Royal Challengers Bengaluru were handed a formidable target of 232 by Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2025 encounter on Friday in Lucknow, after an explosive half-century from Ishan Kishan powered SRH to 231 for six in their 20 overs.

The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head came out swinging from the first ball, stitching together a rapid 54-run stand in just four overs. RCB’s pace attack, led by Lungi Ngidi, struck early to remove Abhishek for a brisk 34 off 17 balls, an innings laced with three fours and three sixes.  Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In particular, Bhuvneshwar`s second over yielded 18 runs, including a boundary from Head, followed by a six and a four from Abhishek.