The history: The year 2025 is proving to be very spectacular for RCB and their players. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) players, who won the title for the first time in IPL 2025, are now seen shining in The Hundred. In a match of this season, two RCB stars broke the record and performed the team by adding 50 runs in just 13 balls.

Stormy performance by Livingston and young captain

Liam Livingston, who played for Birmingham Finix in The Hundred, and 21 -year -old Jacob Bethal made a big fight against the London Spirit. The two players together performed the record by adding 50 runs in 13 balls. In these 13 balls, he hit 6 sixes and 1 four.

Livingston scored 45 runs in 20 balls, including 5 skyscraper sixes and 1 four. On the other hand, Bethal scored 18 runs in 8 balls, which included 2 sixes. During this time the strike rate of both was around 225. By the end of the match, both batsmen remained unbeaten and brought the team to the set target.

Match condition

The team of London Spirit, batting first, scored 126 runs for 6 wickets in 100 balls. Birmingham Finix achieved a target of 127 runs in just 65 balls in response. During this, there was a 63 -run partnership between the two players in 25 balls. Livingston was adjudged Player of the Match for this brilliant innings.

Records and achievements

Jacob Bethal has recently achieved the distinction of becoming England’s youngest captain, breaking the 136 -year record. RCB team included Bethal in their team for 2.6 crores.

Livingstone has become the highest run -scorer in the current season of The Hundred.

In IPL 2025 too, both players contributed significantly to the success of RCB.

Birmingham Finix has registered this second win in 5 matches played so far.

The Hundred 2025: The new season of The Hundred started in a bang. Afghan spinner Rashid Khan implicated big veterans in his spinner in the opening match between Oval Invisables and London Spirit on August 5. The match was low-scoring and the condition of the London Spirit was so bad that he did not score a single run off 45 balls. As a result, the London Spirit team was reduced to just 80 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets.

45 balls dot, bad condition of London Spirit

After winning the toss in the match, the condition was bad from the beginning of the London Spirit to bat first. The team scored only 80 runs in 94 balls, that is, the entire team’s innings was reduced to the remaining 6 balls. The most surprising thing is that the team did not score any run off 45 balls. About half of his innings went to the dot balls.

The team of London Spirit included international players like David Warner and Kane Williamson, but both of them could not do anything special. Both Warner and Williamson scored only 9-9 runs and returned to the pavilion after early.

Rashid Khan’s spinning havoc

The bowlers of the Oval Invinces broke the back of the batting of the London Spirit with the tight line length, but the most impact Rashid Khan. He bowled 15 dot balls in his 20 balls and conceded just 11 runs. Rashid Khan also took 3 wickets during this period. The batsmen had no answer on Rashid’s balls. He appeared in an attack from the beginning of the match and pushed the team of London Spirit on the backfoot.

Sam Karan is not far behind

Sam Karan also bowled brilliantly with Rashid. He took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 19 balls and bowled 10 balls dots. Apart from these, Behrendorf took 1 wicket, Jordan Clarke took 2 wickets. Tom Karan, Nathan Swot and Will Jacks also bowled accurately and did not give the London Spirit batsmen opportunities to score runs.

Oval Invisables performs great performance

The target of just 82 runs from the London Spirit was achieved by the Oval Invisables very easily. The team completed the target by losing 4 wickets in just 69 balls and started the tournament with victory. Rashid Khan was adjudged Player of the Match in this magnificent victory.