL history. Earlier, this record was in the name of MS Dhoni, who scored 70 runs against RCB in 2018.

Supreme score batting number 6 or below in successful runs

Serial number player name Score Team Opposition team place Year
1 Jitesh Sharma 85* (33) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Lucknow 2025
2 M.S. Dhoni 70* (34) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Bengaluru 2018
3 Andre Russell 70* (31) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Punjab Kings (PBKS) Mumbai (WS) 2022
4 Kerone pollard 70 (47) Mumbai Indians (MI) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Bengaluru 2017
5 Dwayne Bravo 68 (30) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Mumbai Indians (MMI Mumbai (WS) 2018

RCB reached qualifier 1

Thanks to Jitesh and Mayank’s best partnership, RCB achieved a huge target of 227 runs with 6 wickets and reached the qualifier 1 directly. This victory was not just a match for the team, but also a chance to create a history, which he completed in a brilliant manner. Tomorrow, the first match of qualifier 1 between RCB and Punjab will be played in New Chandigarh.

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