Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 97 runs in the last five overs and scored 250 for 3, their highest total of the season. Chennai Super Kings In their IPL match on Sunday, turned the game around with a strong finish in the first innings.Late surges came from Tim David, skipper Rajat Patidar and Dev Dutt Padikal, who built on the first set in the innings. Padikal scored 50 off 29 balls, David scored 70 runs off 25 balls, while Patidar remained unbeaten on 48 off 19 balls.
Padikal was involved in two key partnerships – a 37-ball 56-run partnership for the second wicket with Phil Salt (46), and a 21-ball 58-run partnership with Patidar for the third wicket.These partnerships helped RCB recover after the early dismissal of Virat Kohli (28), who was dismissed by Shivm Dubey for seven off Khalil Ahmed.Salt led the early scoring, hitting Noor Ahmed and Anshul Kamboj for a six each, as RCB reached 51 for 1 at the end of the powerplay.After Salt was caught at the sinker, Pedicel increased the scoring rate. He hit two sixes and a four, taking the run rate to over 10 per over. He reached his fifty with a delivery from Matt Henry but was later dismissed trying to reverse-scoop Jamie Overton.RCB scored 62 runs between the 11th and 15th overs and reached 153 for 3. From there, Patidar and David added 99 runs in 36 balls for the fourth wicket, not out.Patidar attacked Khalil, hitting two sixes and a four in his final over. David hit Noor Ahmed for 3 sixes in the 17th over.In the 19th over, David hit Overton for four sixes, including three in a row, as RCB added 97 runs in the last five overs.This total is equal to the joint second-highest runs scored by a team in 16-20 overs in an IPL innings, tied with Delhi Capitals’ 97 against Gujarat Titans in 2024. RCB have the record of 112 runs in this stage against Gujarat Lions in 2016.RCB innings progression:Overs 1-6: 51/1Overs 7-15: 102/2Over 16-20: 97/0Highest total from 11-20 overs in an IPL innings172/2 – RCB v GL, Bengaluru, 2016162/2 – PBKS v CSK, Cuttack, 2014159/2 – SRH v RCB, Bengaluru, 2024159/2 – RCB v CSK, Bengaluru, 2026
