Rajasthan Royals (RR) secured their second win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 and continued their recovery after a shaky start, beating Shreyas Iyer-led PBKS at their own den at Mullanpur after surviving a Nehal Wadhera-Glenn Maxwell scare while defending 206 runs.
After a first innings duck, the 22-year-old opener bounced back in style, playing the long game with calculated aggression against the world-class Australian attack during his 161-run knock at the Perth's Optus Stadium during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Though Virat was dismissed for a golden duck in the match, he made up a bit for it with his electric presence on the field. He took two catches in the match to dismiss young top-order batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal, who were threatening to take the match away from RCB during a