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Top Scorers - RCB vs MI
Leading run scorers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the match
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Salt and Patidar power RCB past Mumbai - ESPNcricinfo
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 (Salt 78, Patidar 53, Kohli 50, Hardik 1-39) beat Mumbai Indians 222 for 5 (Rutherford 71*, Hardik 40, Suyash 2-47) by 18 runsThe toss is crucial in night matches at Wankhede Stadium with a true flat pitch and dew giving the chasing side a significant advantage. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost that toss. Then went ahead and did what you need to do: score the highest IPL score at the ground, 240, and defended it with considerable ease.Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar set RCB up with knocks of 78 off 36 and 53 off 20, Patidar's fastest fifty. The duo hit a hat-trick of sixes once each with Salt also taking three fours in a row. A total of 11 sixes and 10 fours flew off their bats, resulting in RCB chants at Mumbai Indians' home ground. Between them they compensated for Virat Kohli, who himself didn't seem too pleased with his 50 off 38 even as the other end kept producing big runs.RelatedKrunal keeps himself 'one step ahead' of batters despite massive oddsSalt assault completes the batting set for RCB before home stretchRohit retires hurt, Kohli troubled by ankle during RCB's win over MIOff the field during the second half of the match, Kohli didn't need to fret much from the sidelines as the spinners Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya expertly shut the chase down. Suyash did so with the wickets of the rampaging Ryan Rickelton and Tilak Varma in his first over while Krunal bowled four overs for just 26 runs, signing off with just reward in form of Suryakumar Yadav's scalp. The RCB spinners bowled eight overs for 73 runs and three big wickets as against MI's two spinners conceding 83 in six overs.Salt starts RCB's marchKohli registered the first boundary of the innings with a six in the first over, but it was Salt who kept on the assault, scoring 47 off 22 in the powerplay. This involved welcoming Mitchell Santner, a reluctant powerplay bowler, with three sixes and a four. MI were forced to bowl Jasprit Bumrah for two overs inside the powerplay; still RCB got to 71.The next key moment for RCB was the introduction of legspin with a right-hand heavy batting line-up, but that didn't matter at all with Mayank Markande extracting little turn in either direction. Salt stayed back to hit three consecutive fours off his flatter lengths, and was waiting to hit a six the moment he gave it a hint of air.When all else failed for MI, Shardul Thakur, bowling for the first time as late as the 11th over, executed wide yorker...
Salt and Patidar power RCB past Mumbai - ESPN
playPhil Salt's impact in the first six overs for RCB in the IPL (1:25)Sanjay Bangar and Ambati Rayudu on the RCB opener's devastating innings against MI (1:25)Apr 12, 2026, 02:41 PM ETRoyal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 (Salt 78, Patidar 53, Kohli 50, Hardik 1-39) beat Mumbai Indians 222 for 5 (Rutherford 71*, Hardik 40, Suyash 2-47) by 18 runsThe toss is crucial in night matches at Wankhede Stadium with a true flat pitch and dew giving the chasing side a significant advantage. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost that toss. Then went ahead and did what you need to do: score the highest IPL score at the ground, 240, and defended it with considerable ease.Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar set RCB up with knocks of 78 off 36 and 53 off 20, Patidar's fastest fifty. The duo hit a hat-trick of sixes once each with Salt also taking three fours in a row. A total of 11 sixes and 10 fours flew off their bats, resulting in RCB chants at Mumbai Indians' home ground. Between them they compensated for Virat Kohli, who himself didn't seem too pleased with his 50 off 38 even as the other end kept producing big runs.Off the field during the second half of the match, Kohli didn't need to fret much from the sidelines as the spinners Suyash Sharma and Krunal Pandya expertly shut the chase down. Suyash did so with the wickets of the rampaging Ryan Rickelton and Tilak Varma in his first over while Krunal bowled four overs for just 26 runs, signing off with just reward in form of Suryakumar Yadav's scalp. The RCB spinners bowled eight overs for 73 runs and three big wickets as against MI's two spinners conceding 83 in six overs.Salt starts RCB's marchKohli registered the first boundary of the innings with a six in the first over, but it was Salt who kept on the assault, scoring 47 off 22 in the powerplay. This involved welcoming Mitchell Santner, a reluctant powerplay bowler, with three sixes and a four. MI were forced to bowl Jasprit Bumrah for two overs inside the powerplay; still RCB got to 71.The next key moment for RCB was the introduction of legspin with a right-hand heavy batting line-up, but that didn't matter at all with Mayank Markande extracting little turn in either direction. Salt stayed back to hit three consecutive fours off his flatter lengths, and was waiting to hit a six the moment he gave it a hint of air.When all else failed for MI, Shardul Thakur, bowling for the first time as late as the 11th over, executed wide yorkers to tie Kohli down and t...
RCB beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs Phill Salt smashed 78 off 36 ...
8 hours ago ... RCB beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs Phill Salt smashed 78 off 36, Rajat Patidar 53(20), Krunal Pandya 1/26(4) . . . #RCBvMI #ipl2026 #viratkohli...
Salt, Patidar lead RCB's rock and roll show at Wankhede to leave Mumbai ...
Phil Salt and Rajat Patidar's destructive batting and a disciplined bowling performance ensured that RCB returned to winning ways while piling on the pressure on Mumbai Indians. MI struggled to keep up with the momentum in the run-chase despite some late heroics from Sherfane Rutherford.
