RCB's Record Blast Sinks Struggling CSK

Royal Challengers Bengaluru piled up their third-highest IPL total, 250/3 right there at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Crushed Chennai Super Kings by 43 runs. Phil Salt knocked 46 off 30 balls. Devdutt Padikkal fired 50 from 29. Then Rajat Patidar, unbeaten on 48 off just 19, smashed six sixes. Tim David? He walked in during the 15th over and blazed 70* off 25—with eight sixes. First time that's happened in T20s.

Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK skipper, chose to bowl first. Bad call. They leaked runs everywhere, but those last four overs? 78 of 'em. Fifth-highest in IPL history. Death-over economy at 16.65, the worst in IPL 2026. Bhuvneshwar Kumar snared 3/41. Didn't matter. CSK collapsed to 207 all out. Sarfaraz Khan made 50. Prashant Veer got 43.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar hit his 200 IPL wickets milestone for RCB's bowlers. Suyash Sharma chipped in with 1/21. Sealed the deal. CSK's now 0-3, coming off that PBKS defeat. Dewald Brevis close to a return.