Bengaluru: Driving on blazing knocks from Tim David, Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Rajat Patidar, defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted 250/3 of their 20 overs, the very best complete of IPL 2026, towards Chennai Tremendous Kings on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.
On a pitch which eased out as the sport progressed, an unbroken 99-run stand off simply 35 balls between David, who hit 70 not out off simply 25 balls and Patidar, who smashed 48 not out off solely 19 deliveries, was the important thing to RCB touching 250-mark and set CSK an uphill mountain to climb.
Earlier than the duo got here in to unleash carnage on CSK, Padikkal was rock-solid in hitting 50 off 29 balls – his second consecutive fifty of the season. After clobbering Noor Ahmad for 3 consecutive sixes, David minimize unfastened within the penultimate over by smashing Jamie Overton for 4 sixes and a 4 to succeed in his second IPL half-century in 21 balls. His power-hitting had even received Virat Kohli to rise from his seat within the RCB dugout.
RCB started cautiously after being put into batting first, with Phil Salt and Virat Kohli negotiating early swing from Khaleel Ahmed and Matt Henry. Kohli broke the shackles within the fourth over, putting Henry for a six and two boundaries, however fell quickly after for 28 off 18 balls, caught by Shivam Dube, who had shelled an earlier probability, off Anshul Kamboj.
Salt, who had struggled early, discovered rhythm with pulls and slog-sweeps to race to 46 off 30 earlier than Dube dismissed him within the eleventh over.
Padikkal, dropped as soon as by Ruturaj Gaikwad at cowl, shifted gears within the center overs. He cracked three fours and two sixes off Dube and Henry to convey up his second successive half-century, elevating his bat to the noisy and cheerful Chinnaswamy crowd. His innings ended at 50 off 29 balls, bowled by Jamie Overton whereas making an attempt to play a lap shot within the fifteenth over.
From 151/3 in 14.1 overs, Patidar and David launched a shocking counterattack, leaving many in awe of it. Patidar carved Khaleel for 2 sixes and a 4, whereas David went after Noor Ahmad, smashing three consecutive sixes – twice over deep mid-wicket and as soon as over long-off – within the seventeenth over.
Kamboj thought he had yorked David, however an overstep turned it right into a free hit, which David dispatched for one more most. Overton bore the brunt within the nineteenth over, conceding 30 runs as David hammered 4 sixes and a 4 to succeed in his half-century in 21 balls – with considered one of his towering hits going outdoors the stadium – as 97 runs got here off the final 5 overs.
Temporary Scores: Royal Challengers Bengaluru 250/3 in 20 overs (Tim David 70 not out, Devdutt Padikkal 50; Shivam Dube 1-30, Jamie Overton 1-42) towards Chennai Tremendous Kings
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