Rajat Patidar admits SRH's 255 was 'too much' for RCB in Hyderabad clash

Rajat Patidar admitted that determination were “a batch of runs” connected the committee aft Sunrisers Hyderabad piled up 255/4 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful their IPL 2026 league-stage clash connected Friday.Powered by half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen, SRH posted a immense full astatine the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium aft skipper Pat Cummins chose to bat first.

SRH yet won the lucifer by 55 runs, but the effect was not capable for them to decorativeness successful the apical two. Both teams ended the league signifier with 18 points each.RCB needed to people astatine slightest 166 runs to enactment up of SRH connected nett tally complaint adjacent successful defeat, and they managed to bash truthful by finishing connected 200/4.Despite the loss, RCB finished connected apical of the array with a nett tally complaint of 0.783, up of Gujarat Titans, who besides had 18 points but a little nett tally complaint of 0.695. SRH ended the league signifier successful 3rd place.RCB started aggressively done their caller opening brace of Venkatesh Iyer and Virat Kohli, who added 60 runs successful conscionable 27 balls.After some batters were dismissed wrong a spread of 14 runs, Devdutt Padikkal continued the onslaught earlier being caught successful the heavy disconnected Eshan Malinga.

Speaking aft the match, Patidar said SRH’s batting and bowling execution made the difference."Obviously, I deliberation their apical 5 batsmen played truly well, and they purely dominated successful the archetypal innings."Asked if determination were excessively galore runs connected the board, Patidar said: "The apical precedence was to beryllium connected the top, but I think, determination were a batch of runs successful the archetypal inning. I deliberation 255 is simply a bully people connected this wicket. And I deliberation their 5 bowlers executed the dilatory bouncers and yorkers beauteous well.""The dilatory bouncer was gripping a bit, but I deliberation the way... their spot is dilatory bouncers and yorkers, they executed beauteous well."When asked whether it was hard casual to deed the dilatory bouncers, Patidar said, "Obviously, Hyderabad, I deliberation it's a bully wicket, but erstwhile you commencement bowling dilatory bouncers, dilatory into the wicket, I deliberation it's truly pugnacious for the batsman to people the runs."