A bizarre incident involving the star Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) all-rounder Liam Livingstone happened during the 14th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Wednesday, April 2.
The high-octane match between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Gujarat Titans is currently underway at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
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Liam Livingstone sends his bat flying
English all-rounder Livingstone was one of the top buys of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Indian Premier League 2025 mega auction.
RCB spent a whopping INR 8.75 crore to acquire the services of the star spin-bowling all-rounder, who had set his base price as INR 2 crore for the intense mega auction.
So far, Liam Livingstone has looked in decent touch for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League both with the bat and ball and he is expected to receive a good backing even if he fails in some matches as he brings the X-factor with him.
Meanwhile, during the RCB vs GT IPL 2025 match, Livingstone was part of a bizarre moment. On the first ball of the 9th over, the veteran Gujarat Titans (GT) right-arm pacer Ishant Sharma bowled a back-of-a-length delivery to Livingstone outside off-stump.
The Englishman tried to punch the ball down to the third man before losing his bat. Notably, his bat went flying in the air and he completed the single without the bat in his hand.
Watch: Liam Livingstone’s Bat Goes Flying in RCB vs GT Clash
Bat goes flying 😮
What happened there? 🤔
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Livingstone finished his innings with a score of 54 runs in 40 balls, with 1 four and 5 sixes. He played a key role in RCB posting a good total of 169/8 on the board.
I enjoy both batting and bowling – Liam Livingstone
Speaking to broadcasters ahead of the match, Liam Livingstone said that the Royal Challengers Bengaluru are very confident and expressed excitement over playing in front of the home crowd. Liam Livingstone added that he enjoys bowling and batting equally and wants to contribute to his team’s success. He elaborated:
“(Team is) Very confident. Great start to the tournament, two games on the road, we said about making a strong start as it helps in the later stages, hopefully we can carry it on here. It is our first chance to play in front of our home fans, everybody is really excited, we have been waiting for this day for a long while now, hopefully we can go out and put on a show.
“I enjoy both (batting and bowling). I feel like I can contribute with both these days, bowling might be a little difficult at this ground than what it is away from home, excited for the challenge and hopefully I can contribute with both tonight. There hasn’t been much dew when we have trained. We don’t know what the pitch is going to happen, try and assess the conditions with whatever we do first, hopefully we have got the skill sets to beat these guys tonight.”
