Delhi:On Sunday, April 11, Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat the Mumbai Indians in the 20th match of the Indian Premier League 2026. The defending champions played very well all around and won by 18 runs at the Wankhede Stadium.
Salt and Patidar play with MI's bowling attack.RCB put on a great show with the bat first. Phil Salt ripped apart the MI bowling attack with his all-out attack. Salt took the attack to the MI bowlers while doing the anchoring work. RCB scored 71 runs in the first six overs, and Salt got his fifty in the eighth over off 25 balls.
He really liked the spinners because he hit three sixes and a four in one over and then three fours and a six off Mayank Markande in another. When Salt was dismissed, Rajat Patidar carried on from where he left. The RCB captain hit 53 runs off of 20 balls and was hitting at full speed from the first ball. In the meantime, Kohli held the innings together.
David brings RCB to a new high.Kohli scored 50 runs off of 38 balls, leading the innings from the start until the 15th over, when he was out. Tim David joined the party when these three left to finish it off. The Australian big hitter took advantage of the chance and scored 34 runs off 16 balls, which helped RCB reach a pretty high total.
The 240/3 is the highest team score ever in the Indian cash-rich league at the Wankhede. RCB set the previous record with 235/1 against MI in 2015.
RCB bowlers support the batters with a strong showThe RCB bowlers did a good job of supporting their batters. was the best bowler and a standout player. The crafty spinner only gave up 1 run in 26 balls, while most of the other bowlers gave up close to 10 runs in 26 balls. His fast bouncers and slow changes fooled the MI batters. He planned to get rid of Surya when he went slow and full on one. Surya slogged it only to end up at deep backward square leg.
Concerns about Rohit and Kohli's injuriesAt the same time, there were worries about injuries for talismans and Virat Kohli. Sharma left the field in the sixth over of the chase because he felt something in his hamstring. He called the physiotherapist for help, but then he left. Kohli was also worried about getting hurt because he wasn't on the field during the second innings. Simon Doull, the commentator, said on air that Kohli is out because of an ankle problem.
Rohit retired hurt during the match. In the eighth over, Suyash Sharma took out Ryan Rickelton and Tilak Varma for MI. Suryakumar and Hardik tried to get the team out of trouble, but it didn't work. Krunal got rid of SKY, and then Jacob Duffy caught Hardik at deep backward point. Naman Dhir came next and hit one straight to Rajat Patidar at covers.
Sherfane Rutherford came in with some late fireworks, and Mitchell Santner did some work, but MI didn't have enough players at the end.
ALSO READ |