David-Patidar’s storm pacifies CSK, RCB’s second consecutive win, Chennai innings not saved from hat-trick of defeat

New Delhi. Royal Challengers Bangalore registered a big win by 43 runs over Chennai Super Kings in the 11th match of IPL 2026. This is RCB’s second consecutive win in the season, while Chennai Super Kings has suffered its third consecutive defeat. Batting first after losing the toss at their home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, explosive batting was seen from RCB. With the stormy innings of Phil Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar and Tim David, RCB scored a huge score of 250 runs at the loss of three wickets. While chasing the target, CSK team got bundled out for 207 runs in just two balls. RCB has reached the first position in the points table, while three consecutive defeats have made Chennai a laggard.

Chennai Super Kings buried under mountain score
Chennai Super Kings batsmen came under pressure while chasing the target and kept getting out one by one. CSK’s top order disintegrated in the powerplay itself. Could not return to the competition after the collapse of the top order. Chennai Super Kings, which set out to chase the target of 251 runs, did not have a good start. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was out after scoring just 7 runs. Whereas, Sanju Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs in 5 balls. Ayush Mhatre also could not show anything special with the bat and was out after scoring just one run. Karthik Sharma disappointed with his performance for the third consecutive match and he could score only 6 runs in 3 balls. Shivam Dubey failed to take advantage of the good start and became the victim of Abhinandan Singh after scoring 18 runs in 13 balls.

Sarfaraz showed his strength
Sarfaraz Khan, batting well from one end, played a strong inning of 50 runs in 25 balls, but he did not get the support of the other batsmen, due to which he was also out. In this innings, Sarfaraz hit 8 fours and 2 sixes. Prashant Veer scored 43 runs in 29 balls and along with Jamie Overton, he added 57 runs for the seventh wicket. Overton contributed 37 runs. Noor Ahmed became the victim of Bhuvneshwar Kumar after scoring 8 runs. Matt Henry was dismissed by Abhinandan Singh on the score of 2 runs. In bowling, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took maximum 3 wickets from RCB. Whereas, Jacob Duffy and Krunal Pandya took two wickets each.

RCB batsmen created chaos
Batting first, RCB batsmen created a stir with their explosive batting. Tim David batted brilliantly and played a explosive inning of 70 runs in just 25 balls. RCB had a good start. Virat Kohli and Phil Salt added 37 runs in 4.3 overs for the first wicket. Kohli was out after scoring 28 runs in 18 balls. After this, all the batsmen who came to the crease destroyed the CSK bowlers. Phil Salt batted brilliantly and scored 46 runs in 30 balls. Salt hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in this innings. Devdutt Padikkal scored a half-century in the second consecutive match. Padikkal scored 50 runs facing just 29 balls. He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in this innings. Padikkal along with captain Rajat Patidar made a partnership of 58 runs in just 21 balls for the third wicket.

Finally the storm of David-Patidar came
After this Tim David and Rajat Patidar took charge. Both of them batted brilliantly and made an unbroken partnership of 99 runs in 35 balls. Rajat batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten inning of 48 runs facing 19 balls. In this innings, Rajat hit one four and 6 sixes. At the same time, David scored unbeaten 70 runs with the help of 3 fours and 8 sixes while playing only 25 balls. On the basis of the explosive innings of Tim David and Rajat, RCB was successful in scoring the biggest score of this season so far. In bowling, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton and Shivam Dubey took one wicket each for CSK.