• BATSMEN
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    2.6 Head's snipered it straight to deep square leg! The crowd erupts! Duffy turning it on at the Chinnaswamy. 136ks back of length ball just outside off, Head pulled it hard and flat. Salt took it with cupped hands around his chest and fell back with the momentum but held on. Travishek done for the night 23/2
    2.1 Straight up, Jitesh underneath and takes it looking back! RCB have tucked up Abhishek and have now removed him! Scrambled seam 133ks back of length ball just outside off, Abhishek in the crease, looking to pull it. Bat face opened on impact and he sliced it behind. His lean patch continues 18/1
    15.6 Hang on a minute, I need to pick up my jaw from the floor. PHIL SALT, where's your cape! How's he taken that? A one-handed stunner right at the deep backward point boundary to dismiss the SRH captain. If there was any doubt about Salt's previous catch, there is none this time. Low full toss outside off stump, Kishan carves that again this time over point. The ball was going to the fence for all money but Salt hares to his right around the deep backward point region, plucks out his right hand, almost parallel to the ground and grabs it with minimum of fuss. WOWZA! 155/6
    4.2 Short ball works again, Third for Duffy! 134ks back of length ball at the body, rose around belly-height, Nitish's feet were in the crease as he tried to pull it aerially. Stayed up for a mile, midwicket came in and took a simple catch. 29/3
    13.1 Has Salt taken a screamer at the deep midwicket fence? Salt likes it but he was very close to the boundary cushion. Slower offcutter on off stump, Klaasen looks to mow that across the line, but courtesy of the lack of pace, gets more height than distance. Salt is right on the boundary edge and makes the catch more difficult than it is. The ball bobbles in his hand, and he ends up swatting on the boundary edge and completes the catch. The third umpire is checking, waiting for multiple angles to check if any part of Salt's body or his shirt was touching the boundary cushions. He is very close to those cushions... but looks like he is fine. The third umpire is happy and sends Klaasen on his way. This was too close for comfort, but I think the third umpire got this decision right. Salt actually showed great presence of mind to not tumble too close to the cushion 126/4
    14.3 Straight to deep midwicket and RCB continue to strike. Arora comes and goes Dragged down googly on off stump, Arora's eyes light up as he looks to smash that out of Chinnaswamy. Ends up losing his shape and clatters it straight to Padikkal who moves forward and takes a relatively simple catch 137/5
    18.6 Kohli drops Aniket, he takes Aniket. On a length outside off stump, Aniket looks to clear long-off but doesn't get enough power behind it. Wasn't that flourish that Aniket has found all innings. Kohli completes a comfortable catch 192/9
    16.6 Another ones bites the dust and Dubey's innings lasts just three balls. Dubey gets across but Shepherd spots him and bowls a full-length ball on leg stump. He flicks this uppishly, not with a lot of control and Padikkal takes takes the simplest of catches at the deep backward square leg fence 167/7
    17.5 Harshal falls for a two-ball duck and SRH lose their eighth. Slower back of a length ball outside off, Harshal gets no power behind that shot and only hits it as far as long-off 174/8
    not out
    6
    5
    11
    0
    0
    120
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    4
    3
    4
    0
    0
    133.33
    Extras
    6 (lb 2, w 4)
    TOTAL
    201/9 (20 Overs, RR: 10.05)
    Did not bat: E Malinga
    Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Abhishek Sharma, 2.1 ov), 2-23 (Travis Head, 2.6 ov), 3-29 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 4.2 ov), 4-126 (Heinrich Klaasen, 13.1 ov), 5-137 (Salil Arora, 14.3 ov), 6-155 (Ishan Kishan, 15.6 ov), 7-167 (Harsh Dubey, 16.6 ov), 8-174 (Harshal Patel, 17.5 ov), 9-192 (Aniket Verma, 18.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JA Duffy402235.5131110
    B Kumar403117.7593020
    Abhinandan Singh3038112.6672400
    R Shepherd4054313.554410
    Suyash Sharma302819.3365000
    KH Pandya202601310300
  • BATSMEN
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    1.1 Spliced... collision, and Klaasen takes it anyway! Klaasen says to Aniket he couldn't hear the call. Aniket's hands didn't hit the head as Klaasen was going down. Length ball outside off, Salt wanted to launch it over cover but spliced it. Catch was taken low to the left 9/1
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    8.4 Taken at long-off and Padikkal's party is over. He grimaces and walks back. Ball was there to hit. Overpitched and at the stumps, Padikkal showed all three stumps and went for a drive through line. Got it too low, easy catch 110/2
    12.2 Straight up and Payne has his first IPL wicket. Slower 120.7kph length ball angling away from Patidar's arc. In the form that he is, he is looking to smash everything out of his presence. Tries to hammer that away but only spoons it straight up. Dubey runs back and sideways and takes a good catch 163/3
    12.3 Aaaand he falls first ball. Payne suddenly has two in two and is on a hat-trick. Banged in short hip-high down leg, Jitesh pulls but is unable to control it and helps this straight down Unadkat's throat at deep backward square leg 163/4
    not out
    16
    10
    18
    1
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    160
    Extras
    18 (b 8, lb 3, w 7)
    TOTAL
    203/4 (15.4 Overs, RR: 12.95)
    Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Phil Salt, 1.1 ov), 2-110 (Devdutt Padikkal, 8.4 ov), 3-163 (Rajat Patidar, 12.2 ov), 4-163 (Jitesh Sharma, 12.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    K Nitish Kumar Reddy201909.554000
    JD Unadkat302919.6662210
    DA Payne3035211.6652310
    HS Dubey3035111.6642300
    E Malinga2035017.532340
    HV Patel2.4039014.6235210

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45

Match days

28 March 2026 - night match (20-over match)

Twenty20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0

Match Notes

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9V KohliPD Salt
2nd101V KohliD Padikkal
3rd53V KohliRM Patidar
4th0V KohliJM Sharma
5th40V KohliTH David