Jitesh Sharma Breaks MS Dhoni's All-Time IPL Record During RCB's 6-Wicket Win

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Last Updated:May 28, 2025, 15:52 IST

Jitesh came retired to bat astatine No. 6 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful the 228-run pursuit and remained not retired connected 85 runs from 33 balls.

Jitesh Sharma breaks MS Dhoni's all-time IPL record. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)

Jitesh Sharma played the champion sound of his IPL vocation connected Tuesday (May 27) to assistance Royal Challengers Bengaluru pursuit down the people of 228 runs against Lucknow Super Giants successful the IPL 2025 lucifer played astatine Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium successful Lucknow. The 31-year-old wicketkeeper-batter who was starring the Bengaluru-based franchise successful the past league lucifer of the IPL this twelvemonth came retired to bat astatine No. 6 and, with the assistance of 8 fours and six sixes, scored 85 runs from conscionable 33 balls.

His 85-run sound helped RCB triumph the lucifer by six wickets and publication their spot successful the archetypal qualifier of IPL 2025 by securing a top-two finish. By scoring 85 runs arsenic a No. 6 batter connected Tuesday, Jitesh broke MS Dhoni’s all-time IPL grounds of astir runs by a No. 6 oregon little batter successful palmy IPL tally chases.

During the CSK-RCB IPL 2018 lucifer played successful Bengaluru connected April 25, Dhoni hammered 70 runs from conscionable 34 balls for the Chennai-based franchise arsenic a No. 6 batter. His feat was matched by KKR’s Andre Russell during the IPL 2022 lucifer played betwixt the Knight Riders and Punjab Kings astatine Wankhede Stadium successful Mumbai connected April 1, 2022.

Highest scores from No. 6 oregon little successful palmy IPL tally chases

• 85*(33) – Jitesh Sharma (RCB) vs LSG, Lucknow, 2025
• 70* (34) – MS Dhoni (CSK) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2018
• 70*(31) – Andre Russell (KKR) vs PBKS, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2022
• 70(47) – Kieron Pollard (MI) vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2017
• 68(30) – Dwayne Bravo (CSK) vs MI, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2018

For his superb amusement with the bat, Jitesh won the Player of the Match award. The erstwhile Punjab Kings prima added 107 runs for the 5th wicket with Mayank Agarawal (41 from 23 balls).

The 107-run basal betwixt Jitesh and Mayank is the highest for RCB for the 5th wicket oregon little successful a tally chase, bettering 91* betwixt AB de Villiers & Iqbal Abdullah against Gujarat Lions successful 2016 Qualifier 1.

The triumph implicit LSG connected Tuesday was RCB’s seventh triumph distant from location this season. The Bengaluru-based franchise is the lone squad successful IPL past to triumph each league matches played distant from home. In IPL 2025, RCB defeated KKR by 7 wickets successful Kolkata, CSK by 50 runs successful Chennai, MI by 12 runs successful Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets successful Jaipur, Punjab Kings by 7 wickets successful Mullanpur, Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets successful Delhi and Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets successful Lucknow.

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