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Royal Challengers Bengaluru scored 97 runs successful the past 5 overs to decorativeness astatine 250 for 3, the highest full of this season, against Chennai Super Kings successful their IPL lucifer connected Sunday, turning the crippled with a beardown decorativeness successful the archetypal innings.The precocious surge came from Tim David, skipper Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal, who built connected the basal acceptable earlier successful the innings. Padikkal scored 50 disconnected 29 balls, David made 70 disconnected 25 balls, portion Patidar remained unbeaten connected 48 disconnected 19 balls.Padikkal was progressive successful 2 cardinal partnerships — a 56-run basal successful 37 balls with Phil Salt (46) for the 2nd wicket, and a 58-run basal successful 21 balls with Patidar for the 3rd wicket.These partnerships helped RCB retrieve aft the aboriginal dismissal of Virat Kohli (28), who was dropped connected 7 by Shivam Dube disconnected Khaleel Ahmed.Salt led the scoring early, hitting a six each disconnected Noor Ahmad and Anshul Kamboj, arsenic RCB reached 51 for 1 astatine the extremity of the Powerplay.After Salt was caught disconnected Dube, Padikkal accrued the scoring rate. He deed Dube for 2 sixes and a four, taking the tally complaint past 10 per over. He reached his 50 with a azygous disconnected Matt Henry but was aboriginal dismissed trying a reverse scoop against Jamie Overton.RCB scored 62 runs betwixt overs 11 and 15, reaching 153 for 3.
From there, Patidar and David added 99 runs successful 36 balls for the 4th wicket, staying unbeaten.Patidar attacked Khaleel, hitting 2 sixes and a 4 successful his last over. David took connected Noor Ahmad successful the 17th over, hitting 3 sixes.In the 19th over, David deed Overton for 4 sixes, including 3 successful a row, arsenic RCB added 97 runs successful the past 5 overs.This full equals the associated second-highest runs scored by a squad successful overs 16-20 successful an IPL innings, matching Delhi Capitals’ 97 against Gujarat Titans successful 2024. RCB clasp the grounds with 112 runs successful this signifier against Gujarat Lions successful 2016.RCB innings progression:Overs 1-6: 51/1Overs 7-15: 102/2Overs 16-20: 97/0Highest aggregates successful Overs 11-20 successful an IPL innings172/2 - RCB vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016162/2 - PBKS vs CSK, Cuttack, 2014159/2 - SRH vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2024159/2 - RCB vs CSK, Bengaluru, 2026
