Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) pulled off what not many teams manage at the Wankhede Stadium. They lost the toss, batted first on a dew-heavy surface, posted 240, and still defended it with control. It has now officially become the highest team total at the venue in IPL history.
Mumbai Indians (MI) stayed in the chase longer than expected, but the game had already drifted away in the middle overs. In the end, RCB walked away with an 18-run win, with Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli scoring fifties.
Salt and Patidar take it away, Kohli’s 50 stands out for wrong reasons
RCB’s innings had two clear gears. One ruthless, one slightly holding them back.
Phil Salt set the tone with a 36-ball 78, striking six fours and six sixes. He reached his fifty in 25 balls and ensured RCB flew to 71/0 in the powerplay. Even after the field spread, the tempo didn’t drop. At the halfway mark, RCB were 115 without loss. Rajat Patidar then made sure there was no slowdown post Salt. His 53 came off just 20 balls. A 17-ball fifty, clean hitting against spin, and complete domination through the middle overs. From 120/1, RCB surged past 150 in no time.
In between, Virat Kohli’s innings felt out of sync with the rest. His 50 came off 37 balls, striking at 131.58 while the team run rate hovered around 12.5. At the point of his dismissal in the 15th over, RCB were scoring at 12.61, but Kohli was at just over run-a-ball in comparison.
Strip his 50 off 38 out, and RCB smashed 135 runs in just 8.2 overs at 16.46 per over. It says everything about how the innings was paced around him. Tim David’s 34* off 16 ensured RCB didn’t lose momentum at the death, pushing them to 240/4, the highest total ever at Wankhede in IPL.
MI start well but lose grip in middle overs
Chasing 241, MI needed a near-perfect start. They almost got it but they were always behind the required run rate.
62 without loss in the powerplay kept them in the game. Ryan Rickelton did most of the damage early, while Rohit Sharma looked fluent before walking off with a hamstring issue. But the downfall began when the Hitman was retired hurt.
Suyash Sharma’s double strike removed Rickelton and Tilak Varma in the eighth over. From 72/0, MI suddenly had to rebuild while also aiming to score runs on every ball. At 99/2 after 10 overs, the required rate had already climbed close to 14.
Krunal Pandya then tightened things further. His 4-0-26-1 included the key wicket of Suryakumar Yadav. More importantly, he didn’t allow MI to find boundaries in clusters during the middle phase. Hardik Pandya tried to counter with a 22-ball 40, but once he fell, the chase virtually over. MI needed 120 off 46 at one stage, and from there, it was always going to need something extraordinary.
Sherfane Rutherford almost produced that. His unbeaten 71 off 31 balls, with eight sixes, brought the equation down late. He even hit four sixes in the final over. But the gap was too big by then. MI finished at 222/5. Close on paper, but never quite close in control.
IPL 2026 points table after RCB vs MI match
| Rank | Team | P | W | L | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RR | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | +2.055 |
| 2 | PBKS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | +0.720 |
| 3 | RCB | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | +1.148 |
| 4 | DC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +0.322 |
| 5 | GT | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.029 |
| 6 | LSG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -0.427 |
| 7 | SRH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.024 |
| 8 | MI | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.772 |
| 9 | CSK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.532 |
| 10 | KKR | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1.315 |
Next IPL 2026 match
| Date | Match | Venue | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM |
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