Indian Premier League 2026, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won By 23 Runs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 222/4

Punjab Kings 199/8

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won By 23 Runs

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (20 Overs Maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jacob Bethell	b Harpreet Brar	11	7	12	2	0	157.14
Virat Kohli	c Arya b Chahal	58	37	68	4	3	156.75
Devdutt Padikkal	c Iyer b Harpreet Brar	45	25	33	4	3	180.00
Venkatesh Iyer	not out	73	40	55	8	4	182.50
Tim David	c Harpreet Brar b Arshdeep Singh	28	12	30	2	2	233.33
Extras	(b 1, nb 1, w 5)	7
Total	20 Ov (RR: 11.10)	222/4

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Arshdeep Singh	4	43	1	10.75	4	1	0
Azmatullah Omarzai	4	38	0	9.50	8	1	0
Harpreet Brar	4	35	2	8.75	8	1	0
Lockie Ferguson	3	43	0	14.33	4	2	0
Yuzvendra Chahal	3	42	1	14.00	4	0	1
Shashank Singh	2	20	0	10.00	2	0	0

Punjab Kings (Target:- 223 Runs From 20 Overs)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Priyansh Arya	c Shepherd b Kumar	0	3	0	0	0.00
Prabhsimran Singh †	c Padikkal b Kumar	2	5	0	0	40.00
Cooper Connolly	c Bethell b Shepherd	37	22	3	3	168.18
Shreyas Iyer (c)	c †Sharma b Rasikh Salam	1	3	0	0	33.33
Suryansh Shedge	c Kohli b Suyash Sharma	35	22	2	2	159.09
Marcus Stoinis	lbw b Hazlewood	37	25	5	0	148.00
Shashank Singh	c Kohli b Rasikh Salam	56	27	4	4	207.40
Azmatullah Omarzai	c David b Rasikh Salam	14	10	1	1	140.00
Harpreet Brar	not out	5	3	1	0	166.66
Extras	(lb 4, w 8)	12
Total	20 Ov (RR: 9.95)	199/8

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4	38	2	9.50	10	1
Josh Hazlewood	4	36	1	9.00	10	2
Rasikh Salam	4	36	3	9.00	12	3
Suyash Sharma	4	50	1	12.50	3	1
Romario Shepherd	1	8	1	8.00	2	0
Krunal Pandya	3	27	0	9.00	1	1

Match Flow

Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 1 wicket)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Player Subs: Rasikh Salam, Jordan Cox, Abhinandan Singh, Swapnil Singh and Kanishk Chouhan

Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Musheer Khan, Xavier Bartlett and Pravin Dubey

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 3

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (V Kohli 20, D Padikkal 31, Ex 2)

Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 82/1 in 7.0 overs (V Kohli 30, D Padikkal 37)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (59 balls), Extras 4

V Kohli: 50 off 31 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 150 runs in 14.2 overs (87 balls), Extras 5

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (V Kohli 21, VR Iyer 31, Ex 1)

Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 157/3 in 15.0 overs (VR Iyer 38)

VR Iyer: 50 off 29 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)

Over 16.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - VR Iyer (Struck down)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 200 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 6

Punjab Kings Impact Player Sub: Marcus Stoinis in for Yuzvendra Chahal (Royal Challengers Bengaluru innings, 17.6 ov)

Over 18.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - VR Iyer (Struck down)

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (VR Iyer 33, TH David 17, Ex 1)

Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bengaluru - 222/4 in 20.0 overs (VR Iyer 73)

Over 19.6: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - TH David (Struck down)

Punjab Kings innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 3 wickets)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru impact Player Sub: Rasikh Salam in for Devdutt Padikkal (Punjab Kings innings, 2.6 ov)

Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 3

Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 80/4 in 9.0 overs (Suryansh Shedge 29, MP Stoinis 8)

Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 5

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (MP Stoinis 18, Shashank Singh 33, Ex 2)

Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 6

Over 15.5: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Batter - MP Stoinis (Struck down)

Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 160/5 in 16.0 overs (MP Stoinis 37, Shashank Singh 42)

Over 16.1: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - MP Stoinis (Struck down - Umpires Call)

Shashank Singh: 50 off 22 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)

Over 18.2: Review by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - Azmatullah Omarzai (Upheld)

Over 18.6: Review by Punjab Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - Shashank Singh (Struck down)

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Indian Premier League 2026, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won By 23 Runs

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Indian Premier League 2026, Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 61st Match, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Won By 23 Runs

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