Royal Challengers Bengaluru secured their berth for the primary Qualifier of the Indian Premier League 2025, set to be performed in New Chandigarh in opposition to table-toppers Punjab Kings, after skipper Jitesh Sharma performed a 33-ball 85-run blinder, serving to RCB chase down their greatest complete within the historical past of IPL in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants within the IPL 2025 match on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday. This additionally made RCB the primary staff within the final 18 iterations to win all of their away video games in a season.
The 6-wicket win chasing down 228 within the final league recreation of IPL 2025 was RCB’s seventh straight win away from residence. The Males in Pink and Black performed the marketing campaign openers in opposition to defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders at their residence floor in Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens, the place they began their IPL 2025 season with a 7-wicket win. They then went on to beat Chennai Tremendous Kings at Chepauk, Mumbai Indians at Wankhede, Rajasthan Royals at Sawai Mangish Stadium, PBKS in Mullanpur, Delhi Capitals at Kotla, earlier than beating LSG at Ekana.
RCB, nevertheless, misplaced a recreation in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad at Ekana, however that match was shifted from the unique venue of Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy because of inclement climate predictions, thus technically making Ekana a house recreation (or moderately a impartial venue) for the RCB vs SRH match.
The win over LSG on Tuesday took RCB to 19 factors, on equal phrases with PBKS to complete second within the standings after the league stage. They bettered KKR and MI’s joint-best document of profitable seven out of eight away fixtures after profitable all seven away league clashes. Each MI and KKR’s feats got here in 2012. In the identical season, Delhi Daredevils (Now Delhi Capitals), too, had run at residence the place they gained six out of eight league video games at Kotla.
Whereas enjoying at Chinnaswamy, RCB beat CSK and RR whereas misplaced to GT, DC and PBKS. The match in opposition to KKR was washed out, whereas the SRH match was shifted.
Most away wins in a season
Royal Challengers Bengaluru in away video games in IPL 2025
| Matches | Opposition | Venue | Metropolis | Outcome |
| 1 | KKR | Eden Gardens | Kolkata | |
| 2 | CSK | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | Gained by 50 runs |
| 3 | MI | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | Gained by 12 runs |
| 4 | RR | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | |
| 5 | PBKS | Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium | New Chandigarh | |
| 6 | DC | Arun Jaitley Stadium | Delhi | |
| 7 | LSG | Ekana Cricket Stadium | Lucknow |