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Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, match number 67, concluded between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Orange Army took their revenge and got the better of the defending champions by defeating Rajat Patidar’s team by 55 runs. Despite the loss, RCB remained on top of the table for their NRR and will play Qualifier 1.
SRH won the toss and decided to bat first at the loss of one wicket. They made no changes from their win over CSK. However, RCB made one change by bringing back their captain Rajat Patidar into the team in place of Jacob Bethel, who was sidelined with a finger injury. This was a match to finish in the top 2, as both teams had qualified.
Ishaan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen’s show in Hyderabad
Batting first, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma got off to a fast start, adding 45 runs for the first wicket, while the Australians fell back to 26 runs out. After this Ishan Kishan and Abhishek took charge and continued the flow of runs. Abhishek played an inning of 56 runs; He was dismissed by Suyyash Sharma.
After this there was a partnership of 113 runs between Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen and in the middle overs they scored more than 14 runs per over. The South African batsman completed his half-century in 23 balls and Krunal Pandya broke the partnership by dismissing Klaasen in the match.
Rajat Patidar scored a struggling 56 runs
While chasing, Rajat Patidar’s team got off to a flying start thanks to Venkatesh Iyer’s knock of 44 off 19 balls, leading to a 60-run partnership between him and Virat Kohli before he was dismissed by southpaw Ishan Malinga. Kohli was also out soon after scoring just 15 runs. After two quick wickets, the run flow diminished; Devdutt Padikkal came back after scoring 21 runs in 14 balls.
Rajat Patidar and Krunal Pandya made a beautiful partnership of 84 runs. Rakat Patidar was out on the score of 56 runs and then Pandya remained unbeaten on the score of 41 runs and Tim David was out after scoring 15 runs on 7 balls.
Their top five batsmen played really well – Rajat Patidar
Rajat Patidar gave credit to the SRH batsmen after the defeat tonight. He said, “Lots of runs on the board?) Obviously, I think their top five batsmen played really well, and they completely dominated the first innings. (The pitch got slower?) Not really, but I think the slower bouncers were holding up a bit, but I think that’s about right.
“Their strengths are slow bouncers and yorkers, they executed very well. (Finishing on top was the top priority?) The top priority was to finish on top, but I think, there were too many runs in the first innings. I think 255 is a good score on this wicket. And I think their five bowlers executed the slow bouncers and yorkers very well.”
He concluded, “(Wasn’t it easy to hit slow bouncers?) Obviously, Hyderabad, I think it is a good wicket, but when you start bowling slow bouncers, slow pace into the wicket, I think it is really difficult for the batsman to score runs.”
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