Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) confirmed their playoff spot after a high scoring affair against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), where Rishabh Pant, LSG skipper, scored an IPL ton. With the help of the century, LSG scored 227, a strong challenge for RCB. Bengaluru swiftly achieved the target with the help of a couple of half centuries from Virat Kohli and Jitesh Sharma, the stand-in captain of RCB. When a team manages to win a match under high pressure, that shows the team's mettle; Royal Challengers Bengaluru proved their character on the field and repeatedly showed, why they are one of the contenders to win IPL 2025. 

3 reasons RCB can win IPL 2025:

Unstoppable outside home: Royal Challengers Bengaluru has recorded an impressive record outside their home ground. In the league phase, they won all of their 7 matches outside Bengaluru and they are set to play Qualifier 1 against Punjab Kings in Mullanpur, which is an away fixture for the boys in Red and Black. 

Run machine Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli is going through one of his best Indian Premier League season. He has been scoring runs for fun. The former skipper in 13 IPL 2025 matches scored 602 runs with 60.20 batting average, powered by 8 half centuries. In the last 5 matches, Kohli produced four 50 plus innings. 

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Multiple match winners: Apart from Virat Kohli, RCB has multiple batters and bowlers who can change colour of a match single handedly. Against LSG, it was the stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma who ensured the win and top 2. Phil Salt as an opener is another consistent performer for RCB, Mayank Agarwal has so far done his job as well. From the bowling department Josh Hazelwood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya or Suyash Sharma's contribution helped the team from Bengaluru to reach to the top 4. 

IPL 2025 playoff fixtures

Qualifier 1, May 29: Punjab Kings vs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru—Mullanpur

Eliminator, May 30: Gujarat Titans vs. Mumbai Indians—Mullanpur

Qualifier 2, June 1: Qualifier 1 loser vs. Eliminator winner—Ahmedabad

Final, June 3: Qualifier 1 winner vs. Qualifier 2 winner—Ahmedabad